Airlive P-203N User Manual

P-203N
3 Ports Wired Print Server
User’s Manual
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment.
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 1
1.2 Product Package ..............................................................................2
1.3 Network Printing Architecture ...........................................................3
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions..........................................3
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients................................4
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server..................6
1.4 Network Printing Environment ..........................................................7
1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual..........................................................9
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function..........................................................11
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........................................................................12
3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK
3.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ................................................................... 13
3.2 Install Print Server driver and utility ................................................14
3.3 Print Server Utilities........................................................................18
3.3.1 Network Ports Quick Setup ..............................................19
3.3.2 Remote Ports (Utility) .......................................................20
3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure.....................................................23
4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK.............................................................. 27
4.1 System Architecture........................................................................28
4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup...................29
4.3 User Installation and Setup.............................................................30
5. NETWARE NETWORK..................................................................................... 31
5.1 System Architecture........................................................................32
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup ........................................34
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE .........................................34
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK...............................................................................37
6.1 Introduction.....................................................................................38
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support............................................39
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address .....................................................40
6.3.1 DHCP...............................................................................40
6.3.2 BOOTP.............................................................................40
6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address......................................................42
6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host ..................................43
7. PRINT SERVER CONFIGURATION UTILITY
7.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................45
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server...............................................46
7.3 Status of Print Server......................................................................47
7.4 Setup the Print Server ....................................................................48
7.5 General Configuration.....................................................................49
7.6 TCP/IP Configuration......................................................................50
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration................................................52
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration .................................................................53
7.9 Bonjour Configuration.....................................................................54
7.10 SNMP Configuration.......................................................................55
7.11 SMB Configuration..........................................................................56
7.12 System Configuration .....................................................................57
7.13 Wizard ............................................................................................59
7.14 Report.............................................................................................63
8. WEB MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 64
8.1 Introduction.....................................................................................65
8.2 Login...............................................................................................66
8.3 Device Status..................................................................................67
8.3.1 System .............................................................................67
8.3.2 Printer...............................................................................68
8.3.3 TCP/IP..............................................................................69
8.3.4 SMB..................................................................................70
8.3.5 SNMP...............................................................................70
8.3.6 NetWare...........................................................................71
8.3.7 AppleTalk .........................................................................72
8.3.8 Bonjour.............................................................................72
8.4 Setup Wizard..................................................................................73
8.4.1 System .............................................................................73
8.4.1.1 Admin Password.............................................................74
8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings..........................................................75
8.4.2 TCP/IP..............................................................................76
8.4.3 SMB..................................................................................77
8.4.4 SNMP...............................................................................78
8.4.5 NetWare...........................................................................79
8.4.6 AppleTalk .........................................................................80
8.4.7 Bonjour.............................................................................81
8.4.8 Save Settings...................................................................82
8.5 System Tools..................................................................................83
8.5.1 Load Default.....................................................................83
8.5.2 Upgrade............................................................................84
8.5.3 Backup System ................................................................85
8.5.4 Restore System.................................................................86
9.TELNET MANAGEMENT
9.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 87
9.2 Login.................................................................................................88
9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command...............................................89
9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command ..........................................91
9.5 Other Commands .............................................................................93
9.5.1 ipconfig.............................................................................93
9.5.2 reboot...............................................................................93
9.5.3 exit....................................................................................93
9.5.4 help...................................................................................93
10. IPP PRINTING
10.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................... 95
10.2 System Setup .................................................................................96
10.2.1 Print Server Side ............................................................96
10.2.2 Client Side......................................................................96
11. LPR SETTING IN MAC OS............................................................................ 101
12. UPNP SETUP................................................................................................. 105
13. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ........................................................................... 110
1. Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required.
This print server provides an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet), two USB 2.0 ports and one Parallel port for printers.
This print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc.
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly complete the settings for the printing environment, and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by the print server.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing features, installation methods, and system configuration for different network environments.
If you would like to set up and install print server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that comes along with this print server.
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1.2 Product Package

This package contains the following components:
One Print Server
One Power Adapter
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User’s Manual)
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture

This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use print server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment.
Print Server
Client User
Network Server (optional)
Network Printing Environm ent
Network Server
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Workstation
Client User
Print Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Windows 98Windows NT

1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions

Print Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Workstation
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
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Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.

1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients

Client User
Unix Print Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Windows 2000
Workstation
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:
Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
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In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).
PTPP
Windows 98
P1
Print Server
MIS-2
P1
P2
P3
Print Server
MIS-1
UNIX / Linux
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UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print through print server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through print server.

1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server

Network Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Workstation
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows NT/2000/2003
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000/2003. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through print server. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, print server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc.
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1.4 Network Printing Environment

Common network environment are classified as following:
Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server.
Windows NT/2000/2003 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
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NetWare Network (see below)
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1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual

Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read.
The following chapters introduce:
Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Networks
Chapter 5. NetWare Network
Chapter 6. UNIX System Network
You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server’s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select the appropriate management utility according to the administrator’s computer platform.
Chapter 9 introduces the commands that can be used in print server management through Telnet.
Chapter 10 introduces Print Server’s IPP Printing function and setup procedure. The IPP Printing provides a convenient way to print documents across the Internet by the IPP protocol.
Chapter 11 introduces how to setup LPR printing in MAC OS.
Chapter 12 introduces the UPnP function of the print server. UPnP function will help to find the IP address of the print server and enables user directly link to the web page of the print server without entering the IP Address of the print server in web browser.
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Chapter 13 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem.
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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function

The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below:
PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
TCP/IP (LPR)
IPP Printing
NetWare Bindery Printing
AppleTalk
SMB Printing
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2. Hardware Installation

1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in
the section 1.2 are provided.
2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network.
3. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable
to the UTP port of the print server.
4. Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the three Printer Port LEDs will be on. When the LEDs are unlighted, the print server is ready.
NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do
NOT use any other power adapter from any sources.
NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a
few printer, it is recommended that you power on the print server before the printer.
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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
3.1 System Architecture
Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.
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3.2 Install Print Server driver and utility

The Print Server windows utility can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process.
1.Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.
2. Click “Driver and Utility” from the Auto-Run menu screen.
3.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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4.Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
5.The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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6.The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally
completed.and All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, cli ck “Continue”
6.The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally
completed. Click “Finish”.
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3.3 Print Server Utilities

After Print Server Utilities is completed, there will be four utilities in
print server’s Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers
within the network to your PC.
Print Server Configuration – Allows you to configure the print server’s
IP Address, network protocols and other advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration.
Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC.
Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed administrator software.
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3.3.1 Network Ports Quick Setup

Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or
remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see below).
If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server.
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Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers.
Select the network ports in the “Available Ports” list and click “>” to add ports. If you want to add all available ports, please click “>>”. To cancel some of the network ports or all ports from the “Chosen Ports” list, please click “<” or “<<”.

3.3.2 Remote Ports (Utility)

Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other print servers outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this function only supports TCP/IP network protocol.
Please follow the procedures described below:
Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port.
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Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click “Ok”.
Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows.
In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
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3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure

After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are similar.
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”.
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Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
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Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”.
Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.
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