Ovislink AirLive WP-203G User Manual

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WP-203G

3 Ports Wireless Print Server

User’s Manual

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1

1.2 Product Package....................................................................................................... 2

1.3 Network Printing Architecture.................................................................................... 3

1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions............................................................................3

1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients................................................................ 4

1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server .................................................. 6

1.4 Network Printing Environment................................................................................... 7

1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual..................................................................................9

1.6 Firmware & Printing Function..................................................................................11

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION....................................................................................................... 12

3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK

3.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.............................................................................................. 13

3.2 Install Print Server windows utility...........................................................................14

3.3 Print Server Utilities.................................................................................................18

3.3.1 Network Ports Quick Setup.................................................................................18

3.3.2 Remote Ports (Utility).........................................................................................20

3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure............................................................................. 23

4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK

4.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ......................................................................................................27

4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup .......................................... 28

4.3 User Installation and Setup..................................................................................... 29

5. NETWARE NETWORK

5.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ....................................................................................................... 30

5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup................................................................. 32

5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE...........................................................................32

6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK

6.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 35

6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.................................................................... 36

6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address.............................................................................. 37

6.3.1 DHCP..................................................................................................................37

6.3.2 BOOTP................................................................................................................37

6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address.............................................................................. 39

6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host..........................................................40

7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY

7.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 42

7.2 Search for All Available Print Server....................................................................... 44

7.3 Status of Print Server.............................................................................................. 45

7.4 Setup the Print Server............................................................................................. 46

7.5 General Configuration............................................................................................. 47

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7.6 TCP/IP Configuration .............................................................................................. 48

7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration ........................................................................ 50

7.8 AppleTalk Configuration..........................................................................................51

7.9 Bonjour Configuration.............................................................................................. 52

7.10 SNMP Configuration................................................................................................ 53

7.11 SMB Configuration.................................................................................................. 54

7.12 System Configuration.............................................................................................. 55

7.13 Wireless Configuration............................................................................................ 57

7.13 Wizard.....................................................................................................................64

7.14 Report...................................................................................................................... 68

8. WEB MANAGEMENT

8.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 69

8.2 Login........................................................................................................................ 70

8.3 Device Status..........................................................................................................71

8.3.1 System................................................................................................................. 71

8.3.2 Printer.................................................................................................................. 72

8.3.3 TCP/IP.................................................................................................................73

8.3.4 SMB.................................................................................................................... 74

8.3.5 SNMP.................................................................................................................. 75

8.3.6 NetWare.............................................................................................................. 76

8.3.7 AppleTalk............................................................................................................77

8.3.8 Bonjour................................................................................................................78

8.4 Setup Wizard...........................................................................................................79

8.4.1 System................................................................................................................. 79

8.4.1.1 Admin Password ............................................................................................... 80

8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings............................................................................................. 81

8.4.2 Wireless Setting ..................................................................................................82

8.4.2.1 Site Survey........................................................................................................84

8.4.2.2 Encryption......................................................................................................... 85

8.4.3 TCP/IP.................................................................................................................88

8.4.4 SMB.................................................................................................................... 89

8.4.5 SNMP.................................................................................................................. 90

8.4.6 NetWare.............................................................................................................. 91

8.4.7 AppleTalk............................................................................................................92

8.4.8 Bonjour................................................................................................................93

8.4.9 Save Settings.......................................................................................................94

8.5 System Tools........................................................................................................... 95

8.5.1 Load Default ....................................................................................................... 95

8.5.2 Upgrade............................................................................................................... 96

8.5.3 Backup System.................................................................................................... 97

8.5.4 Restore System.................................................................................................... 98

9.TELNET MANAGEMENT

9.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................99

9.2 Login........................................................................................................................ 100

9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command..................................................................... 101

9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command.................................................................103

9.5 Other Commands.................................................................................................... 105

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9.5.1 ipconfig............................................................................................................. 105

9.5.2 reboot................................................................................................................ 105

9.5.3 exit.....................................................................................................................105

9.5.4 help.................................................................................................................... 106

10. IPP PRINTING

10.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 107

10.2 System Setup........................................................................................................ 108

10.2.1 Print Server Side .............................................................................................108

10.2.2 Client Side....................................................................................................... 108

11. LPR SETTING IN MAC OS.........................................................................................................113

12. UPNP SETUP..............................................................................................................................117

13. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP........................................................................................................122

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1. Introduction

1.1 Product Introduction

Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required.

This print server provides an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet), two USB 2.0 ports and one Parallel port for printers.

This print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc.

With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly complete the settings for the printing environment, and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by the print server.

In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing features, installation methods, and system configuration for different network environments.

If you would like to set up and install print server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that comes along with this print server.

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1.2 Product Package

This package contains the following components:

One Print Server

One Power Adapter

One Antenna

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

Network Server

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

Workstation

Client User

Print Server

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Windows 98Windows NT

1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions

Unix Print Server

Windows 98Windows NT

Windows 2000

Workstation

Print Server

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

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Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.

1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients

Client User

Unix Print Server

Windows 98Windows NT

Windows 2000

Workstation

Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:

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

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (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 is also allowed) search all the print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).

PTPP

Windows 98

UNIX / Linux

Print Server

MIS-2

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 print server.

MAC OS

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

1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server

Network Server

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Workstation

Windows 98Windows NT

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

Common network servers are classified as following:

Windows NT/2000/2003

Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000/2003. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through print server. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.

NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x

In NetWare environment, print server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc.

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1.4 Network Printing Environment

Common network environment are classified as following:

Windows Peer-to-Peer Network

The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server.

Windows NT/2000/2003 Network

Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.

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NetWare Networ k (see below)

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1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual

Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read.

The following chapters introduce:

Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network

Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Networks

Chapter 5. NetWare Network

Chapter 6. UNIX System Network

You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement.

Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server’s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select the appropriate management utility according to the administrator’s computer platform.

Chapter 9 introduces the commands that can be used in print server management through Telnet.

Chapter 10 introduces Print Server’s IPP Printing function and setup procedure. The IPP Printing provides a convenient way to print documents across the Internet by the IPP protocol.

Chapter 11 introduces how to setup LPR printing in MAC OS.

Chapter 12 introduces the UPnP function of the print server. UPnP function will help to find the IP address of the print server and enables user directly link to the web page of the print server without entering the IP Address of the print server in web browser .

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Chapter 13 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem.

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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function

The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below:

PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)

TCP/IP (LPR)

IPP Printing

NetWare Bindery Printing

AppleTalk

SMB Printing

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2. Hardware Installation

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

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

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

4. Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the three Printer Port LEDs will be on. When the LEDs are unlighted, the print server is ready.

NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do

NOT use any other power adapter from any sources.

NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a

few printer, it is recommended that you power on the print server before the printer.

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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network

3.1 System Architecture

Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.

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3.2 Install Print Server 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.

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

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3.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.

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.The system will start to install the utilities automatically.

6.The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally completed. and All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, cli ck “Continue”

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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.

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.

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During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see below).

If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server.

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Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers.

Select the network ports in the “Available Ports” list and click “>” to add ports. If you want to add all available ports, please click “>>”. To cancel some of the network ports or all ports from the “Chosen Ports” list, please click “<” or “<<”.

3.3.2 Remote Ports (Utility)

Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other print servers outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this function only supports TCP/IP network protocol.

Please follow the procedures described below:

Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port.

Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click “Ok”.

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Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows.

In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.

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3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure

After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are similar.

Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.

Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.

Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.

Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”.

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

Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.

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

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

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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

4.1 System Architecture

In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer 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.

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

5.1 System Architecture

We implemented 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.

Printing performance is enhanced.

Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.

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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”.

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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 syste ms.

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 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,

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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:

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

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:\

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: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.

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

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7. Configuration Utility

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.

Bonjour: Allow you to configure the Bonjour function.

SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.

SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name.

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System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade.

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 “Print Server Group” on the left side of the window.

You must select the print server you would like to configure from the li st. 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…et c.

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

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 “Print Server Name”, “SMB Group 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.

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”.

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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 and assign a range of IP addresses here. The DHCP server is disabled by default. When “Enable” is selected, you have to configure “Starting Address”, “Ending Address”, “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.

Queue Serviced by Printer is the name of the printer queue on the NetWare server. The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server. You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print 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 Bonjour Configuration

Bonjour technology (“Rendezvous” was renamed “Bonjour” with the release of Mac OS X v10.4), also known in the industry as Zero Configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers. This technology is used in MAC OS.

Service Name is a name to identify the device on IP network. The Print Server has three printer ports; please designate the unique and friendly service name for each printer connected to one of the three printer ports.

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7.10 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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7.11 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 enable this function and set the interval time to bypass the current printing job. Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages.

Waiting Time to Pass Job: The range is from 1 to 60 seconds. By default, the parameter is enabled and the default waiting time is 20 seconds.

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7.12 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, and upgrade the new firmware for this print server.

Port Name is the name of the printer port. The Print Server has three printer ports, two USB 2.0 ports and one parallel port. Each printer port has to be assigned a name. Then you can use this name to access the printer port. By default, the printer port name is “p1” for port 1, “p2” for port 2 and “p3” for port 3.

Upgrade: You can use this “Upgrade” 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.

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7.13 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.

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”.

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

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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.

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.

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Ad Hoc Mode:

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.

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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.

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”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.

WEP Security Mode:

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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.

y PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption 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)”.

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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 13-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.

WPA-shared key Security Mode:

When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP or AES 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 AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security

and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.

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

authentication within the network.

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

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 gate way address.

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

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.

Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and the port name for each printer port.

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Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section

7.12 for detail information.

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

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Step 4: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.

Step 5: Click “Save” to finish setting.

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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 print server.

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8. Web Management

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”, “System Up Time”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN configuration” and the protocols enabl ed status, etc.

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8.3.2 Printer

The Print Server can communicate with the printer to get the printer information including printer manufacturer, model number, printing language supported, and also the printer’s status. This page lists the 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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8.3.4 SMB

This page lists the SMB group and the pa ss job interval time settings of the print server.

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8.3.5 SNMP

This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Location”.

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8.3.6 NetWare

This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.

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8.3.7 AppleTalk

This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports.

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8.3.8 Bonjour

This page lists Bonjour settings, including “Printer Service Name” of each port.

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8.4 Setup Wizard

8.4.1 System

You can change the print server name and port name of the print server from here.

Print 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. By default, the print server name is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix “PS”.

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8.4.1.1 Admin Password

It allows you to change the password of the print server.

Name is the administrator name of the print server. If you change the user name, you have to login to the print server from administrator utility or web management with the new name. The default user name is ”admin”.

Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server. The password can be up to 8-digit alphanumeric format. The default password is “airlive”.

Re-type Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server again.

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8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings

You can enable/disable the printing protocols and management tools from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to disable the function, please select “Disable”.

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8.4.2 Wireless Setting

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.

You can enable/disable the wireless function and set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this print server from here. The parameters include “Function”, “Mode”, “ESSID” and “Channel Number”. You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the “Site Survey” function to automatically search for an available access point and associate with it.

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

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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.

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

will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled.

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

will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled.

Mode is the operation mode of wireless station. You can choose ether “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure” mode. If you do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection, you have to choose “Ad Hoc” mode. If you have an access point as the wireless LAN infrastructure, you have to choose “Infrastructure” mode.

ESSID is the unique name identified by in a wireless LAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations and access points in the same WLAN network are the same.

Channel Number is the channel number of your wireless LAN. Please make sure that the channel number of all stations and access points in the same WLAN network are the same.

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8.4.2.1 Site Survey

You can use this “Site Survey” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations, includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one wireless device in the list for this print server to associate with or you have to go back to “Wireless” page to manuall y setup the wireless parameters.

Select: click the radio button in the “Select” column, and then click “Submit”. The print server will be connected to the wireless device you have selected.

Refresh: click “Refresh” to update the list.

Next Page: go to next web page.

Submit: Click “Submit” to confirm the connection with the wireless

device.

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8.4.2.2 Encryption

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”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPAshared key”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.

WEP Security Mode:

y Key Length – You can choose “64-bit” to use WEP with 64-bit key length

encryption or choose “128-bit” to use WEP with 128-bit key length encryption. The longer key length can provide better security but worse transmission throughput.

y Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric

format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key.

y PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by

automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server.

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Default Key – Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the

key you select it in the “Default key” will take effect.

y Key 1 – Key 4 – The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted

within the wireless network. Fill the text box by following the rules below.

64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“.

128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 10-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.

WPA-shared key Security Mode:

When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select one of the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP or AES and enter a set of shared key.

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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 AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security

and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.

y Pre-shared Key Format – Select “Passphrase” or “Hex” key format. If

“Passphrase” is selected, please enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. If “Hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of Hex code which should be “0-9” and “A-F”.

y Pre-Shared Key – The “Pre-Shared Key” is different from the key format

selection. Please see above description.

When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to confirm the configuration.

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8.4.3 TCP/IP

If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”. You also can select “Disable Use the following TCP/IP Settings” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server.

You can enable/disable for the print server’s DHCP server. The DHCP server is disabled by default. If the DHCP Server is enabled, you have to assign a range of IP addresses here. Fill in the “Start IP”, “Range”, “Gateway”, “DNS”, and “Domain””, and the print server will assign a unique IP for each client.

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8.4.4 SMB

You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “SMB Group Name” to specify the 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.

Waiting Time to Pass Job: The range is from 1 to 60 seconds. By default, the parameter is enabled and the default waiting time is 20 seconds.

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8.4.5 SNMP

The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters.

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

SNMP System 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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8.4.6 NetWare

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

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

Attached Queue is the name of the printer queue on the NetWare server. The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server. You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print server.

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8.4.7 AppleTalk

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 select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server.

AppleTalk Enable: Enable or disable “AppleTalk”.

AppleTalk 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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8.4.8 Bonjour

“Bonjour” technology (“Rendezvous” was renamed “Bonjour” with the release of Mac OS X v10.4), also known in the industry as Zero Configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.

Bonjour Function: Enable or disable “Bonjour” protocol on the print server.

Service Name is a name to identify the device on the IP network. The Print Server has three printer ports; please designate the unique and friendly service name for each printer connected to one of the three printer port.

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8.4.9 Save Settings

You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.

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8.5 System Tools

8.5.1 Load Default

You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared.

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