LevelOne FPS-9023, WPS-9123 User Manual
LevelOne
FPS-9023/WPS-9123
Wired/Wireless Printer Server w/Multi - Port
User Manual
V1.0.0-0606
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 PRODUCT PACKAGE.......................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 NETWORK PRINTING ARCHITECTURE ...............................................................................................4
1.3.1 Printer server Network Functions ............................................................................................4
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients................................................................................... 5
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server..................................................................... 7
1.4 NETWORK PRINTING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................ 8
1.5 CONTENTS OF THE USER MANUAL ..................................................................................................10
1.6 FIRMWARE & PRINTING FUNCTION..................................................................................................11
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION. .......................................................................................................12
2.1 LED STATUS INSTRUCTION.........................................................................................................13
2.2 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................................................15
3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK.......................................................................................16
3.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE..................................................................................................................17
3.2 ADMINISTRATOR INSTALLATION AND SETUP...................................................................................19
3.3 ADMINISTRATOR UTILITIES.............................................................................................................28
3.4 CLIENT INSTALLATION AND SETUP..................................................................................................29
3.5 CLIENT UTILITIES ............................................................................................................................33
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup.....................................................................................................33
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility).............................................................................................................35
3.6 WINDOWS ADD PRINTER PROCEDURE..............................................................................................37
4. WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK............................................................................................................41
4.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE..................................................................................................................42
4.2 WINDOWS 2000 INSTALLATION AND SETUP ....................................................................................43
4.3 USER INSTALLATION AND SETUP.....................................................................................................44
5. NETWARE NETWORK.....................................................................................................................45
5.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE..................................................................................................................46
5.2 NETWARE 3.X/4.X/5.X INSTALLATION & SETUP..............................................................................48
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE...............................................................................................48
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK..............................................................................................................51
6.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................52
6.2 ENABLE PRINTER SERVER’S TCP/IP SUPPORT.................................................................................53
6.3 SETUP PRINTER SERVER’S IP ADDRESS............................................................................................54
6.3.1 DHCP......................................................................................................................................54
6.3.2 BOOTP...................................................................................................................................54
6.4 VERIFY PRINTER SER V E R’S IP ADDRESS..........................................................................................56
6.5 CONFIGURE REMOTE LPD PRINTING ON THE HOST.........................................................................57
7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY ...........................................................................................................59
7.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................60
7.2 SEARCH FOR ALL AVAILABLE PRINTER SERVER..............................................................................62
7.3 STATUS OF PRINTER SERVER............................................................................................................63
7.4 SETUP THE PRINTER SERVER............................................................................................................64
7.5 GENERAL CONFIGURATION..............................................................................................................65
7.6 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................66
7.7 NETWARE PRINTER SERVER CONFIGURATION..................................................................................68
7.8 APPLETALK CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................69
7.9 BONJOUR CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................................71
7.10 SNMP CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................72
7.11 SMB CONFIGURATION.....................................................................................................................73
7.12 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................74
7.13 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION (FOR WPS-9123 ONLY).......................................................................76
7.14 WIZARD ...........................................................................................................................................83
7.15 REPORT............................................................................................................................................87
8. WEB MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................................88
8.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................89
8.2 LOGIN..............................................................................................................................................90
8.3 DEVICE STATUS...............................................................................................................................91
8.3.1 System.....................................................................................................................................91
8.3.2 Printer......................................................................................................................................92
8.3.3 TCP/IP ....................................................................................................................................93
8.3.4 SMB........................................................................................................................................94
8.3.5 SNMP......................................................................................................................................95
8.3.6 NetWare..................................................................................................................................96
8.3.7 AppleTalk ...............................................................................................................................97
8.3.8 Bonjour...................................................................................................................................98
8.4 SETUP WIZARD................................................................................................................................99
8.4.1 System.....................................................................................................................................99
8.4.1.1 Admin Password.................................................................................................................100
8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings...............................................................................................................101
8.4.2 Wireless Setting (For WPS-9123 only).................................................................................102
8.4.2.1 Site Survey (For WPS-9123 only)......................................................................................104
8.4.2.2 Encryption (For WPS-9123 only).......................................................................................105
8.4.3 TCP/IP ..................................................................................................................................108
8.4.4 SMB......................................................................................................................................109
8.4.5 SNMP....................................................................................................................................110
8.4.6 NetWare................................................................................................................................111
8.4.7 AppleTalk .............................................................................................................................112
8.4.8 Bonjour.................................................................................................................................113
8.4.9 Save Settings.........................................................................................................................114
8.5 SYSTEM TOOLS..............................................................................................................................115
8.5.1 Load Default.........................................................................................................................115
8.5.2 Upgrade.................................................................................................................................116
8.5.3 Backup System......................................................................................................................117
8.5.4 Restore System......................................................................................................................118
8.5.5 Language...............................................................................................................................119
9. TELNET MANAGEMENT................................................................................................................120
9.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................121
9.2 LOGIN ..............................................................................................................................................122
9.3 GET SETTING VALUES – “GET” COMMAND ......................................................................................123
9.4 MODIFY SETTING VALUES – “SET” COMMAND ................................................................................126
9.5 OTHER COMMANDS..........................................................................................................................129
9.5.1 ipconfig.................................................................................................................................129
9.5.2 reboot....................................................................................................................................129
9.5.3 exit ........................................................................................................................................129
9.5.4 help........................................................................................................................................129
10. IPP PRINTING..................................................................................................................................131
10.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................132
10.2 SYSTEM SETUP...............................................................................................................................133
10.2.1 Printer server Side...............................................................................................................133
10.2.2 Client Side...........................................................................................................................133
11. LPR SETTING IN MAC OS............................................................................................................138
12. UPNP SETUP.....................................................................................................................................142
13. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP.............................................................................................................148
1. Introduction
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1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing LevelOne FPS-9023/WPS-9123 printer
server. This printer ser ver allows your printer to become a shared de vice
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.
WPS-9123 printer server provid es IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up
to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps
Ethernet), two USB 2.0 ports and one Parallel port for printers.
This printer server supports IPX/SP X, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and
AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for various
common network operating systems such as Wi ndows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/
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 printer 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 printer server quickly, please
refer to the Quick Installat ion Guide that comes along with this printer
server.
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1.2 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
FPS-9023 or WPS-9123
Antenna (For WPS-9123 only)
Power Adapter
CD Manual/Driver/Utility
Quick Installation Guide
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how printer server functions and operates on
the network. Before you install and use printer 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 in troduce the role every component plays in th e
network-printing environment.
Printer server
Client User
Network Server (optional)
Network Printing Environment
Client User
Unix Print Server
Workstation
Windows 2000
Windows 98Windows NT
1.3.1 Printer server Network Functions
Print Server
Print Server
Network Server
NetWare Server
Windo ws NT Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
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Because printer server supports IPX/SPX, N etBEUI, TCP/IP and
AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print
to the printer server from any of its installed protocol.
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Client User
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Pe er-to-Peer Printing)
driver and utilities for Windows 98 SE/ME//2000/XP/ users. PTPP (Peerto-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 i s also allowed) search all the pr inter servers on
the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port
(see below).
PTPP
Windows 98
UNIX / Linux
P1
Print Server
MIS-2
P1
P2
P3
Print Server
MIS-1
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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 printer server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTa lk network to print
through printer server.
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Network Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows 2000
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Pe er-to-Peer Printing)
driver and utilities for Windows 2000 After PTPP is installed, the server
can directly print through printer server. Adding this printing functi on into
Windows 2000 allows prin t queue, user authority management , and many
other advanced features to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, printer se rver 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
printer server.
Windows 2000 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is
installed into Windows 2000. Adding this printing function into Windows
2000 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 Manual
Chapter 2 explains printer 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 2000 Server-Based Networks
Chapter 5. NetWare Networ k
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 i ntroduce printer 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 printer
server management through Telnet .
Chapter 10 introduces Printer 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 h ow to setup LPR printing in MAC OS.
Chapter 12 introduce s the UPnP function of t he printer server. UPnP
function will help to find the IP address of the printer server and enables
user directly link to the web page of the printer server without entering
the IP Address of the printer server in web browser.
Chapter 13 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any printer server
listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please
follow the instruction in this chapter an d resolve the problem.
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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function
The printer 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 printer server package and verify that all the items
listed in the section 1.2 are provided.
2. Connect the printer server to the printer you want to share on the
network.
3. Connect the printer server to your network by attached the
network cable to the UTP port of the printer server.
4. Connect the power adapter to the printer server. The printer
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 printer server is ready.
NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the printer server; do NOT use any
other power adapter from any sources.
NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between printer server and a few printer, it is
recommended that you power on the printer server before the printer.
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2.1 LED Status Instruction
Wired Printer Server: FPS-9023
LED Color Status Description
On
The LAN cable is connected to the Printer
Server.
LAN Green
Off No network connection.
Network traffic transferring or receiving through
Blinking
the LAN port.
If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED
On
will be lighted steadily.
Print 1 ~ 3 Green
Off No printing jobs.
The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to
Blinking
printer.
The Printer Server is ready.
On
If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED
Power Green
will be lighted steadily.
Off The Printer Server is failed to reboot.
y Reboot (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for more than 3 seconds)
When press the reset button for more 3 seconds the Power Led will be blinking slowly. While
Printer Server is rebooting, the Power/Print LEDs are all ON. When only th e Po wer LED is ON ,
the rebooting is completed.
y Reset to Factory Default (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for longer than 5 seconds)
When press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds the Power Led will be blinking. Then
the Power/Print LEDs are all ON. When only the Power LED is ON, the Printer Server is reset
to factory default settings.
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Wireless Printer Server: WPS-9123
LED Color Status Description
On The LAN cable is connected to the Print Server.
LAN Green
Print 1 ~ 3 Green
WLAN Green
Power Green
Off No network connection.
Blinking
On
Off No printing jobs.
Blinking
On
Off
Blinking
On
Off The Printer Server is failed to reboot.
Network traffic transferring or receiving through
the LAN port.
If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED
will be lighted steadily.
The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to
printer.
If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED
will be lighted steadily.
The wireless mode of the Printer Server is
disabled or auto but wire cable is connected.
Network traffic transferring or receiving through
the Wireless.
The Printer Server is ready.
If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED
will be lighted steadily.
y Reboot (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for more than 3 seconds)
When press the reset button for more 3 seconds the Power LED will be blinking slowly. While
Printer Server is rebooting, the Power/Print/WLAN LEDs are all ON. When only the Power
LED is ON, the rebooting is completed.
y Reset to Factory Default (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for longer than 5 seconds)
When press the reset button for longer than 5 seconds the Power LED will be blinking. Then
the Power/Print/WLAN LEDs are all ON. When only the Power LED is ON, the Printer Server
is reset to factory default settings.
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2.2 Hardware Description
Front Panel for WPS-9123
Front Panel for FPS-9023
Rear Side
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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
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3.1 System Architecture
Printer server supports Windows Peer-t o-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.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installa tion and Setup (refer to section 2 for more
detailed information).
System administrators mu st:
y Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
y Configure printer server from administrator’s configuration
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more
detailed information).
Client users must install Windo ws PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing)
for network printing.
utility.
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In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically
search for all printer servers on the network, and add the printing port of
the printer servers into Win dows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing
Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
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3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup
The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows
98SE/ME/2000/XP/ 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 al ong with the printer 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. The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as
following. Select the model then click “Administrator Installation”.
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3. The “Printer 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.
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5. Select the components you want to install. It is highly
recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue.
6. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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7. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure
the Printer server. The “Choose Printer server” will list all Printer servers
within the network. Select the Printer server you would like to configure
and click “Next”.
NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Printer server, the “Printer
server Name” is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix “PS”. Please
check the MAC ID on the printer server.
NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer.
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8. Specify a recognizable name for the Printer server and click
“Next”.
9.Specify the IP Address for the Printer server manually or click
“Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2.
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10. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you
have completed the Printer server setup . Click “Finish” and your system
will add network port of the Printer server to your PC automatically.
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