User guide
Manual Installation Procedure
5-24  ❖   XNIC-ENET/TRING Configuration Guide
IP Address
Option 5:
Using Telnet
On previous XNIC versions, the default IP address was 
138.239.254.253 for Ethernet or 138.259.254.252 for Token Ring. 
These defaults have been eliminated in XNIC Version 5.x to 
avoid confusion. The default IP address of the XNIC is None.
Telnet can be used only if the XNIC has already been assigned 
an IP address using one of the other options. Telnet will allow you 
to change an existing IP address.
Note
The IP address, subnet mask, and routing table can be set up 
through the telnet utility, provided that the printer can be 
accessed from a workstation on the same network segment. This 
procedure will NOT work if the printer is on a different network, 
which may be the case if you are using subnetting to divide 
your network. An example explaining how to install a printer on 
a network with subnetting is provided in Appendix A.
1
Print a Printer Configuration Sheet to identify the IP address 
of the printer.
If the IP address is none, then use one of the other options to 
set the address for the first time. If the configuration sheet lists 
a value for the IP address, you can continue using Telnet.
2
Set up a routing table on the UNIX workstation, if needed. 
Otherwise, move ahead to step 3. 
On the UNIX workstation, enter: 
route add host 
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa
 0 
(where 
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
 is the XNIC IP address shown on 
the Printer Configuration Sheet and 
aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa
 is 
the IP address of the UNIX workstation).
You may check the routing table by entering: 
netstat -r.
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