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Print Server Installation Manual 11
1.5 ... about the Saving of the IP Address in the Print
Server
TCP/IP network protocols require the storing of the IP address in the
print server so that the device can be addressed within the network.
Why IP Addresses?
An IP address is used to address network devices in an IP network.
Depending on the network type the print server can also be
addressed via alternative parameters such as the host name, the
print server name, or the IPX address.
How Does the Print
Server Obtain IP
Addresses?
SEH print servers are shipped without an IP address. The print server
is able to assign itself an IP address during the initial installation.
Boot protocols are used to assign an IP address automatically to the
print server. Upon delivery, the boot protocols ’BOOTP’, ’DHCP’, and
’ZeroConf’ are enabled.
Once the print server is connected to the network, it checks whether
an IP address can be obtained from the boot protocols BOOTP or
DHCP. If this is not the case, the print server assigns itself an IP
address via ZeroConf from the address range (169.254.0.0/16) which
is reserved for ZeroConf.
Once the print server has automatically received an IP address via a
boot protocol, you can save a freely definable IP address in the print
server. The print server supports many different methods for the
assignment of the IP address.
The following section describes the recommended method for saving
the IP address via the IP Wizard of the InterCon-NetTool. Additional
methods for the assignment of IP addresses are described in the
print server user manual.