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User's Guide
Part Number 40148-100
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  • Page 1 802.11b Print Server User’s Guide Part Number 40148-100 Revision 1.0...

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    TROY Group, Inc. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this TROY product. TROY is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other products.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Verifying Successful Installation ......1-4 Verifying the Connection to the Printer ......1-5 Configuring the EtherWind 802.11b and IP Settings Management Methods WP-Admin .
  • Page 4 11 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions ....11-1 Loading the Firmware ........11-3 Uninstalling the EtherWind Wireless Software .

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction The EtherWind 802.11b Wireless Print Server lets you communicate with printers from anywhere on an 802.11b wireless network. You can use the print server in ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) or infrastructure (access point) wireless mode, as shown below. EtherWind Laptop computer with Printer 802.11b capabilities...

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    System Requirements To use the EtherWind for printing from a wireless network, you need an 802.11b wireless network. The wireless network will consist of either of the following: An 802.11b wireless enabled PC or Macintosh printing straight to the printer (Ad-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer Mode).
  • Page 7 AppleTalk • Apple Printer Utility compatibility • Binary AppleTalk support • AppleTalk spoofing IPX/SPX • NetWare RPrinter Bindery mode • NetWare PServer Bindery mode • NetWare NPrinter NDS mode with NDPS support • NetWare PServer NDS mode • Ethernet II, 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP Frame types •...

  • Page 9: Installing The Etherwind Print Server Hardware

    Server Hardware Before You Begin Before you install the EtherWind wireless print server, make sure that your printer or other device and your computer already function properly via a parallel, serial or USB printer cable. Refer to your printer’s documentation for instructions on using and maintaining your printer.

  • Page 10: Etherwind Connectors, Switches, And Leds

    EtherWind Connectors, Switches, and LEDs Test Switch. Press down this switch for less than 5 seconds to print a test page on the printer. The test page will show the current wireless and network settings of the EtherWind wireless print server. Press it down for more than 5 seconds to reset the EtherWind to its factory default parameters.

  • Page 11: Connecting To A Printer

    Connecting to a Printer Follow these steps to connect the EtherWind wireless print server to your printer: 1. Attach the EtherWind to the desktop mounting base. 2. Make sure the printer is off. 3. Connect the parallel cable to the print server and the printer. 4.
  • Page 12 Connecting the EtherWind to an RS-232 Serial Device Note: Skip this section if you are not using the EtherWind serial port. The EtherWind has one standard PC-compatible 9-pin female D-connectors. The serial port uses PC-compatible 9-pin male D-connectors. Note that the standard off-the-shelf 9-pin female to 25-pin male PC cables will require a null modem in order to connect to most printers or terminals.
  • Page 13 SET PORT S1 CONSOLE ENABLED You can remotely restore the port to normal serial operation by unselecting Console Mode from WebXAdmin or by using the console command SET PORT serialport CONSOLE DISABLED. The serial ports are factory set at 115200bps, 8-bit data, CTS/RTS (Hardware) flow control, and no parity.

  • Page 15: Configuring The Etherwind 802.11B And Ip Settings

    Configuring the EtherWind There are three basic steps required to configure the EtherWind: 1. Configuring the EtherWind 802.11b settings. To operate on an 802.11b net- work, you must set the wireless (ad-hoc or infrastructure), SSID, channel, data rate and WEP encryption. All nodes of a wireless network need to have the same settings in order to communicate with each other.
  • Page 16 this option, select Ad-hoc Computer-to-Computer, or whatever mode your adapter uses to communicate on a wireless network without an access point. If you are using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption on your wireless network, you will need to temporarily disable WEP on your PC in order to configure the print server.

  • Page 17: Installing The Software

    Installing the Software Follow these steps to install the WP-Admin software and configure the print server. 1. Insert the EtherWind Wireless Configuration CD-ROM into your PC or Macintosh. Note: There is also a Linux version of the WP-Admin utility available on the TROY website (www.troygroup.com).
  • Page 18 Note: If you don’t see the print server in the list, hold down the button for more than 5 seconds to reset it to factory defaults and try the search again. If you still don’t see it, check the troubleshooting section (chapter 11). 5.
  • Page 19 If your network uses WEP encryption, you will need to enable WEP and • enter the appropriate WEP key(s). Contact your system manager to deter- mine what information . If you are using TCP/IP (recommended for Windows printing) and you •...

  • Page 21: Management Methods

    TCP/IP. See the previous section (Configuring the EtherWind 802.11b and IP Settings) for detailed use instructions Can be downloaded from our web site (www.troygroup.com) After initial installation, this utility can be run from the START menu under START>Programs>TROY Group>EtherWind>WP-Admin...

  • Page 22: Etherwind Console

    No additional software is needed on the system. Can be used on any system that supports web browser capabilities. Simply type the IP address into your web browser address bar to connect Default password is ACCESS *Both the EtherWind and the PC must be configured with an IP address and your browser must be configured to work across a LAN in order to use WebXAdmin.

  • Page 23: Microsoft Windows Network Configuration

    Microsoft Windows Network Configuration The EtherWind includes the easy-to-use ExtendNet Connect IP Monitor software for printing from Windows computers over an 802.11b wireless link. This soft- ware creates a network port on the Windows system, which acts like a normal par- allel port.
  • Page 24 Windows 95/98/ME, go to the Details tab. 6. Click on Add Port. 7. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP system, highlight Troy Group ExtendNet Connect IP Monitor, and click New Port. If you are running Windows 95/98/ME, select Other, highlight Troy Group...
  • Page 25 8. The search will begin for available print servers, highlight the print server you would like to create the port for, and click ADD. 9. Make sure the port you created is chosen and click Apply. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP, the Ports tab should look something like this:...

  • Page 26: Additional Windows Configuration Methods

    If you are running Windows 95/98/ME, the Details tab should look some- thing like this: You are now ready to print. Additional Windows Configuration Methods EtherWind print servers are also compatible with other methods of printing from Windows. These include the Standard TCP/IP Port option in Windows 2000/XP, and the LPR Port option in Windows NT that are built into the operating system.

  • Page 27: Appletalk Network Configuration

    AppleTalk Network The EtherWind runs over wireless Ethernet (also known as Ethertalk). This capa- bility allows Macintosh computers to print jobs to a printer simultaneously with jobs from Windows, NetWare, and other computers. The print server will appear as a shareable printer node on an Appletalk Phase 2 network.
  • Page 28 5. Close the Chooser. You can now print to the printer using any standard Macintosh application program. Setting Up Printing (MacOS X) 1. If you haven't done so already, set the name of your computer by going to the Applications folder*, selecting System Preferences, and then Sharing. Type in the computer name in the Network Identity section (you can also set the IP address here if you want).

  • Page 29: Netware Network

    NetWare Network Configuration Configuring the Print Server and Print Queue with XAdmin32 (Queue Server Mode) This section covers installation using the Novell client. Note: TROY recommends you use the Novell 32-bit client on your Windows worksta- tion instead of the Microsoft NetWare client, because it allows direct configura- tion of print queues without the need for a Novell utility like NWAdmin or PCON- SOLE.
  • Page 30 2. Click Start, select Programs, select the XAdmin32 folder, and then select XAdmin32. 3. Click on the IPX/SPX icon under Filters to set the operating mode to IPX/SPX (TCP/IP mode will not allow you to configure NetWare print queues directly). The EtherWind should appear in the list of available printers. If it does not, try selecting Devices from the menu bar and then Search Active Devices.
  • Page 31 5. Click on New Queue. Enter any unique name for the Queue name. If you are configuring a bindery queue, click OK and proceed to step 8. If you are configuring an NDS queue, click Browse, select the file server volume where you want the queue to reside (a volume name will have a file server icon next to it), and click OK.

  • Page 33: Unix Network Configuration

    The EtherWind print server appears to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the line printer daemon (lpd) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote-LPR command can spool jobs to the print server without the need for any special software on the host computer.

  • Page 34: Sun Solaris Configuration

    1. Edit the printcap file: An example of a typical entry in the printcap file is: LaserPrinter:\ :lp=:\ :rm=XCD:\ :rp=BINARY_P1:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/LaserPrinter: "LaserPrinter" is the queuename. "XCD" matches the name in the hosts file. "BINARY_P1" is the print server's service name. (NOTE: Use TEXT_P1 instead of BINARY_P1 for text files.) "sd"...
  • Page 35 Then use the Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under Open Windows as follows: Select Edit Select Add Select Add Access to Remote Printer At the PrinterName prompt, type any desired name for the print queue At the Printer Server prompt, type: name \! servicename (for example, LaserJet\!BINARY_P1), where: - name matches the print server name as entered in the hosts table.

  • Page 36: Ibm Aix Configuration

    9. You may accept the default values for the remaining items. 10. Click OK to configure the printer. 11. You should now be able to print using the lp -d command with the printer name. Notes: The configuration for HP Distributed Print Services and for earlier versions of HP/UX is slightly different.

  • Page 37: Dec Lat Network Configuration

    DEC LAT Network Note: Only TROY EtherWind-N models include DEC LAT support. The EtherWind wireless print server acts as a node on an Ethernet network that offers printing services to other devices. The print server comes preconfigured to run on a LAT network and does not require any additional setup. Each print server has a default node name of XCD_xxxxxx (where "xxxxxx"...
  • Page 38 Execute the command file. At the VMS "$" prompt type: @filename where filename is the name of the text file created in step 1. Note: The @filename command can be included in the system startup file so that the procedure is executed automatically when the system is booted. Use the VMS PRINT command with the name of the queue and the file you wish to print as shown below: PRINT/QUEUE= queuename filename...

  • Page 39: Banyan Vines Network Configuration

    Network Configuration Note: Only TROY EtherWind-N models include Banyan VINES support. EtherWind wireless print servers support the Banyan VINES IP protocol to allow printers to be shared on a Banyan VINES network. Users on client PC’s send their jobs to any VINES file server running the Banyan PCPrint software, which in turn spools jobs to the print server.

  • Page 40: Print Server Configuration

    4. Select the desired File server and press ENTER. 5. Select the disk where the print service will reside. 6. Press F10 in response to the message "The service is running but not yet avail- able to users." 7. Type in the maximum number of jobs and maximum size of job for the queue at the Configure Queue screen.
  • Page 41 PrintraNet Internet Printing Configuration TROY's PrintraNet product is a software driver for Windows that allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a printer connected to an EtherWind wireless print server at a remote location across the Internet in a simple and trans- parent manner.
  • Page 42 TCP/IP-based mail packages and dial-up Internet Service Providers. If you do not know which method you are using, consult your system manager. 2. Make sure that your E-mail server is capable of sending messages across the Internet. Alternatively, if you are communicating directly from the PC via a modem to an Internet Service Provider, make sure that you have an Internet mail account on the ISP, and that the PC is configured to send E-mail using this account.

  • Page 43: Adding A Second Printranet Destination

    5. Select Local Printer or My Computer (not Network Printer) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer. 6. You will also need to know the following - The manufacturer and model of the printer at the remote site (for example, Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5).

  • Page 44: Configuring The Remote Troy Print Server

    Configuring the Remote TROY Print Server The next step is to configure the EtherWind print server at the remote site. The remote print server can be configured with TROY's XAdmin32 Windows configu- ration utility, or with the EtherWind WebXAdmin browser-based facility. Before configuring the print server to receive PrintraNet print jobs, check the fol- lowing: 1.

  • Page 45: Printing To The Remote Troy Print Server

    4. Enter the mailbox name for the remote EtherWind print server. Usually this will be the first part of the E-mail address that you entered in step 3 of the Installing the Software on the Windows PC at the Local Site section (for example, if the E-mail address of the remote print server is emailprinter@xyz, then the mailbox name would be emailprinter.
  • Page 46 If you get an SMTP error when using a WINSOCK connection, you may need to configure the hosts file on your Windows system. To do this create a file named HOSTS in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory (or edit this file if it already exists) and add an entry for your mail server similar to the following using the DOS editor (substitute the actual IP address and name of your SMTP mail serv- er):...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting and Maintenance Troubleshooting Printing Problems First, check the printer to be sure it is online, and has paper and ink or toner. If the printer is working fine, test the connection between the printer and the print server by pushing the test button on the back of the printer for less than 5 seconds.

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting Network Configuration

    server without an access point. See the documentation for your wireless adapter for details. If you are using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption or security on your wireless network, you will need to temporarily disable WEP on your PC in order to configure the print server. If you are using an access point with WEP enabled and it does not allow non-wep clients to communicate with other non-wep clients, then you will also need to temporarily change the wire- less mode of your computer to Ad-hoc (802.11) mode.

  • Page 49: Wireless Server Configuration Screen Fields

    Wireless Server Configuration Screen Fields Listed below is a description of each of the fields displayed on the Wireless Server Configuration screen and reasonable values for that field. Once these are all set, click OK to close the Configuration Screen and write the changes to the Server.
  • Page 50 Subnet Mask Companies often have ranges of IP Addresses that can be described by one or more Masks. For example, a mask of 255.255.255.0 allows variation in the last position only. (The first three positions are fixed. The last position can be any value between 1 and 255.) Larger organizations may have masks of 255.255.0.0 -- the first two positions are static and the last two positions are variable.

  • Page 51: Loading The Firmware

    26 (for 128-bit WEP) digit HEX values. Ask the manufacturer of your wireless product how this is done for your PC and/or Access Point. Loading the Firmware 1. Run the XAdmin32 utility from the Start menu, it should be found under START>Programs>TROY Group>EtherWind>XAdmin32 11-5...
  • Page 52 2. Right-Click on the print server to be upgraded in the list, and select Load Firmware. 3. If you are using TCP/IP to upgrade, select TFTP PUT from this host. If you are upgrading using IPX/SPX on a NetWare network to upgrade, select Netware GET from a server (If you are using Netware to upgrade, you need to put the .bin firmware file in the LOGIN directory of the Netware server).
  • Page 53 file you downloaded. Click Load. The firmware on your EtherWind will be upgraded to the new version. If you selected Netware GET from a server in step 3, enter the configura- tion password (default is ACCESS). Enter the name of the Netware server where you saved the .bin file as the Host Name.

  • Page 54: Uninstalling The Etherwind Wireless Software

    Follow the instructions to uninstall the EtherWind utilities on Windows systems: 1. Click the Start Menu, go to Settings, and select Control Panel. 2. Double-Click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Select EtherWind 802.11b Wireless Print Server from the list and click Change/Remove. 4. Select Remove and follow the on-screen instructions.

  • Page 55: Where To Get Help

    Where to Get Help TROY offers several customer support options to assist you in the event you expe- rience difficulties with your EtherWind, including telephone support, repair ser- vices, extended warranty, and advance replacement. Worldwide Web Support The TROY worldwide web site provides a quick and easy way to answer many common technical questions.

  • Page 56: Returning Products

    Returning Products If you need to return a TROY product for any reason (failures, incorrect ship- ments, etc.), first contact TROY at +1 (208) 955-1000 (Americas, Asia, and Australia) or +49 (0) 7032-9454-21 (Europe and Africa) and request a Return Authorization Number from the TROY Technical Support Group.

  • Page 57: Notices

    FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply within the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 58: For European Users

    This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility. TROY Group cannot be responsible for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommend- ed modification of the product.

  • Page 59: Regulatory Information

    Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Trade Name: TROY Type of Product: 802.11b Print Server Model EtherWind REGULATORY INFORMATION...
  • Page 60 Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Note that any changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer may void the FCC authorization to operate this equipment.

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