EFI Pi6500 Pro Configuration Manual page 117

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4-13 Pi6500 Pro on a TCP/IP network with Windows NT 4.0
Adding the Pi6500 Pro to the TCP/IP network
If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT 4.0 servers and Windows NT 4.0
clients, use the directions in this section. If the network includes UNIX workstations,
also check the directions on page 4-18.
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O ADD THE I RO TO A
W NT 4.0
A INDOWS SERVER
1. Register the IP address of the Pi6500 Pro in the host name database used by
your system.
The file maps remote devices to IP addresses. Users can then communicate with
hosts
any device over TCP/IP by using the host name rather than having to remember its
IP address.
For installations that do not have a network administrator or a central host name
database, add the Pi6500 Pro to the
it to the
hosts
utilities.
The Windows NT
file is used as a local Domain Name Services (DNS) equivalent. It has the same
hosts
format as the
IP Address<TAB>host name<TAB>#comments
where
<TAB>
To determine the IP Address and Server Name of your system, print a Configuration
page from the Pi6500 Pro Control Panel (see page 2-46).
If the Pi6500 Pro has already been defined in an
N :
OTE
host name database on a UNIX workstation on your network, use the same host name
here as you used for the name of the remote printer in the /
2. On the Pi6500 Pro Control Panel, perform Server Setup, Network Setup and Printer
Setup to support TCP/IP printing.
Enter the options in Protocol Setup (IP address of the Pi6500 Pro, subnet mask, and
gateway address).
TCP/IP
NETWORK WITH
hosts
file on any workstations that have TCP/IP loaded and will use the Fiery
file provides compatibility with the UNIX
hosts
file on UNIX servers. The format of the hosts entry is:
/etc/hosts
indicates that you press the Tab key.
file on the Windows NT 4.0 server. Also add
hosts
file or equivalent
/etc/hosts
etc/printcap
file. The
file.