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IP Addressing

Auto-IP Addressing Network devices use automatic IP addressing if they are configured to acquire an address using DHCP but are unable to contact a DHCP server. Automatic IP addressing is a scheme where devices allocate themselves an IP address at random from the industry standard subnet of 169.254.x.x (with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0). If two devices allocate themselves the same address, the conflict is detected and one of the devices allocates itself a new address.

Automatic IP addressing support was introduced by Microsoft in the Windows 98 operating system and is also supported in Windows 2000/XP/2003.

Registering and In order to register the host name of the print server in networks with Resolving dynamic IP address settings, WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) and

Host Names DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) are supported. It is recommended that at least one of these methods should be used if you are setting the IP address of the print server using DHCP.

The host name of the print server is specified by the PS_NAME. parameter. Refer to the “The Parameter List” on page 137.

WINS Host Name WINS only supports 15 character long host names. If your host name is Rules longer than 15 characters, the print server truncates the host name to 15 characters when registering with a WINS server. You can view the print server’s host name that is registered at a WINS server in the print server’s

Web interface. Refer to “Using a Web browser for Print Server

Management” on page 88.

DDNS Host Name DDNS supports 47 character long host names and can only consist of the Rules characters ‘A-Z’, ’a-z’, ’0-9’ and ‘-’. If your host name consists of any

other characters, they are converted to ‘-’ when registering with a DDNS server. You can view which host name that is registered at a DDNS server in the print server’s Web interface. Refer to “Using a Web browser for Print Server Management” on page 88.

If the host name matches another entry in the DDNS data base, the print server deletes that entry before registering.

Notes:

•The default host name of the print server is ’AXIS’ followed by the last 6 digits in the serial number. e.g. AXIS181636. The host name (Print server name) can be changed in the PS_NAME. field on the Admin General Settings page.

•The host name limitations conclude that if you want to register the same host name at a WINS server and a DDNS server, the host name should be no longer than 15 characters and it should only contain the characters ‘A-Z’, ‘a-z’, ’0-9’ and ‘-’.

•Refer to your system manuals or to your network administrator for instructions on how host name resolutions are performed on your system.

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