Slp; Configuring Slp - Xerox WorkCentre 7500 Series System Administration Manual

Network Configuration

SLP

Printers use Service Location Protocol (SLP) to announce and look up services on a local network without
prior configuration. When SLP is enabled, the printer becomes a Service Agent (SA) and announces its
services to User Agents (UA) on the network using SLP.
Directory Agents (DA) are components that cache services. They are used in larger networks to reduce the
amount of traffic. DAs are optional. If a DA is present, then User Agents (UAs) and System Agents (SAs)
are required to use it instead of communicating directly with the printer.

Configuring SLP

1. In CentreWare Internet Services, click Properties > Connectivity > Protocols.
Click SLP.
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3. Under Protocol, select Enabled.
4. Under Directory Agent, type the IP address for the Directory Agent (DA), if one is used. This entry is
optional.
5. If you use scopes to group services, type in the Scope 1, 2, and 3 names. Printers cannot see services
that are in different scopes. Under Message Type, select Multicast to route multicast packets
between subnets, or select Broadcast not to route packets between subnets.
6. Select the Multicast Radius value between 0–255. This value defines how many routers the multicast
packet can cross. The default value is 255.
Select a value for Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size between 484–32768 bytes. The default
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value is 1400 bytes.
Note: The maximum MTU for IP over Ethernet is 1500 bytes.
Click Apply to save the new settings or Undo to retain the previous settings.
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9. Click Default All to reset settings to default values.
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