AirLive WP-201G User Manual

WP-201G

Wireless USB Print Server

User’s Manual

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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................1

1.1 Product Introduction..........................................................................2

1.2 Product Package ..............................................................................3

1.3 Network Printing Architecture ...........................................................4

1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions..................................................... 5

1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients......................................... 5

1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server........................... 8

1.4 Network Printing Environment ..........................................................9

1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual........................................................11

1.6 Firmware & Printing Function..........................................................12

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........................................................................13

3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK..........................................................14

3.1 System Architecture........................................................................15

3.2 Install Print Server windows utility...................................................16

3.3 Print Server Utilities ........................................................................21

3.3.1 Network Ports Quick Setup ......................................................... 22

3.3.2 Remote Ports (Utility).................................................................. 23

3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure.....................................................26

4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK.............................................................. 30

4.1 System Architecture........................................................................31

4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup...................32

4.3 User Installation and Setup.............................................................34

5. NETWARE NETWORK ..................................................................................... 35

5.1 System Architecture........................................................................36

5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup.........................................38

5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ................................................... 38

6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK...............................................................................42

6.1 Introduction.....................................................................................43

6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support............................................44

6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address .....................................................45

6.3.1 DHCP........................................................................................... 45

6.3.2 BOOTP ........................................................................................ 45

6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address......................................................48

6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host ..................................49

7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY..............................................................................52

7.1 Introduction.....................................................................................53

7.2 Search for All Available Print Server...............................................55

7.3 Status of Print Server......................................................................56

7.4 Setup the Print Server.....................................................................58

7.5 General Configuration.....................................................................60

7.6 TCP/IP Configuration......................................................................61

7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration................................................63

7.8 AppleTalk Configuration..................................................................64

7.9 SNMP Configuration.......................................................................65

7.10 SMB Configuration..........................................................................66

7.11 System Configuration......................................................................67

7.12 Wireless Configuration....................................................................70

7.13 Wizard.............................................................................................81

7.14 Report.............................................................................................86

8. WEB MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 87

8.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................88

8.2 Login...............................................................................................89

8.3 Device Status..................................................................................90

8.3.1 System.......................................................................................... 90

8.3.2 Printer........................................................................................... 91

8.3.3 TCP/IP.......................................................................................... 92

8.3.4 SMB............................................................................................. 93

8.3.5 SNMP........................................................................................... 94

8.3.6 NetWare....................................................................................... 95

8.3.7 AppleTalk .................................................................................... 96

8.4 Setup Wizard..................................................................................97

8.4.1 System.......................................................................................... 97

8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings ..................................................................... 98

8.4.2 Wireless........................................................................................ 99

8.4.2.1 General Setting........................................................................... 99

8.4.2.2 Encryption................................................................................ 102

8.4.2.3 Site Survey............................................................................... 105

8.4.3 TCP/IP........................................................................................ 106

8.4.4 SMB........................................................................................... 107

8.4.5 SNMP......................................................................................... 108

8.4.6 NetWare..................................................................................... 109

8.4.7 AppleTalk .................................................................................. 110

8.4.8 Save Settings.............................................................................. 111

8.5 System Tools................................................................................112

8.5.1 Load Default .............................................................................. 112

8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser.............................................. 113

9. IPP PRINTING.................................................................................................. 114

9.1 Introduction.....................................................................................115

9.2 System Setup .................................................................................116

9.2.1 Print Server Side........................................................................ 116

9.2.2 Client Side.................................................................................. 116

10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ...........................................................................121

1. Introduction

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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 IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN
(up to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network port
(10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one USB 2.0 port for printer.

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 Antenna

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 Environment

Print Server

Workstation

Client User

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Windows 98Windows NT

Network Server

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

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1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions

Print Server

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Workstati on

Windows 98Windows NT

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

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

Workstati on

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NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

Common operating systems for clients are classified as
following:

Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

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.

In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to­Peer 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).

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PTPP

Windows 98

P1

Print Server

MIS-2

P1

P2

Print Server

MIS-1

UNIX / Linux

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

P3

MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network
to print through print server.

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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server

Network Server

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Workstati on

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 Network

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 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 10 introduces how to deal with the problem that if
you can’t find any print server listed on the “Available
Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup” in Windows XP SP2.

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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

Unpack the print server package and verify that all the
items listed in the section 1.2 are provided.

Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on
the network.

Connect the print server to your network by attached the
network cable to the UTP port of the print server.

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 Status and Ready
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

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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 windows 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.

Click “Driver and Utility” from the Auto-Run menu

2.
screen.

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The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed.

Click “Next”.

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.

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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, click “Continue”

7.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 for Administrator is completed, (choose all components
during installation procedure) , 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

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print directly to the printer through the newly installed
print server.

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.

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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.

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.

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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”.

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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”.

Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port”
which was created by the Administrator Installation or
Client Installation process and click “Next”.

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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.

Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer,
click “Next”.

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Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is
recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.

Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully.
The information of the printer is displayed in the windows.
Click “Finish”.

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4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network

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4.1 System Architecture

In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to­Peer network printing architecture described in the previous
chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing
architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003 server. Only one
Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows PTPP
(Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the
printing service on the network. Other network users can
simply connect to the server and access the shared printer
(see below).

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4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup

Please follow the procedures described below for
installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP)
between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server.

Step1.

If this is your first time installing print server, please
install the administrator software on Windows
NT/2000/2003 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for
installation instructions.

If your network has already installed a working print
server and your Windows NT/2000/2003 server has not yet
installed the PTPP driver, please install the client software.
Refer to section 3.4 and 3.5 for installation instructions.

Step2.

Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the
Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and verify that you
can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print server
by the installed PTPP driver.

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Step3.

Share the above server’s printer to the network by
performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.

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4.3 User Installation and Setup

After server side’s installation is completed, client side
will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network
Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s
standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network
Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the
configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.

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5. NetWare Network

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5.1 System Architecture

We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into
the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers
attached by a print server to be connected to the network.
We have developed the print server to support NetWare
print server.

Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue
management functionality” of NetWare print server,
PSERVER program running on the NetWare server. A user
first prints a job at a workstation, the job is routed to a
NetWare server, the NetWare server stores the job in a
print queue and then the print server gets the print job from
the queue to printers.

Print Queue

Windows 98

Windows 2000

Netware Server

Print Server

Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the
advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing
functionality in the print server include:

Installation is easier and quicker.

Network management is easier.

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Printing performance is enhanced.

Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.

Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote
printer utility.

Improve productivity by locating the printer near the
workgroup.

Each print server should log into a NetWare server before
servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a
user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.

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5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup

Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet
network, you can set it up for use with your networking
software.

5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE

5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode

1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program.

2. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the

Change Current File Server menu selection.

3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection.

4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue.

5. Type in a print queue name, such as “PQ” or “Q1”.

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6. You have now successfully created the print queue that
your print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the
Available Options main menu is displayed.

7. Select Print Server Information.

8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server
object. The print server name can be identical to the
PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server.

9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server.

10. Select Print Server Configuration.

11. Select Printer Configuration.

12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press
Enter, then select LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field.
If your print server is with only one port, you do not need
to configure this Type field.

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13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes
question.

14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer
0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter.

15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue
to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a
priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to
accept the default.

16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE
program.

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17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect.

NOTE: If the print server you have is with multiple printer

connectors, you may create multiple print queues and
printer objects.

Your print server should now be ready to use. You should
be able to redirect printing to your print server using a
CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous
section.

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6. UNIX System Network

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6.1 Introduction

The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix
LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol
originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of
Unix and supported under most versions of Unix.

This chapter explains how to configure the print server for
TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on
your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The
configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for
BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related system
documentation for the correct syntax of your systems.

To configure the print server for LPD printing, perform the
procedures below:

1. Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.

2. Set up Print Server’s IP address.

3. Verify Print Server’s IP Address.

4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.

5. Print a test page.

In the next sections, we will describe these five procedures
step by step.

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6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support

The default configuration of the print server is with
TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the
print server to enable TCP/IP support using the
configuration program.

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6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address

The print server must have a unique IP address in order to
be recognized by the network.

You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems
using any one of the following methods:

1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)

The print server will use the last three methods to obtain
its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured
as Auto (0.0.0.0).

6.3.1 DHCP

There are many Unix systems that support DHCP protocol,
and the procedures to configure the DHCP server database
are different. This manual does not describe the DHCP
server configuration on the Unix systems. It is highly
recommended that the DHCP server should be located on
the same network as the print server.

6.3.2 BOOTP

If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your
UNIX system that is accessible by the print server, you can
use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the
print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server should
be located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use
Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you
may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services

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before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To
rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system
documentation.

To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server,
you will need to log in the host of BOOTP server as the
superuser (root). Perform the following steps to add address
entries,

1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print
server’s IP address. You can add this address to the
/etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:

203.66.191.12 pserver

2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to
the following:

hostname:\

:ht=1:\

:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\

:ip=print_server_ip_address:

Lines should be indented with tabs.

Where hostname is the device name of a print server, the
ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha=
tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is
the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag must be
preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to
the IP address you want to assign to the print server.

For example, a print server with the following
configuration:

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Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet

address is 0000B4010101),

IP address: 203.66.191.12

The entry for this print server in the /etc/bootptab file
should be:

PS010101:\

:ht=1:\

:ha=0000B4010101:\

:ip=203.66.191.12:

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6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address

To verify that your print server is responding to the newly
assigned IP address using a PING command:

ping ip-address

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6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host

The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to
allow printing to your network remote print server varies
between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below
can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix,
such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix,
consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that:

1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked

print server host.

2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that

you have assigned to the print server.

3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host
should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the printer port on
the print server.

You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the

superuser (root). To configure your Unix host for printing,

1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print
server’s IP address. You can add this address to the
/etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:

203.66.191.186 pserver

2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same
directory where spool directories are normally kept on the
machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd:

mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

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chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to
the following:

printer-name:\

:lp=:\

:rm=203.66.191.186:\

:rp=lpt1:\

:lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\

:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd:\

:mx#0:

Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer
name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars
(name1|name2).

The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you
have assigned to the print server. You can also use a host
name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file.

The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you
created in the previous step.

The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the
remote printer. The values should be one of lpt1, lpt2 or
lpt3 depends on the printer port.

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The print server should now be available for printing from
your Unix host.

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7. Configuration Utility

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7.1 Introduction

This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration
utility in Windows environment. This utility is
automatically installed during Windows Administrator
Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3.

This utility provides the most complete management and
configuration functions on the print server side. This utility
only provides configuration functions for print server itself;
it does not include configuration functions for client side or
other file server or NetWare server in the network
environment.

The Configuration Utility provides the following
configuration and management functions:

Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer Servers
on the Network.

Print Server Status: Display Print Server Network Status.

General Configuration: General Information of print

server.

TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP Server
Configuration.

NetWare Configuration: NetWare Printing Configuration.

AppleTalk Configuration: AppleTalk Protocol Setting.

SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.

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SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name.

System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability

Setting and Firmware Upgrade.

Wireless Configuration: Wireless LAN Configuration.

Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings.

Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on

the Network.

We will explain each function separately in the following
section.

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7.2 Search for All Available Print Server

Every time when you run print server’s configuration
utility, click the “Search” icon

on the tool bar. The
configuration utility will delay for several seconds because
the utility is using system’s available network protocols to
search for all print servers on the network. All available
print servers will be listed under “Server Group” on the left
side of the window.

You must select the print server you would like to
configure from the list. The system will, at the same time,
display the selected print server’s status on the right side of
the window.

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7.3 Status of Print Server

Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the
current selected print server will be showed on the right
side of the window.

The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID,
Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port,
NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling
interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet
mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk
zone and print server printing ability…etc.

You can refresh the print server’s status by pressing the
“Refresh” button

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You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot”
button

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7.4 Setup the Print Server

Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of
the current selected print server will be showed on the right
side of the window.

Double click one of the icons to set up the selected print
server. A screen will pop up to verify “User Name” and
“Password” of the print server. The default values are as
follows.

y User Name: admin
y Password: airlive

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7.5 General Configuration

Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration
window will pop-up.

You can see basic print server information in this page.
You also can configure the “Server Name”, “User Name”
and “Password” here.

Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use
this name to identify the print server when you are
searching for the print server by the administration and
client utilities.

User Name / Password is used to authenticate the
administrator by the Web administration tool.

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7.6 TCP/IP Configuration

Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration
window will pop-up.

You can configure the print server to automatically get IP
from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print
server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this
DHCP server and let it manages IP for you.

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Click the “IP” button to enter the IP setting page. If you
need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP
server, select “Auto IP”. You also can select “Static IP” to
manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and
“Gateway” for the print server.

Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP
server’s setting page. You can “Enable/Disable” the DHCP
server or set “Auto” and assign a range of IP addresses here.
The DHCP server is disabled by default. If Auto is selected,
the DHCP Server of print server will be enabled only when
there is no other DHCP Server within the network. When
“Enable” or “Auto” is selected, you have to configure
“Starting Address”, “Range”, “Subnet Mask”, “Gateway”
and “DNS”. The print server will assign a unique IP for
each client.

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7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration

Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare
configuration window will pop-up.

This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing
method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare
server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign
the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and
the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer
port.

Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for
waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server.

NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server
that provides printer queues.

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7.8 AppleTalk Configuration

Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk
configuration window will pop-up.

AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by
Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to
join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other
AppleTalk workstations. You have to setup the “Zone
Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print
server.

Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk
before it can be shared to other workstations. Only
workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you
want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones,
you should enter only “*” in the “Zone Name” field.

Printer Type, the type of printer attached to each printer
port. You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of
the printer.

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7.9 SNMP Configuration

Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration
window will pop up.

Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s
contact information here. This information will be
displayed in the SNMP management tool.

Location: You can enter the installed location of the print
server here. This information will be displayed in the
SNMP management tool.

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7.10 SMB Configuration

SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print
server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before
they can use this print server by SMB protocol.

Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is
interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing,
user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing
job. Or the printing document will not be printed
completely or with unformatted messages. The range is
from 1 to 120 seconds.

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7.11 System Configuration

Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration
window will pop-up.

In the System configuration page, you can select to
enable/disable each printing or management protocol,
assign name for each printer port of this print server,
upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and
enable/disable wireless function.

Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware”
tool to update the newest firmware of the print server.

Click “

” button and select the correct firmware in your
PC. After selecting the firmware file, click the “Upgrade”
button to finish the firmware update process.

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Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make
sure that the IP Address settings of the print server are in
the same network as your computer.

Load Default: If you want to reset the Print Server to
default factory settings, please click “Load Default”.

Wireless Function: You can select “Auto”, Enable” or
“Disable” to manually configure the wireless function.

y Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server. At this

mode, the print server will automatically decide to enable or
disable the wireless function. When the print server starts up, it
will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active
network by an Ethernet cable. If this is the case, the print
server will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not
connected to an active network by Ethernet cable, the print
server will run in wireless LAN mode.

Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the print server at the first,
after configuring the print server features and wireless settings;
they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless
connection. It makes the configuration much easier without
creating the wireless connection in advance.

Note: After you have set the wireless function, please remove
the Ethernet cable and then re-plug the power jack of the print
server to activate the wireless connection.

y Enable – Enable wireless function only, the print server’s

wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be
always disabled.

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Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s

y

wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be
always enabled.

Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from
country to country. Generally, the channels are from 1 to 11
in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The operating channel
will be set to the print server before importing. If you are
in different country, please make sure you have set the
available channels according to your location.

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7.12 Wireless Configuration

If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN,

please set up the print server through Ethernet first and
make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After
setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and
restart the print server, then you can start to use the print
server through wireless LAN. If the wireless configuration
does not work, please plug the Ethernet cable again, restart
the print server and configure the print server through
Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct.

The default settings of the print server wireless function
are as follows.

y Mode: Ad-Hoc
y SSID: Default
y Channel: 11

Double Click “Wireless” icon and the wireless
configuration window will pop-up.

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If you use access point to build up wireless network, you
have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have
any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to
build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc
Mode”.

For the “Wireless Function” setting, you can select “Auto”,
Enable” or “Disable” to manually configure the wireless
function of the print server.

y Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server. At this

mode, the print server will automatically decide to enable or
disable the wireless function. When the print server starts up, it
will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active
network by an Ethernet cable. If this is the case, the print
server will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not
connected to an active network by Ethernet cable, the print
server will run in wireless LAN mode.

Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the print server at the first,
after configuring the print server features and wireless settings;
they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless
connection. It makes the configuration much easier without
creating the wireless connection in advance.

Note: After you have set the wireless function, please remove
the Ethernet cable and then re-plug the power jack of the print
server to activate the wireless connection.

y Enable – Enable wireless function only, the print server’s

wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be
always disabled.

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Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s

y

wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be
always enabled.

After selecting the operation modes of the wireless
function and setting the wireless function, click “Next” to
go to further detailed configuration.

Infrastructure Mode:

In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server
associate with an access point. You let the print server scan
for an available access point automatically or manually
assign the SSID of the access point you want to use.

If you select to let the print server scan for an available
access point, the following window will pop up.

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The list is the scanned available access points. Select an
access point in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find
the access point that you want to use, click “Scan” to let
the print server scan again.

Ad Hoc Mode:

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In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server
automatically associate with other wireless station or
manually assign the SSID of your wireless network. You
can let the print server automatically select the channel that
is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel.

If you select to let the print server scan for an active
wireless station, the following window will pop up.

The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a
wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot
find the wireless station that you want the print server to
communicate with, click “Scan” to let the print server scan
again.

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Both “Infrastructure” and “Ad-Hoc” mode have to go
through the following procedure:

This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security
mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your
wireless network, you have to select “WEP(ASCII)” or
“WEP(HEX)”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to
select “WPA-shared key” or “WPA-None” specified for Ad
Hoc mode. The wireless security setting should be the same
with other wireless devices in the same network.

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WEP Security Mode:

You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and
“Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key.
Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth
communication performance.

Enter four key values by following the rules below and
select one key as the default key.

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PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption

y

process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys
for the print server. This setting is only valid when the security
mode is in “WEP(HEX)”.

y Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex

values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For
example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“.

If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13­digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example:
“01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.

WPA-shared key or WPA-None Security Mode:

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“WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or
“WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc
network) requires users to set the advanced encryption
methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key.

y TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the

temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater
security than the standard WEP security.

y Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the

key for the authentication within the network.

When you finish configuring the wireless security, click
“Next” to go to next step.

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You can select to let the print server automatically obtain
IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP
settings.

If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to enter IP
address, subnet mask and default gateway address.

When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next”
to confirm the IP Address configuration.

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Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.

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7.13 Wizard

Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard
item of the current selected print server will be showed on
the right side of the window.

Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup
wizard will guide you through all the setup process.

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Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and select to
enable or disable the wireless function.

Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please
refer to section 7.11 for detail information.

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Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP
server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information.

Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to
section 7.8 for detail information.

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Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section

7.7 for detail information.

Step 6: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete
wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same
with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to
section 7.12 for detail information.

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Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the
print server to let these settings take effect.

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7.14 Report

Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report
window will pop up.

The report lists basic information of all available print
servers on the network. The information includes Device
Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmware Version of the
print server.

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8. Web Management

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8.1 Introduction

Print server can be configured and managed on the Web.
Through Local Area Network, or even Internet,
administrator can easily configure and manage print
server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter
print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field
to manage a print server by print server’s built-in Web
Server.

The default IP Address, User Name and Password settings
of the Print server are as follows.

IP Address: 192.168.2.2

User Name: admin

Password: airlive

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8.2 Login

You may use any Web Browser to review the status or
configure the settings of the print server. After entering the
IP address of the print server, a login page display. You
have to enter correct “User Name” and “Password” before
going to the Web Management pages.

Notes: Default User Name is “admin”, default password is
“airlive”.

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8.3 Device Status

8.3.1 System

System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server
Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC
Address”, “Wireless LAN Configuration” and the protocols
enabled status, etc.

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8.3.2 Printer

This page lists information of printers connected to all
printer ports.

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8.3.3 TCP/IP

This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server
including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It
also lists DHCP server setting.

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