Xerox DOCUMENT CENTRE 255 User Manual

RARP TCP/ IP Address Assignment Quick Install Card
Xerox Document Centre 240/255/265 LP/ST

Before You Start

If your printer is equipped with a Token Ring
interface, prior to connecting your printer to your
network, use the Token Ring Quick Install
Card supplied to set the Ring Speed and Source
Routing settings for your environment. Then
return to this card and follow the instructions.

RARP servers vary in the information that they
return to the host computer requesting service.
Your Document Centre can retrieve the following
values from a RARP server:

TCP/IP Address
Subnet Mask

Consult the documentation supplied with your
RARP server software to verify what TCP/IP
information it is capable of supplying.

Go to the RARP server and...

1. Configure the RARP server with the TCP/

IP information you want assigned to your
printer.

Go to the printer and...

2. Connect your Document Centre to the net-

work with the appropriate cabling.

3. Enter the Tools pathway.

a) Press the Access ( )button.

b) On the keypad enter 1111 or the

current password. Press the Enter
button when finished. If your printer is
an ST model press the Go to Tools
button, otherwise skip to the next step.

c) The Touch Screen will be used for the

remainder of the data entry.

4. Enter the Network Setup menus.

a) Wait for the screen to refresh and

press the Connectivity and Network
Setup button.

b) Wait for the screen to refresh and

press the Network Setup button.

c) Press the TCP/IP Options button.

5. Enable TCP/IP printing.

a) Press the TCP/IP Settings button.
b) Press the Protocol and Media button.
c) Press the Enable button. Once

pressed the Physical Media buttons
will appear. Select Ethernet or Token
Ring. Press Save to retain the settings
and continue.

d) Press the Dynamic Addressing

button. At the next screen select
RARP and press Save.

6. Press the Exit Tools button.

7. Wait a MINIMUM of 7 minutes for the

printer to reset and receive the TCP/IP
information from the RARP server.

a) Obtain the Configuration Report

page from your printer. Verify the
Document Centre printer TCP/IP
information was assigned correctly by
the RARP server.

b) Repeat Steps 3a-5a then go to step 8.

8. Set the Broadcast Address (skip steps 8a-

8c if you do not wish to use a broadcast
address).

a) Press the Broadcast Address button.
b) The broadcast address can be

calculated this way: Perform a logical
OR of the IP address and the
complement of the Subnet Mask.

For assistance, contact your local Xerox Customer Support Center:
USA: 1-800-821-2797 Canada: 1-800-939-3769

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