ConnectGear PAN1000W User Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT .........................................................................................................................3
1.INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................4
PRODUCT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................... 4
WIRELESS SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................. 4
COMPONENTS AND FEATURES...............................................................................................5
HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 6
2. PRINT SERVER INSTALLATION .................................................................................... 7
PREPARATION......................................................................................................................7
CONFIGURATION SOLUTION TABLE ........................................................................................7
3.THE PSADMIN UTILITY FOR WINDOWS-BASED ..........................................................9
INSTALLING THE PSADMIN ....................................................................................................9
USING PSADMIN ................................................................................................................15
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IZARD............................................................................................................................. 15
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ANUAL SETUP ................................................................................................................. 17
REFRESH ..........................................................................................................................20
MULTIPLE PRINT QUEUES CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................21
UNINSTALLING THE PSADMIN ON WINDOWS PC ...................................................................21
4.INTERNET PRINTER CONNECTION AND HP WEB JETADMIN..................................23
IPP OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 23
HP WEB JETADMIN OVERVIEW ...........................................................................................25
INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN ..........................................................................................26
REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY ...............................................................................27
5. CONFIGURATION FROM EMBEDDED WEB SERVER ...............................................28
OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................28
USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER .........................................................................................28
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ETUP MENU ..................................................................................................................... 35
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NSTALLING PRINT SERVER ON NETWARE 4.X/5.X.................................................................40
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ETTING UP A MACINTOSH COMPUTER ................................................................................44
6. NETWORK PRINT MONITOR .......................................................................................45
PREPARATION....................................................................................................................45
TCP/IP P
ROTOCOL INSTALLATION.......................................................................................46
IPX/SPX-
COMPATIBLE PROTOCOL INSTALLATION .................................................................46
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ETBEUI PROTOCOL INSTALLATION....................................................................................47
WIN 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP INSTALLATION PROCEDURE...................................................... 47
UNINSTALLING NETWORK PRINT PORT ON WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP ........................49
7. TCP/IP LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION............................................................ 50
BASIC TCP/IP INSTALLATION OVERVIEW ............................................................................. 50
ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS ................................................................................................50
WINDOWS NT LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION...............................................................51
WINDOWS 2000/XP STANDARD TCP/IP PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION.................................52
UNIX I
NSTALLATION........................................................................................................... 55
8.UPGRADING PRINT SERVER .......................................................................................63
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OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................63
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM PSADMIN................................................................... 63
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM WINDOWS NT/2000/XP (THROUGH TCP/IP) ...............63
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM UNIX (THROUGH TCP/IP) .......................................... 64
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM BROWSER .................................................................. 64
9. TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................66
GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW ............................................................................66
POWER RELATED PROBLEMS ..............................................................................................66
PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS .......................................................................................66
WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................67
MOVING THE PRINT SERVER TO A NEW SEGMENT .................................................................68
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OVING YOUR COMPUTER TO A NEW SEGMENT ..................................................................69
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OVELL NETWARE TROUBLESHOOTING ...............................................................................69
TCP/IP TROUBLESHOOTING ...............................................................................................69
APPENDIX : .......................................................................................................................72
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OAD DEFAULT VALUE........................................................................................................ 73
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REQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................74
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................76
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Trademarks
NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Inc and Windows 95/98/Me and Windows
NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product
names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Copyright
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make
any derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written
consent of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
FCC Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice
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.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference may cause
undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: (1).
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna, (2). Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver, (3). Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected, (4). Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV
technician for help.
Important Note:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure
limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inches) during normal
operation.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or
transmitter.
Part No. 535Wx-V1.0
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1. Introduction
Product Overview
The external print servers enhance capability by letting you place your printers, plotters, or
equality printers at convenient locations directly on the Ethernet network, and by increasing
network printer performance and management.
Network Management
The print servers support the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which remote
printer management and a warning. A standard SNMP agent is permanent on these print
servers. Any standard SNMP-based application can be used to access and manage these
print servers.
Network configuration
The print servers provide an embedded web server that can be accessed via a prop web
browser. We also subsidiary Windows-based PSAdmin utility which help administrator to
setup print server environment. For example, Netware, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows
NT/2000/XP, Mac or Unix system.
Wireless Specifications
Standard
Complies with IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum(DSSS) standard
Radio Frequency
2.4 GHZ ISM Band
Media Access Control
Method
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)
with ACK
Modes
Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure (User definable)
Data Transfer Rate
1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps
Output Power +13 ~ +17 dBm (typical +15dBm)
WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy) Encryption
Support 64 and 128 bit Encryption
Typical Operating Ranges
Indoor:
35~50 M@ 11Mbps
80M @ 5.5 Mbps
120M @ 2 Mbps
150M @ 1Mbps
Outdoor:
250M @ 11Mbps
350M @ 5.5Mbps
400M @ 2Mbps
500M @ 1Mbps
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Components and Features
Wireless Print server
˙1 Bi-direction parallel port (IEEE 1284) or USB 1.1 port (support USB2.0 full speed)
˙POST (Power On Self Test)
˙ LED Lights
Status: Yellow color, indicating Power/POST process
WLAN Active: Green / Yellow color, indicating the strength of radio signal and data
transmission.
˙1 CD for Netware, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
˙1 external AC power adapter(3.3V 2A)
˙Normal and Diagnostic Mode (select by DIP switch)
˙Built-in Reset Button
Before you start, you should prepare :
One Win98/Me/2000/XP/2003 PC with CD-ROM
One 802.11b Access Point and Wireless Adapter
One Printer (USB or Parallel Port)
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Hardware Installation
To install the print servers, you need to complete these steps:
˙Confirm that your printer parallel(USB) port work well.
˙Connect the print server to the network and printer(s) and plug in the print server.
˙Create a configuration page from the print server.
Follow these instructions to install the print servers, please refer to any peripheral
you are connecting to the print server:
1. To ensure your printer(s) work well, do one of the following:
˙Send data through the parallel (USB) port of each printer you are connecting to the
print server, or generate a printer self-test page.
2. Turn off the power for each printer.
3. Connect the print server to printer(s).
Note: One port print server attaching only one printer, further three ports print server can
expand three printers, for example, the print server’s port1 should be connect printer1,
port2 or port3 as following above step.
4. Plug the AC power adapter into the power receptacle in the side of the print server.
5. Plug the AC power module into the wall out-let, the print server is switched on after you
plug it in.
6. Check the LED’s marked as status on topside or beside of the print server. It should be
flash five times normally, if not, please contact your local dealer for repair or replacement.
7. Turn on the power of your printer(s) to begin printing.
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2. Print Server Installation
Preparation
To meet users’ network printing needs in today’s heterogeneous and multiple protocol
networking environments, the print server supports industrial standard protocols, including
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI and AppleTalk. This means that the print server supports the
most popular network operating systems today, including NetWare, Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, UNIX systems and Macintosh computer. As such, there might be
several ways to deploy the print server on your network.
Supported Networks
Print server supports a variety of network protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI
and AppleTalk. In addition, we provide software for network configuration on the following
networks:
˙Novell NetWare 3.12, 4.x, 5.x (Bindery, NDS and NDPS)
˙Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me
˙Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
˙Apple EtherTalk
˙UNIX /Linux system
˙Internet (via Internet Printer Connection software)
Configuration Solution Table
Setup Operating
System
Function Remarks
PSAdmin utility
Windows
95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
Install a single
network on a
peer-to-peer or
client-server
network
Easy printer installation runs from CD
Embedded Web server
Windows Remote setup Follow standard browse, for example, IE or
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95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
print server from
private LAN as
soon
Netscape
HP Web JetAdmin
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
Remote
management of
print server,
include
alert and
consumables
Print server solution for continual management of
multiple printers- anywhere on your LAN
Internet Printing Protocol
Windows 98 SE
Windows
2000/XP
Printing via the
internet to
Internet Printing
Protocolenabled print
server
Allows saving distribution of HQ hardcopy
document over Internet, replacing fax, mail
Comment
Configuration solution Table has many installations way to setup Windows 95/98/Me,
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, UNIX / Linux system and Mac computer. Firstly, we
introduce PSAdmin utility, HP Web JetAdmin program and Internet Printing Protocol solution.
Then we will discusse Embedded Web Server Installation with print server.
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3.The PSAdmin Utility for Windows-based
The PSAdmin is a proprietary Windows based management program that can assist you in
configuring and managing your print server in NetWare environments. The program can be
run from any Windows PC.
Installing the PSAdmin
To install PSAdmin, please follow the directions listed below.
1. Insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Run the setup.exe from Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003. The Network Print
Monitor for Windows welcome message then appears. Choose Setup Wizard or
Manual Installation.
3. Choose Setup Wizard, the program will auto install the Network Print Monitor,
PSAdmin and Setup Wizard into your computer. The default installation directory will
be C:\Program files\Network Print Monitor.
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4.
After installation completes, the Setup Wizard message appears.
5. Click Wireless Setup Wizard and the following message appears.
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6. Click NEXT , the wizard will automatically discover the wireless print server.
7. Select the print server which you want to configure and press NEXT.
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8. Select YES if you want to change the configuration and press NEXT then the picture
appears.
Communication Type： please choose Infrastructure, Ad-hoc or 802.11b Ad-hoc
that meet your network environment.
SSID：Input the proper SSID of your wireless network. The default value is <any> and it
will connect with the AP which has the best signal in your wireless network.
Channel： optional.
Data Transmit Rates： Auto or 1,2Mbps, 5.5Mbps or 11Mbps.
Click NEXT.
9. Choose Enable the WEP Encryption as you need, and click NEXT.
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10. Specify a fixed IP address or use dynamic IP address, then click NEXT.
11. In this page, you can confirm your setting value again. Click NEXT.
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12. Done.
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Using PSAdmin
After PSAdmin is successfully installed, run the program by double-clicking the PSAdmin
icon from “Network Print Server” program. The screen will then appear as follow picture.
All print server(s) feature Novell NetWare function on the LAN will be displayed along with
their respective device name, MAC Address, print server name, firmware version, and status.
The terms are defined as follows:
Device Name: The name of the print server hardware used for identification purposes.
MAC Address: The Ethernet address of the print server.
Print server Name: The print server to which the device is attached.
Version: The firmware version of the print server.
Status: To come up a Printer’s status presently.
Wizard
Wizard is a configuration program that can assist you in setting up the necessary parameters
for your print server device to function. Setup a print server by using Wizard.
TCP/IP Wizard
1. Click Wizard button just like a picture ＜ ＞.and select TCP/IP Wizard.
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2 Select “Obtain an IP address from DHCP server”. If there is a DHCP server on your
network. This option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically
from your DHCP server. This setting, by default, is disabled. If you would like to manually
specify an IP address to the device, please skip to the following step.
3 In the IP Address option, type an IP address for the print server. The IP address must
meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment.
4 (Optional) In the Subnet Mask option, type the Subnet Mask your LAN or network
segment is currently configured to use.
5 (Optional) In the Gateway field, type the IP address of gateway.
6 When done, click OK button. The program will save the above settings into the print
server.
7 Done
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NetWare Wizard
1. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent.
2. Click Wizard button just like a picture ＜ ＞.and select NetWare Wizard, as follow
picture.
3. Select the NetWare File Server to which the print server device will be attached.
4. Type in a Print server.
5. Type in a Print Queue Names.
Note: Each print queue corresponds to each print port of the print server.
6. Click OK.
7. Done.
8. From your NetWare client computer, such as Windows 95/98/Me, create a printer that is
connected (redirected) to one of the NetWare print queues serviced by the print server.
Manual Setup
Manual Setup is a configuration program designed for more experienced users of NetWare.
To setup the print server by using Manual Setup follow the steps:
1. Run PCONSOLE in NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x and create the necessary parameters
(Refer to your Novell NetWare print server/Services manual for details).
2. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent. From your
Windows 95/98/Me, run PSAdmin.
3. Select the print server that you wish to configure.
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4. Click Properties in the tool bar and the following screen will appear, Properties button
just like a picture ＜ ＞, as follow picture.
5. Select NetWare and type in the Print server that created during PCONSOLE.
6. (Optional) In Bindery Settings, Select NetWare file server(s) that print server can do
Bindery mode.
7. (Optional) In NDS Settings, Select NetWare file server(s), NetWare 4.x or later that print
server can do NDS mode.
8. Click OK. From your NetWare client computer, such as Windows 95/98/Me, create a
printer that is connected (redirected) to one of the NetWare print queues serviced by the
print server.
Properties –TCP/IP Options
The TCP/IP options allow you to modify the print server’s TCP/IP settings. Each option is
detailed as follows.
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Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server:
This option enables or disables the DHCP feature of the print server. When this option is
enabled, the print server will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server on
your LAN. The default value is “Disable”.
Note: 1.Once this option is enabled, the following IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway will be
grayed out and are not available for editing.
2.While the print server supports DHCP, we strongly recommend you manually specify
a fixed IP address to the print server.
Specify an IP address:
IP Address: This option shows the print server’s current IP address maybe obtained from
your DHCP server or manually specified. This option also allows you to
manually specify an IP address to the print server, if DHCP option is disabled.
Subnet Mask: This option shows the print server’s current subnet mask maybe obtained
from the DHCP server or manually specified. This option also lets you
manually specify a subnet mask to the print server, if DHCP option is
disabled. This value is optional.
Gateway: This option shows the print server’s current gateway address maybe obtained
from the DHCP server or manually specified. The option also allows you to
manually specify the IP address of the gateway to the print server, if DHCP option
is disabled. This value is optional
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Upgrade
Upgrade allows the user to upgrade the print server device. In order to upgrade the unit
please perform the steps as follows:
1. Click Upgrade button just like a picture ＜ ＞, as shown as follow picture
2. Select General Upgrade. Make sure that the upgrade file is located in the same directory
as PSAdmin.
Reset
1. Click Reset button just like a picture ＜ ＞.
2. Reset allows the user to reset the print server device in order to establish a new
connection or for new settings to take effect.
Refresh
1. Click Reset button just like a picture ＜ ＞.
2. Refresh searches the network for all attached print server(s).
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Note: Configure the print speed in the Advanced label, must match the printer’s speed
which connect to the print server. Undependable configuration will cause printer to
abnormal printing.
Multiple Print Queues Configuration
To configure the print server to service multiple print queues, please follow the instructions
listed below:
1. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent.
2. Run the PSAdmin from your Windows.
3. Select the print server and to be configured.
4. Click the Wizard icon in the tool bar.
5. Type in a Print server and a Print Queue Name (For more detailed information about
Wizard, please refer to the “Wizard” section in this chapter).
6. Run the NetWare’s PCONSOLE and create additional print queues.
7. Select the Print server name you specify in Step 5.
8. Select the “Print server Configuration” option and select the ”Queue Serviced by
Printer” option (For NetWare 4.x’s PCONSOLE, please select “Printers” option and
select “Printer 0” instead).
9. Select the “Printer 0” and press the [Insert] key to add the print queues you create in
Step 6 into the list (For NetWare 4.x’s PCONSOLE, please select “Print queues
assigned” option instead).
10. Reset the print server by clicking the “Reset” icon from the PSAdmin. Done.
Note: Please refer to NetWare’s Print server/Services manuals for detailed PCONSOLE
commands.
Uninstalling the PSAdmin on Windows PC
To help users easily remove all installed software components of the PSAdmin from their
Windows PC, and the PSAdmin software comes with un-installation wizard program that can
automatically remove the software components from their Windows PC systems in minutes.
Please follow the directions listed below to proceed with the un-installation procedure.
After the PSAdmin is removed, the print server is no longer accessible via the PSAdmin. You
have to re-install the PSAdmin on your system in order to access the print server again.
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Procedure:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel.
2. Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click Change or Remove Programs tab.
4. Select Network Print Monitor for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP and click
Change/Remove button.
5. The un-installation wizard program will be launched.
6. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the un-installation procedure.
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4.Internet Printer Connection and HP Web JetAdmin
IPP Overview
Print server(s) support the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Using the appropriate software on
your system, you can create an IPP print path from your system as Windows PC over the
Internet.
Note: For incoming print path requests, the network administrator have to configure the
firewall to accept incoming IPP requests.
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
For Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, you can use a supported Web Browser, for example,
Netscape or IE to view the embedded web server on the print server. Contact your
administrator to get the IP address or URL of the printer and browse to the print server’s web
page.
For example, to install Windows 2000 by IPP service you must follow below information:
1.Click Start button.
2.Select Settings, and then select “Printers” option.
3.Click Add Printer icon. Appear welcome to the add printer wizard, Click Next.
4.Select Network printer option, and then click “Next”.
5.Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet option, appear as follow
picture.
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