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for NETGEAR PS100 series Print Servers
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Phone 888-NETGEAR
M-PS100NA-6
April 2002

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  • Page 1 Reference Manual for NETGEAR PS100 series Print Servers NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone 888-NETGEAR M-PS100NA-6 April 2002...
  • Page 2 In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. NETGEAR does not assume any liability that may occur due to the use or application of the product(s) or circuit layout(s) described herein.
  • Page 3 Bestätigung des Herstellers/Importeurs Es wird hiermit bestätigt, daß das Model PS100 series Print Sever gemäß der im BMPT-AmtsblVfg 243/1991 und Vfg 46/1992 aufgeführten Bestimmungen entstört ist. Das vorschriftsmäßige Betreiben einiger Geräte (z.B. Testsender) kann jedoch gewissen Beschränkungen unterliegen. Lesen Sie dazu bitte die Anmerkungen in der Betriebsanleitung.
  • Page 4 • Internet/World Wide Web NETGEAR maintains a World Wide Web Home Page that you can access at the universal resource locator (URL) "http://www.NETGEAR.com". A direct connection to the Internet and a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape are required.

  • Page 5: Preface

    PCs to connect to the same printer, processing and trafficking printing requests to any parallel device. These print servers are fast and easy to set up with NETGEAR Print Server with NETGEAR software configuration program. With Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape web browser, you can configure the print server even easier.

  • Page 6: Conventions

    NETGEAR Print Server Utility, a program developed by NETGEAR for fast and easy device configuration, and for web configuration, a built-in web server in the print server so you can use a browser to configure the print server...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Rear Panel of PS111W ... 3 PS110/PS113 2/3-P Front Panel and LEDs of PS110 and PS113... 4 Rear Panel of PS110 and PS113 ... 5 PS101 M RINT Outlooks for PS101 Mini Print Servers ... 7 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION... 8 REPARING THE ERIFYING ACKAGE...
  • Page 8 NETGEAR P RINT ETTING Auto-IP... 41 Wireless Configuration... 43 NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard - Write Down the Port Name ... 46 DD A PRINTER TO YOUR SYSTEM TO PRINT CHAPTER 5 UNIX PRINTING USING TCP/IP ... 56 IP A EMPORARY DDRESS Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server Using DHCP...
  • Page 9 NetGear Print Server Manual DVANCED RINT System Tab ... 99 TCP/IP Tab... 101 NetWare PServer Menu Tab... 102 NetWare RPrinter Menu Tab... 103 AppleTalk Tab... 104 Logical Port Tab... 106 Physical Port Tab ... 107 Wireless Tab ... 108 Link Info Screen ... 111 ...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Introduction

    • Support for multiple operating systems (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP) • Easy configuration of the device with NETGEAR Print Server software that assures fast and easy setup for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Window NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP users.

  • Page 11: Front Panel And Leds Of Ps111W

    Green Blinking WLAN Green Blinking Description Power is supplied to the print server. Operation is normal Hardware error Upgrading BIOS flash ROM No LAN connection Operation is normal without data transmitting or receiving from LAN Operation is normal with data transmitting or receiving from LAN...

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Of Ps111W

    IP address and wireless information by pressing and holding it two seconds. If press and hold the button for ten seconds while powering from off to on, the print server will load the factory default setting back into its flash memory.

  • Page 13: Ps110/Ps113 2/3-Port Print Server Features

    Windows 2000, Windows XP, Novell NetWare, and UNIX) printing • Support Mac OS printing • Easy configuration of the device with NETGEAR Print Server software that assures fast and easy setup for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Window NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP users.

  • Page 14: Rear Panel Of Ps110 And Ps113

    NetGear Print Server Manual Key: 1 = PWR (power) LED 2 = Printer 1 LEDs 3 = Printer 2 LEDs 4 = Printer 3 LEDs 5 = NETWORK LEDs Rear Panel of PS110 and PS113 Key: 1 = PRINTER 2 (parallel) port...

  • Page 15: Ps101 Mini Print Server Features

    • Extremely compact size to fit into the back of almost any kind of the printer. • Need not an extra printer cable. • Easy configuration of the device with NETGEAR Print Server software that assures fast and easy setup for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Window NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP users.

  • Page 16: Outlooks For Ps101 Mini Print Servers

    The LEDs that indicate the status of the server, and the printing traffic of the Ethernet are located on the panels of the Model PS101 Mini Print Sever. It has one 10 BASE-T network port. The port operates in 10 Mbps and in half-duplex mode when connected to a 10/100Mbps Ethernet network. As illustrated bellow, it has a power adapter receptacle that accepts a 9V 500mA DC power adapter.

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 Installation

    • Customer Support Phone Card Call your reseller or NETGEAR Customer Support in your area if there are any wrong, missing, or damaged parts. Refer to "Customer Support" section for the location of customer support in your area. Keep the carton, including the original packing materials. Use them to repack the print server if you...

  • Page 18: Connecting Devices To The Print Server

    The PS100 Series Print Server Model has one 10/100BASE-T network port that is auto sensing and will support either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connections, depending on the connected device. The Model PS101 Print Server has one Ethernet port, which can be operated on a 10/100BASE-T hub/switch in the half-duplex mode.

  • Page 19: Verifying Power

    The green PWR (power) LED on the front panel is on, if there is one. • On the PS101 Print Sever Model, the green Link LED on connected network port is on. • On the PS110 and PS113 Print Sever Model, the green Link/Act LED on the connected PRINTER, PRINTER 1, PRINTER 2, or PRINTER 3 port is on.

  • Page 20: Chapter 3 Web Management For Print Server

    3-1 Configuring Print Server for TCP/IP Using a web browser to configure a NETGEAR Print Server requires both the print server and the host workstation that the web browser runs on to be configured for TCP/IP. NETGEAR PS100 Series Print Server is set with the factory setting for DHCP environment, which means if you have a DHCP server (most recent broad band routers have provided this feature), PS100 Series will get its own IP address settings for TCP/IP.
  • Page 21 NetGear Print Server Manual Note: Remember to save modifications made on any screen by clicking the Save button before changing to a different screen.

  • Page 22: Browser Menu Selections And Configuration Screens

    3-3 Browser Menu selections and Configuration Screens This section describes the browser menu selections and corresponding configuration screens. The menu at the left panel of the browser may vary. It depends on which NETGEAR Print Server model you have. Server Status The Server Status screen shows print server system data and the current settings for all of the other screens.

  • Page 23: Configure Server

    Clicking the Configure Server menu selection brings up the Configure Server screen. The Configure Server screen contains fields to change the print server name and to enable or disable the various network protocols supported by the print server. Figure 3-2 and following table show the Configure Server Screen and describe each of its fields.
  • Page 24 If you forget the password to the print Password server, the only way to reset it is by resetting the device to factory default through the NETGEAR Print Confirm Password Server Administration Program.

  • Page 25: Tcp/Ip

    NETGEAR router, the default subnet mask is usually 255.255.255.0. Gateway This is the IP address of the router on your network. For example, in a network with a NETGEAR router, Address the gateway address is usually 192.168.0.1.

  • Page 26: Appletalk

    3-4 shows the AppleTalk configuration screen and the following table describes it fields. Apple Talk Configuration Fields The AppleTalk zone that the print server will appear in. To put the print server in the default AppleTalk AppleTalk Zone zone of the AppleTalk network the print server is connected to, enter a single asterisk.

  • Page 27: Wireless

    NetGear Print Server Manual Wireless The Wireless screen provides selections for many wireless related operations. See Figure 3-5. For wireless operation, there are two major configurations. 1. Wireless related setups. 2. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption. See the following Wireless Configuration Screen section for the detail.
  • Page 28 NetGear Print Server Manual number. • If using "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad-hoc" mode, select the value you wish to use on your Wireless LAN. • If using "Infrastructure" mode, the Channel is selected automatically, to match the Channel used by the Access Point.
  • Page 29 NetGear Print Server Manual WEP Data Privacy Fields Default setting; data is NOT encrypted before transmitted. Choose the data privacy encryption from one of the three Off – No data Off – No data encryption, encryption 64 Bit Encryption, or 128 Bit Encryption.

  • Page 30: Wireless Link Info

    Link Quality: The quality of the link, which is excellent or poor Signal Strength: The signal amplification, which is excellent or poor Note: The information is only meaningful while there is a NETGEAR MA401 802.11b wireless PC card in the PS111W slot.

  • Page 31: Printer Port

    The default is "Ack & Busy". Only change this to "Busy" if advised to do so by Technical Support. Status The current status of the printer (On-line, Off-line, Out of paper) Print State This will show either Idle or Printing. Print Test Click on this button will print the print server status Page Figure 3-7 Printer Port Screen...

  • Page 32: Logical Printer

    NetGear Print Server Manual Logical Printer The logical printer screen is used to map different logical printer ports to printers attached to the Print Server. A logical printer port is used to specify a set of printer control commands to be sent to a printer for every print job sent through the logical port.
  • Page 33 NetGear Print Server Manual Buttons Cancel: If changed something that is not good, click on ‘Cancel’ button will load the value back from the print server. No modification will be made.

  • Page 34: Netware General

    II) By default, all frame types are enabled. NetWare Print Server Use this screen when the operating mode is set to NetWare Print Server in the NetWare General configuration screen. This screen sets the name of the NetWare Master File Server or NDS tree that the print server should service.
  • Page 35 Mode only) Use this field to configure a password to be used by the print server to log on to the NetWare server or NDS tree. When a print server object is created in the file server, the password for the print server is set to NULL (no password protection).

  • Page 36: Netware Remote Printer

    Figure 8-6 and Table 8-4 show and describe the NetWare Remote Printer mode screen and its fields. The NETGEAR print server uses these parameters when its NetWare operating mode is set to Remote Printer Mode in the NetWare General configuration screen.

  • Page 37: Reset

    NetGear Print Server Manual Reset Clicking the RESET button will reboot the print server. When you change settings for TCP/IP and Wireless, you will need to reset the print server. If the print server is rebooted, any printing job will be disrupted.

  • Page 38: Chapter 4 Microsoft Windows System Printing

    • Install NETGEAR Print Server software. Run Setup.exe. • Configure the user PC to print to the NETGEAR Print Server. • Install the Reference manual in the local machine, so that you don’t have to carry the NETGEAR PS100 Series Printer Server Resource CD Rom.

  • Page 39: Netgear Print Server Software Installation

    NETGEAR Print Server software works for PS100 series Print Severs in a Microsoft Windows networking environment. To install and set up your network and the NETGEAR Print Server, you may use a PC with a Microsoft Windows (95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000, or XP) operating system and with either the TCP/IP protocol or the NetBEUI protocol enabled.
  • Page 40 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-2 Information...
  • Page 41 • NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard A step-by-step guide program to configure the printer to print from your Microsoft Windows You MUST install the NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard so you can use the print server to print from Windows. • Administrative Tools Advance administrative tools including admin and IPSetup Use admin to manage the print servers on LAN.
  • Page 42 NetGear Print Server Manual 4. After make the proper selections, click on Next button. You can choose the location of the program. Figure 4-4 Destination Location 5. Choose a program folder name. You click on Next button to accept the default name.
  • Page 43 NetGear Print Server Manual 6. The next screen shows you the progress of the installation. Figure 4-6...
  • Page 44 NetGear Print Server Manual 7. Before you finish the installation, you can choose to run the NETGEAR Print Server Setup Wizard and read the manual. You can uncheck either one or both of the selections and run it at a later time.
  • Page 45 NetGear Print Server Manual You can open and access the group from your desktop as well. See Figure 4-9.

  • Page 46: Setting Up Your Pc To Recognize The Print Server

    NetGear Print Server Manual 4-3 Setting Up Your PC to Recognize the Print Server You must set up each PC that will print to the print server. Before proceeding, verify that: • The print cable is connected to the printer port.
  • Page 47 1. Double-click on the desktop icon, as showing Figure 4-8, that you named the group in the previous section, Figure 4-5. 2. Double-click on NETGAER Print Server Setup Wizard in the NETGEAR Print Server window. The NETGAER Print Server window opens, as illustrated below.
  • Page 48 The Printer Server Setup Wizard window shows the current available NETGEAR Print Server on LAN. Click on Refresh button to see the new added print server. If you still don’t see the one you’d like to see, wait a minute and click the Refresh button again.
  • Page 49 5. Select the PS100 Series print server and click on Next. The Printer Server Setup Wizard window shows the current print server Name. The default name is the Device Name on the base of the unit. Change it to a unique name, or leave it without changing it. See Figure 4-12 Select Name for Print Server.

  • Page 50: Auto-Ip

    This is the same as a Microsoft Windows PC system. It is call Auto-IP. Auto-IP When NETGEAR PS100 Series Print Server is without an IP address due to as a DHCP client and there is no DHCP server to automatically get an IP address, it will self-assign a unique IP address. The address range is from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.254.254 with the subnet mask 255.255.0.0 so that the print server can...
  • Page 51 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-13 Set up TCP/IP for Print Server to get an IP address...

  • Page 52: Wireless Configuration

    The next Printer Server Setup Wizard window, Figure 4-14, shows wireless settings for the print server. If there is no NETGEAR 802.11b MA401 Wireless PC card in the slot, and not planning for now, you can simply skip this step by going directly to the next step.
  • Page 53 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-14 Wireless Configuration...
  • Page 54 Click No, if you don’t need to add a printer to your system now. You can add a printer at a later time by opening the NETGEAR Print Server group and running NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard. Figure 4-15 Configuration completed...

  • Page 55: Netgear Add Printer Wizard - Write Down The Port Name

    NETGEAR Print Server group and run NEYGEAR Add Printer Wizard. 2. Make sure that the NETGEAR Print Server and the printer that connects to it are both powered on. 3. Make sure that the cable connections between them are properly connected.
  • Page 56 NetGear Print Server Manual ADDPORT Window (Epson Connection) 6. Click on No if you do not have an Epson Stylus Color printer attached to the port, and continue to step 8. Click on Yes if you do have an Epson Stylus Color printer (or plan to install one). You must disable the Epson printer.
  • Page 57 NetGear Print Server Manual ADD PORT Window If this is not an Epson printer, skip the above procedure. The Add Port should be added successfully. See Figure 4-20 Add Port message. 7. Write Down the Port Name It is very important to remember and write down the port name. You will need this information later when prompted to select a printer port.

  • Page 58: Add A Printer To Your System To Print

    DO NOT CLICK ON NEXT, until you really follow the steps described here. Click on next without a proper port selection will make NETGEAR Print Server not working for you. If you are a Microsoft Windows 9x (95, 98, and ME) user, you will not see this window here. You probably will...
  • Page 59 NetGear Print Server Manual 2. Use the printer port name written at the last section. Scroll down and find the printer port name. For example, the printer port name here is ‘IP_192.168.1.108_P1’. See Figure 4-22 Find and select the printer port.
  • Page 60 NetGear Print Server Manual 4. Click on Next If you have ever installed the printer driver in the system, Figure 4-24 Use Existing Driver window shows. You can choose to keep the existing driver, or replace it. If you don’t see Figure 4-24, go to the next step.
  • Page 61 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-24 Use Existing Driver for Add Printer Wizard 5. Click on Next Name the printer. See Figure 4-25 Name Your Printer for Add Printer Wizard. If there are more than one printer drivers installed in the system, you may answer Yes to choose this as your default printer for your...
  • Page 62 Figure 4-25 Name Your Printer for Add Printer Wizard 6. Click on Next See Figure 4-26 Printer Sharing. When you use print server for the printer, you don’t usually need to share the printer on the local machine. Keep the default answer as Do not share this printer.
  • Page 63 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 4-27 Print Test Page for Add Printer Wizard 8. Click on Next If you answer Yes to print a test page, see Figure 4-28. 9. Click on OK Complete the Add Printer Wizard. See Figure 4-29 Completing the Add Printer Wizard.
  • Page 64 NetGear Print Server Manual 10. Click on Finish Now you can print through the NETGEAR Print Server. The Figure 4-18 Printer Select Window (Add Port) window remains on the screen. Click on End to close it. Figure 4-29 Completing the Add Printer Wizard...

  • Page 65: Chapter 5 Unix Printing Using Tcp/Ip

    Protocols--DHCP, BOOTP, RARP, FTP, TCP, IP Printing methods--LPD, FTP, DSI All features described in this chapter apply to NETGEAR Print server Model PS110 and PS113 only. It may not work for the other models for some or all of the functions here.

  • Page 66: Temporary Ip Address Resolution

    DHCP server automatically assigns an IP address to it. If you do not have a DHCP server and you are assigning an IP address to the print server, you can use BootP, RARP, or ARP.

  • Page 67: Assigning An Ip Address To The Print Server Using Bootp

    A sample entry is: 192.10.2.54 PS_Rm203 #Default name PS123456 In the example, a print server with an IP address of 192.10.2.54 is called PS_Rm203 and has a default name of PS123456. 4. Add to the Boot Table in the /etc/booptab file:...
  • Page 68 NAME NAME is the name of the print server. You should receive a response. If you get a timeout message, the BootP procedure has failed. You can either follow the steps again for using BootP or use one of the other methods for assigning an IP address.

  • Page 69: Assigning An Ip Address To The Print Server Using Rarp

    NAME is the name of your print server. A sample entry is: 192.10.2.54 PS_Rm203 #Default name PS123456 In the example, a print server with an IP address of 192.10.2.54 is called PS_Rm203 and has a default name of PS123456. 4. Add to the Ethernet Address table /etc/ethers:...
  • Page 70 NetGear Print Server Manual 7. Proceed to “Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP” to configure the print server, if it has not yet been configured.

  • Page 71: Assigning An Ip Address To The Print Server Using Arp

    A sample entry is: 192.10.2.54 PS_Rm203 #Default name PS123456 In the example, a print server with an IP address of 192.10.2.54 is called PS_Rm203 and has a default name of PS123456. 4. Compare the physical address with the IP address of the print server, using the ARP command as...
  • Page 72 NetGear Print Server Manual NAME is the name of the print server. You should receive a response, but if you get a timeout message, the ARP procedure has failed. You can either follow the steps again for using ARP or use one of the other methods for assigning an IP address.

  • Page 73: Configuring Your Print Server Using Ftp

    5-2 Configuring Your Print Server Using FTP FTP allows a user to log on to a remote host and to manipulate files on the host. The print server can act as an FTP host. Using FTP, you can access and modify the CONFIG file in the print server.
  • Page 74 NetGear Print Server Manual ftp>quit...

  • Page 75: List Of Ftp Files And Commands Supported By The Print Server

    RESET command; all LEDs should turn on and then off while the print server is resetting. Copies the password file to the print server and gives it a new password. Passwords can be up to 19 bytes in PASSWORD length.

  • Page 76: Setting The Print Method

    DSI is a UNIX-based method of providing a direct connection between a host computer and a printer. The host and the print server establish a TCP connection, using a special socket number. All data sent over this connection is treated as print data and sent transparently to a logical printer defined on the print server.

  • Page 77: Configuring Lpd On System V

    Configuring LPD on System V Before beginning LPD Setup, make sure that an IP address has been assigned to your print server and that the following statements apply: The remote host name is the name of the print server.

  • Page 78: Configuring Lpd On Bsd

    Configuring LPD on BSD Make sure that an IP address has been assigned to the print server and the following statements apply: The remote host name is the name of the print server. The remote printer name is the logical printer (L1 to L3 or L1 to L8).

  • Page 79: Printing Using Lpd

    Ln is the logical printer you want to print to. Printing Using DSI Logical printers must be configured on the print server. Even if you are using the PS100 series Print Sever that normally supports up to eight logical printers, using DSI to print limits the support to three logical printers.

  • Page 80: Chapter 6 Appletalk Printing

    AppleTalk networking environment. 6-1 Setting up Print Server for AppleTalk There are 3 different ways to configure AppleTalk on a NETGEAR PS100 series print server: The recommended approach is through the print server's browser interface in an IP networking environment. For more information, please refer to chapter 3, “Web Management for Print Server”.

  • Page 81: Setting Up Host Computer

    Printers attached to the NETGEAR printer are advertised on AppleTalk networks as xxxxxx_P1, xxxxxx_P2, xxxxxx_P3, where xxxxxx is the name of the print server. e.g. if the NETGEAR Print Server is a 3 port model and the printer server name is PS543283, the printers attached to it will be advertised as PS543283_P1, PS543283_P2, PS543283_3.

  • Page 82: Using Pstool Utility

    Windows workstations running the NETGEAR Print Server Administration program. The NETGEAR PSTool Utility is a program that runs under the Mac OS©. You first edit a NETGEAR Print Server configuration file using a text editor such as SimpleText, then use the NETGEAR PSTool Utility to send the configuration file to the NETGEAR Print Server.

  • Page 83: Pstool Utility Config File Format

    3101 AP_PCOMM1: No These settings determine whether the port uses ASCII or Binary Communication Protocol. Enter No for ASCII or Yes for Binary. The lines corresponds to port 1, 2 and 3 of the print server. 3102 AP_PCOMM2: No Binary communication is twice as fast as ASCII...

  • Page 84: Chapter 7 Novell Netware Printing

    NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 7 Novell Netware Printing This chapter describes how to configure and use the NETGEAR Model PS110 Print Server, and Model PS113 Print Server in the Novell NetWare environment. 7-1 Configuration Overview This section describes the requirements and outlines the PSERVER or RPRINTER mode configuration in either a NetWare Bindery or a NetWare Directory Services (NDS) network environment.

  • Page 85: Configuring The Netware File Server

    Print Configuring Your Print Server There are two methods for configuring the print server in a NetWare environment: the NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program based on Windows, or the PSCONFIG program based on MS- DOS. Both programs are on the Model PS110/PS113 Print Server Resource CD that comes with your print server.

  • Page 86: Using Your Print Server In A Netware 3.X Network

    Select Print Server Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu. b. Press [Ins] to add a new print server. c. Type the print server name. The factory default name for the print server is PSxxxxxx (shown on the label on the bottom of the device). 4. Assign printers.
  • Page 87 Press [Esc]. g. Select Yes to save the changes. h. Repeat steps d, e, and f for each printer port on the print server. Press [Esc] to return to the Print Server Configuration menu. 5. Associate printers with print queues.
  • Page 88 Verify that PS is the Operation Mode. PS must be the operation mode for the print server to operate in PSERVER mode. If the operation mode is RP, the print server operates in RPRINTER mode. It can operate in only one mode at a time.

  • Page 89: Setting Rprinter Mode In Netware 3.X (Bindery Mode)

    4. Assign printers. This step should be done every time you add a new print server or when you connect a new printer to the print server. To associate a NetWare printer object with each printer port of the print server: a.
  • Page 90 PSCONFIG program for the RPRINTER setup. The factory default name for the print server is PSxxxxxx as shown on the label on the bottom of the device.
  • Page 91 RP must be the operation mode for the print server to operate in RPRINTER mode. If the operation mode is PS, the print server operates in PSERVER mode. It can operate only in one mode at a time. f. Select and enter the name of the NetWare print server in the Novell PSERVER (P1) entry field.
  • Page 92 NetGear Print Server Manual If the NetWare print server to which the NETGEAR print server will be connected has been previously loaded, you must unload and reload it again. If you are unloading and reloading the PSERVER NetWare Loadable Module (NLM), start with step a. If you are loading the NLM for the first time, go to step d.

  • Page 93: Using Your Print Server In A Netware 4.X Network

    As described at the beginning of the chapter, you should determine a unique name and permanent name for the print server prior to starting any configuration process. Also make sure that you have a unique name for each of the NETGEAR print servers on the network.
  • Page 94 “PSERVER Mode Printer Number Mapping”. f. Repeat steps a through e if you are using the Model PS110 Print Server and if you want to configure parallel port 2. Similarly, repeat steps a through e if you are using the Model PS113 Print Server, which has three parallel ports.
  • Page 95 Verify that the Operation Mode is PS. PS must be the operation mode for the print server to operate in PSERVER mode. If the operation mode is RP, the print server operates in RPRINTER mode. It can operate in only one mode at a time.

  • Page 96: Setting Pserver Mode In A Netware 4.X Bindery Emulation Network

    This name is the one you chose earlier before starting the file server configuration. The factory default name for the print server is PSxxxxxx (shown on the label on the bottom of the device). c. Type the printer name you want in the New Printer field.
  • Page 97 “PSERVER Mode Printer Number Mapping”. f. Repeat steps a through e if you are using the Model PS110 Print Server and want to configure parallel port 2. Similarly, repeat steps a through e if you are using the Model PS113 Print Server, which has three parallel ports.

  • Page 98: Setting Rprinter Mode In A Netware 4.X Nds Mode Network

    Type the predetermined print server name in the Print Server field. This name is not the one for the NETGEAR print server. It is the print server you will set up on the NetWare file server. At the end of the installation process, you will load PSERVER.NLM on the file server using this name.
  • Page 99 4. Load the PSERVER.NLM on the NetWare file server. If the NetWare print server to which the NETGEAR print server will be connected has been previously loaded, you must unload and reload it again. If unloading and reloading the PSERVER NetWare Loadable Module (NLM), start with step a.
  • Page 100 NetWare print server selected in step 3 f. YYYY is the NDS context information recorded when you logged in to the file server as ADMIN. e. Select Printer Status when the Available Options main menu opens to monitor the print server status.

  • Page 101: Setting Pserver Mode In Netware 5.X Nds Mode Network

    Select Print Services Quick Setup (Non-NDPS). d. Type your print server name in the Print Server Name field. (NETGEAR recommends that you use the default name of the NETGEAR Print Server, which is NETGEAR PRINT SERVER). e. Type the printer name you want in the Name field (within the "Printer" section of the Quick Setup Window).

  • Page 102: Using Advanced Functions

    Servicing Multiple NetWare Bindery File Servers If your print server is configured as a NetWare Print Server and you want it to service more than one Bindery file server: 1.

  • Page 103: Attaching To More Than One Netware Print Server

    11. Press [Esc] until you exit PCONSOLE. 12. Execute the PSCONFIG program while you are logged in to the file server. 13. Select the NETGEAR print server and configure it to attach to the designated master Bindery file server. This step is not necessary if the print server has previously been configured.

  • Page 104: Using Logical Ports

    Another example of the use of logical printers is to print UNIX-format text files properly, by converting UNIX-style LF (Line Feeds) to DOS-style LF/CR (Line Feed, Carriage Return) pairs. Each Model PS110 and PS113 Print Server, with two and three parallel ports respectively, supports eight logical printers.

  • Page 105: Using Advanced Management Tools

    Figure 8-1 NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program All active NETGEAR print servers are listed on the screen as shown. If there is any print server missing from the screen, you may click on the Browse button to scan the network one more time. By default, the NetGear Administration Program only browses the network with NetBEUI to minimize unnecessary packets on the network.

  • Page 106: Buttons

    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000 system. Buttons Advanced Button Click on the Advanced button for detailed full configuration of the selected Print Server. See the later 8-2 Advanced Print Server Configuration section for more information about the Advanced option.
  • Page 107 NetGear Print Server Manual Figure 8-3 Protocol Screen The protocol currently used for communication between your PC and the Print Server is Enabled and grayed out, so it cannot be disabled. Browse Button Use this button to re-scan the network and update icons for any Print Servers located.

  • Page 108: Advanced Print Server Configuration

    If you switch to another tab without clicking on the Save to Device button, all new settings are lost. Return to Click this button to return to the print server administration main menu. If you want to configure another print Main server, you must click on this button to return to the main menu and select another print server.
  • Page 109 There is a factory default name. For any change, NETGEAR recommends that a name be determined before setting the print server in any network. This name should be no more than 16 characters with at least a non numeric letter. Spaces are not allowed, but dashes (-) and underscore marks (_) are accepted.

  • Page 110: Tcp/Ip Tab

    IP Address This IP address is assigned to the print server. If you have a private LAN and do not plan to connect to the TCP/IP-based internet, NETGEAR recommends that you use the address from the IETP-designated private addresses (for example, 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x).

  • Page 111: Netware Pserver Menu Tab

    This subnet mask defines the range of addresses that are reachable on your local LAN. Mask Gateway This IP address is what the print server uses for stations with IP addresses not reachable on your local Address LAN. NetWare PServer Menu Tab The NetWare PServer menu tab sets the NetWare server (Bindery mode) or tree (NetWare Directory Services mode) that the print server should service.

  • Page 112: Netware Rprinter Menu Tab

    Master file When operating in Bindery mode, the print server logs on to a file server and services the queue set up on server (Binary that particular file server. Enter the name of the master file server of the print server.

  • Page 113: Appletalk Tab

    Server for P1 Novell Printer Enter the name of the NetWare print server to service the PRINTER 2 port of the print server. If there is Server for P2 no PRINTER 2 port on the print server, this selection is not available and is shadowed out.
  • Page 114 For further information about AppleTalk printing, refer to Chapter 8, "AppleTalk Printing". AppleTalk printing is supported in a certain models of NETGEAR Print Servers. Please refer to the specification of the model of the Print Server you have.

  • Page 115: Logical Port Tab

    Selects which physical printer port the logical port is mapped into. Converts LF to LF+CRAdd a carriage return (CR) every time the line feed (LF) character code is received by the print server when any print data is sent to this logical port.

  • Page 116: Physical Port Tab

    Provides the control character string to send to the printer after the last character of the job is sent to the printer. The character string must be in hexadecimal format as illustrated in the String Before Job example above. Physical Port Tab This tab allows you to set the "Handshake Signal" used for communication between the Print Server Physical Port...

  • Page 117: Wireless Tab

    The default setting is "Busy". This should only be changed to "Ack and Busy" if advised to do so by Technical Support. Wireless Tab This tab allows configuration of the Wireless settings for your Print Server. An example screen is shown below. This function is provided only in Print Server Model PS111W.
  • Page 118 NetGear Print Server Manual Wireless Tab Fields Field Description Regulatory Domain It is illegal to use this device in any location outside of the regulatory domain. Station Name The name used to identify this Wireless station. SSID If using an ESS (Extended Service Set, with multiple access points) this ID is called an ESSID (Extended Service Set Identifier).
  • Page 119 NetGear Print Server Manual communicate in "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad hoc" mode, all Wireless stations MUST Channel No use the If using "802.11 Ad-hoc" or "Ad-hoc" mode, select the value you wish to use on your Wireless LAN. If using "Infrastructure" mode, the Channel is selected automatically, to match the Channel used by the Access Point.

  • Page 120: Link Info Screen

    WEP Authentication Options are "Open System" or "Shared Key". Some Wireless cards and Access Points do not support both methods. Check your documentation to determine the correct value to use. Link Info Screen Field Description State This indicates which access point is currently in use. Current Channel The current channel which has been used.

  • Page 121: Menu Options

    8-3 Menu Options The NetGear Administration program contains a menu bar that provides a number of options including Control, Printer, and Help, which are outlined in the following section. Control Menu Control is the first item on the top menu bar is for print server control. Click on the Control selection, move the cursor down to select one of the menu selections and click again to carry out the intended action, as described below.

  • Page 122: Printer Menu

    The printer ports not existing on the print server are shadowed or grayed out. On the popup window, you can check the connection status of the print server such as on-line, off-line, paper jam, and out-of-paper. Also on display is the printing information indicating if the print server is sending data to the printer or if the printer is idling.

  • Page 123: Configuring Using Ip Setup

    Windows environment. Please see Appendix E for IPSetup utility reference. With IPSetup tool, you can force an IP address to a NETGEAR Print Server. It sets up the subnet mask and default gateway as well as disables the DHCP. In this way, you can always get a known and fixed IP address.

  • Page 124: Appendix Atechnical Specifications

    NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix A Technical Specifications This appendix provides technical specifications for the NETGEAR PS100 series Print Server. PS111W Wireless Ready Print Server Specifications Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility IEEE 802.3u, 100BASE-TX, Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T CSMA/CD IEEE 802.11b 11Mbps maximum CSMA/CA...

  • Page 125: Ps101 Mini Print Server Specifications

    CE mark, commercial UL listed (UL 1950) CSA certified (CSA 22.2 #950) TUV licensed (EN 60 950) T-Mark PS101 Mini Print Server Specifications Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility IEEE 802.3i 10BASE-T CSMA/CD NetBEUI, and TCP/IP protocols Data Rate 10 Mbps differential Manchester encoded...

  • Page 126: Ps110/Ps113 2/3-Port Print Server Specifications

    NetGear Print Server Manual VCCI Class B ITE Safety Agency Approvals, Power Adapter Meets requirements of: CE mark, commercial UL listed (UL 1950) CSA certified (CSA 22.2 #950) TUV licensed (EN 60 950) T-Mark PS110/PS113 2/3-Port Print Server Specifications Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility IEEE 802.3u, 100BASE-TX, Fast Ethernet...
  • Page 127 NetGear Print Server Manual Environmental Specifications ° ° ° ° Operating temperature: 0 to 40 C (32 to 104 Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative humidity, noncondensing Electromagnetic Emissions Meets requirements of: CE mark, commercial FCC Part 15, Class B EN 55 022 (CISPR 22), Class B...

  • Page 128: Appendix Bunderstanding Ip Addresses

    NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix B Understanding IP Addresses This appendix provides information about understanding IP addresses, which you must assign to the NETGEAR PS100 series Print Sever when operating in a TCP/IP environment. IP Addresses and the Internet Because TCP/IP networks are interconnected widely across the world, every machine on the Internet must have a unique address to make sure that transmitted data reaches the correct destination.

  • Page 129: Netmask

    NetGear Print Server Manual Class B addresses can have up to 65,354 hosts on a network. Class B addresses use a 16-bit network number and a 16-bit node number. Class B addresses are in this range: 128.1.x.x to 191.254.x.x. Class C addresses can have 254 hosts on a network. Class C addresses use 24 bits for the network address and 8 bits for the node.

  • Page 130: Subnet Addressing

    Subnet Addressing By looking at the addressing structures, you can see that even with a Class C address there are a large number of hosts per network. Such a structure is an inefficient use of addresses if each end of a routed link requires a different network number.

  • Page 131: Private Ip Addresses

    255.255.255.252 /30 255.255.255.254 /31 255.255.255.255 /32 NETGEAR strongly advises that all hosts on a LAN segment use the same netmask for the following reasons: So that hosts recognize local IP broadcast packets When a device broadcasts to its segment neighbors, it uses a destination address of the local network address with all ones for the host address.

  • Page 132: Address Resolution Protocol

    DHCP server stores a list or pool of IP addresses, along with other information (such as gateway and DNS addresses) that it may assign to the other devices on the network. The NETGEAR Model RT328/RH348 router has the capacity to act as a DHCP server.

  • Page 133: Appendix Cconfig File

    This appendix provides information for editing a CONFIG file. CONFIG files are stored in the flash EEPROM of the NETGEAR PS100 series Print Sever and used for configuring the device using the FTP method. For more information about using the CONFIG file and to see an example of FTP commands, refer to the table of FTP Commands"on chapter 5 Unix.
  • Page 134 NetGear Print Server Manual Each Model PS104 and Model PS105 Print Server has one parallel port and supports three logical printers. PS100 series Print Sever, with two and three parallel ports respectively, supports eight logical printers. You cannot change the names. Each logical printer has four settings as shown below.

  • Page 135: Appendix Dusing Netware 5 Ndps

    Services) under Novel NetWare 5.0. Overview The NETGEAR Print Server must be configured as a valid device on your TCP/IP network. To use NDPS (Novell Distributed Printing Services), the Novell server must be running Novell NetWare 5, and the PCs (clients) must be running IntranetWare Client 2.0 or later.

  • Page 136: Creating An Ndps Printer Agent

    To create Public Access Printers using the NDPS Manager Object in NetWare Administrator, follow these instructions. You will need to repeat the procedure for any other ports on the print server or for any other logical printers you want to use.

  • Page 137: Workstation Configuration

    NetGear Print Server Manual Click on Next to view the Configure Port Handler Screen. In the Host Address IP field, enter the IP address previously assigned to the Print Server device, as illustrated below. Configure Port Handler Window In the Printer Name field, enter the Logical Port name on the Print Server (for example, L1).
  • Page 138 NetGear Print Server Manual The printer appears in the main Printer Manager window under the Name listing and is now available for print jobs. Printer drivers are automatically downloaded from the server as required. The printer is now in your Windows printer list and may be used by any Windows application.

  • Page 139: Appendix Eip Setup

    Clicking on Reset will set all values back to zero, and clicking on OK sets the data entered. Ensure that the IP address assigned to the device is not already in use. Following picture is the NETGEAR Print Server IP Address Configuration window. NETGEAR Print Server IP Address Configuration...

  • Page 140: Appendix Fascii To Hexadecimal Conversion Table

    NetGear Print Server Manual Appendix F ASCII to Hexadecimal Conversion Table Hexadecimal Value ASCII Character (SPACE) " &...
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