User's Manual

Configuring and Managing the EasyLAN Wireless

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Configuring for UNIX

The EasyLAN Wireless appears to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique

IP address running the line printer daemon (lpd) protocol. As a result, any host

computer that supports the Berkeley remote-LPR command can spool jobs to the

EasyLAN Wireless without the need for any special software on the host computer.

Note:

Before you configure a UNIX print queue, the EasyLAN Wireless must have a

valid IP address.

Configuring for a Berkeley UNIX Host

Berkeley UNIX host computers include Linux, Digital Equipment Corporation Digital

UNIX, OSF/1, and ULTRIX; Compaq Tru64 UNIX; SunOS (not Solaris), SCO UNIX;

and many others. Sun Solaris, HP/UX, and IBM AIX users should skip to the

appropriate sections later in this chapter.

Note:

Do not use the Linux X-Windows graphical user interface printer configuration

utility because it does not work with the EasyLAN Wireless. Instead, Linux users

should follow the configuration steps listed in this section.

Note:

SCO UNIX users should use the ripconf command to create a printer and

automatically configure the /etc/printcap file (you still need to edit the /etc/hosts file).

Enter the EasyLAN Wireless service name (XCD_

xxxxxx

_P1 where

xxxxxx

is the last

six digits of the MAC address) as the name of the printer (refer to the EasyLAN

Wireless test label for the exact name of this service), and enter the name of the

EasyLAN Wireless that you assigned that you assigned in the /etc/hosts file as the

remote host name. Note the because this name must be unique for each printer, we

recommend using the XCD_

xxxxxx

_P1 service instead of the normal BINARY_P1

service.

To configure for a Berkeley UNIX host

1. Edit the /etc/hosts file (or equivalent local host table). For example:

192.189.207.33 xcdprinter

2. Edit the printcap file. For example:

LabelPrinter

:lp=:\

: rm=

XCD

:rp=

BINARY_P1

=/usr/spool/

LabelPrinter