Setting Ip Parameters: Rarp Or Bootp - Tektronix Phaser 740 Setup Manual

Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP

With this method, configuration information is sent to the printer over the
Ethernet or Token Ring connection via RARP or BOOTP, depending on which
protocol your host supports. This is called Dynamic Address Resolution.
You store the printer's configuration information in a configuration file such as
an ethers or bootptab file on a boot server. On power-up, the printer issues RARP
and BOOTP requests and receives the configuration information from the server
in the RARP or BOOTP response.
The RARP response contains only IP address information. After the printer has
its address information, you can set other TCP/IP parameters by either of two
methods:
With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can
use PhaserLink software; see "Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink
software" on page 67.
Send PostScript files to the printer using your host spooler. UNIX shell
scripts for creating the PostScript files are provided with your printer's
network utilities software. See "Setting IP parameters: PostScript
utility file (UNIX only)" on page 64. For PC environments, the
PostScript file IPCONFIG.PS is in the UTILS directory on your printer's
CD-ROM or network utilities diskettes.
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The printer's BOOTP and RARP implementations do not support booting
across a router. The BOOTP or RARP server (host) and client (printer) must be
connected to the same Token Ring or Ethernet segment, or to segments
interconnected only by repeaters and/or bridges. However, with certain hosts
(such as OS/2) on Token Ring networks, the server and the client must be on
the same Token Ring. Furthermore, the printer's BOOTP and RARP
implementations do not support booting between Token Ring and Ethernet
segments.
1.
Store the printer's configuration information in an etc/ethers or
/etc/bootptab file.
2.
Connect the printer to the network.
3.
Turn on the printer. At power up, the printer issues RARP and BOOTP
requests and receives the configuration information from the host in
the RARP or BOOTP response.
Setting the Printer's IP Addressing Parameters
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