Network Setup; Introduction; Supported Operating Systems; Configuring Tcp/Ip - Samsung ML-4550 User Manual

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Network setup

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up your
printer for network connections.
This chapter includes:
•

Introduction

•

Supported operating systems

•

Configuring TCP/IP

• Configuring IPX frame types
• Setting Ethernet speed
• Restoring the network configuration
• Printing a network configuration page
Introduction
Once you have connected your printer to a network with an RJ-45
Ethernet cable, you can share the printer with other network users.
You need to set up the network protocols on the printer to use it as your
network printer. Protocols can be set up by the following two methods:
Via network administration programs
You can configure your printer's print server settings and manage the
printer via the following programs that came with your printer:
• SyncThru™ Web Admin Service: A web-based printer
management solution for network administrators. SyncThru™ Web
Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of managing
network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot
network printers from any site with corporate intranet access.
• SyncThru™ Web Service: A web server embedded to your network
print server, which allows you to configure the network parameters
necessary for the printer to connect to various network environments.
• SetIP: A utility program allowing you to select a network interface and
manually configure the addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol.
For further details, refer to the user's guide on the network utilities CD
that came with your printer.
Via the control panel
You can set up the following basic network parameters through the
printer's control panel:
• Configure TCP/IP
• Configure IPX frame types for NetWare
• Configure EtherTalk
Supported operating systems
The following table shows the network environments supported by the
printer:
Item
Network interface
Network operating
system
Network protocols
Dynamic
addressing server
• IPX/SPX: Internet Packet eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange
• TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
• DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol
Configuring TCP/IP
Your printer can be set up with a variety of TCP/IP network information,
such as an IP address, a subnet mask, a gateway, and DNS addresses.
There are several ways in which your printer can be assigned a TCP/IP
address, depending on your network.
• Static addressing: A TCP/IP address is assigned manually by the
system administrator.
• Dynamic addressing via BOOTP/DHCP (default): A TCP/IP address
is assigned automatically by the server.
Note
• Before configuring TCP/IP, you need to set the network
protocol to TCP/IP.
Static addressing
To enter a TCP/IP address from your printer's control panel, take the
following steps:
1 Press Menu until Network appears on the bottom line of the
display and press OK.
2 Press OK when TCP/IP appears.
3 Press the Scroll buttons until Static appears and press OK.
4 Press OK when IP Address appears.
4.1
<Network setup>
Requirements
• 10/100 Base-TX
• Novell NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/Vista/7/
Server 2008 R2
• Various Linux OS
• Macintosh OS 8.6 ~ 9.2 and 10.1 ~ 10.6
• NetWare IPX/SPX
• TCP/IP
• EtherTalk
• HTTP 1.1
• SNMP
• DHCP, BOOTP