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Chapter 7
TCP/IP Configuration
This chapter explains how to configure the Network Interface Board and your network for
use with TCP/IP communication in various environments. Independent setup and
installation procedures are provided for Windows systems and for most popular UNIX
systems. The Network Interface Board TCP/IP capability will also operate with lpr
spoolers on other systems, and with spooler/supervisor capabilities that communicate
raw print jobs to the Print Server TCP/IP Port. The IP Peer-to-Peer redirector for
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT systems, provided with the Network Interface Board,
uses this TCP/IP port. The default port number is 10001, but may be changed to any
desired number using the Telnet utility, SNMP, or the HTML pages accessible via MAP
or a Web Browser. Section 7.5 Running Telnet, describes the interactive setup capability
accessible through the Telnet utility on any TCP/IP platform, and is equally applicable to
Windows, UNIX, and other TCP/IP environments. The use of MAP or a Web Browser to
access HTML management pages in the Network Interface Board is described in Chapter
3.
7.1 Installation in a Windows Environment
The several versions and variations of Microsoft Windows may be used on a NetWare
and/or TCP/IP networks, as well as in a native Microsoft Windows network. This flexibility
allows various options for setting up the network printing system even though this
Network Interface Board does not support NetBEUI. If the Windows workstations are
connected to a NetWare 2.x, 3.x or 4.x network, configure the printer interfaces for
NetWare, and use standard Windows/NetWare utilities to provide access to the printer. If
NetWare is not to be used, the users may access the printer using TCP/IP. Windows
95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 users can also use the Network Interface Board Peer-to-Peer
capability as described in Chapter 5. The following sections describe installation using
TCP/IP under Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT.
7.1.1 Windows for Workgroups
Printing with TCP/IP requires that the workstation have TCP/IP capability and the
corresponding spooler, lpr; or that the workstation can share an lpr queue on a Windows
NT server (for example) that has one. In general, if printers are not shared, an lpr queue
must be created on each workstation from which printing is initiated. See the Windows
documentation about sharing printers.
Windows for Workgroups does not normally come with TCP/IP. However, a variety of
TCP/IP facilities and third party lpr spoolers are available.
You will need the BOOTPL16.exe file if you wish to use the BOOTP Lite program to set
up IP parameters. The BOOTPL16.exe file is provided with the Network Interface Board.