Tektronix Phaser 740 Network Manual page 82

7
TCP/IP Printer Configuration (All Platforms)
Setting IP parameters: arp table entry ( address gleaning )
Domain Name Services (DNS)
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5.
When you are finished entering the settings, enter the Validation Password
(if one has been set) and click Do/Apply.
6.
The printer responds by displaying a dialog box that allows you to reset
the printer. The new parameters will not take effect until the printer is
reset.
This method sets the printer's IP address until the next printer reset. Once you have
used this method to set the printer's IP address, you can use PhaserLink Printer
Management Software (see "Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management
Software" on page 73) or a PostScript utility file (see "Setting IP parameters:
PostScript utility file (UNIX only)" on page 71) to set the address permanently.
You can enter the printer's Ethernet address and IP address in your host's arp table,
then send a ping command to the printer, and the printer will take it's IP address
from the ping packet.
1.
Make an entry into the host's ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table
defining the printer's IP/hardware address pair. In general, this requires a
command corresponding to one of the following syntax examples:
arp -s printer-name hardware-address
arp -s ether printer-name hardware-address (for System V)
See the documentation for your host system for specifics of this
command.
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The hardware address in the arp command example is the printer's Ethernet
Address for PhaserShare Ethernet cards or the Token Ring Address for
PhaserShare Token Ring cards.
2.
Execute the ping command from the host:
ping printer-IP-address
The Phaser 840, 740, and 780 printers support Domain Name Services (DNS)
through an embedded DNS stub resolver. The DNS resolver protocol communicates
with one or more DNS servers to request the IP address for a given host name or the
host name for a given IP address.
To use an IP host name for the printer, the system administrator must have already
configured one or more DNS servers and a local DNS domain name space data base.
or
(for BSD systems)