Axis 570 User Manual page 29

Section 2: Basic Installation
Set the Internet
Address and Host
Name
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You may set the Internet address of the AXIS 570/670 MIO in five
different ways, using either ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP or via the
printer's Front Panel. The main characteristics of each of these
methods are described below:
• ARP - available in UNIX, Windows 95, and Windows NT. This is
generally considered to be the easiest method although it does
require the Internet address for each new device to be down-loaded
individually. It is not appropriate to use this method over routers.
• RARP - available in UNIX, it down-loads the Internet address to
each device automatically. It requires a RARP daemon on your
system, and operates within a single network segment only.
• BOOTP - available in UNIX and quite similar to RARP, although
it can however operate on the entire network. Requires a BOOTP
daemon on your system. A request made to an active BOOTP or
RARP daemon initiates a search of the Ethernet Address Table
(RARP daemon), or Boot Table (BOOTP daemon) for an entry
matching the print server's Ethernet address. If a matching entry is
found, the daemon then down loads the Internet address to the
print server.
• DHCP - available in Windows NT and UNIX systems, it allows
for the automatic but temporary assignment of Internet addresses
from a central pool. In the absence of either an active RARP or
BOOTP daemon running on the host DHCP will, when enabled,
cause the selected host to automatically allocate and down load a
free Internet Address, Default Router Address and Net Mask to the
requesting print server. It also provides validation data that defines
how long the Internet addresses will remain valid.
• Setting the Internet address via the printer's Front Panel is
described on page 135.
The procedures for using the ARP, RARP, BOOTP and DCHP
methods are described in detail below.
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