Tektronix Phaser 840 setup guide Token Ring connections and indicators

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Token Ring connections and indicators

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel:

1.Shielded Twisted Pair (STP; IBM Type 1) connector (DB-9).

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The STP port on the PhaserShare Token Ring card supports cable lengths up to 150 meters (492 feet) from the interface to the MAU (Medium Access Unit), including lobe and patch cables.

2.Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) connector (RJ-45).

3.Ring speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 16 Mbps, off indicates 4 Mbps.

4.TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

5.Connection indicator (green); on indicates that the card is asserting its ring insertion control signal.

6.RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

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Contents L O R P R I N T E R Page Phaser 840 Color Printer PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide Page Contents Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters PhaserLink Printer Management SoftwareWindows NT IndexIntroduction UnixPrinting a Conﬁguration Before you begin network conﬁgurationPrinting a Conﬁguration Printer management If you need more information Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interfaceEthernet connections and indicators Built-in Ethernet connectorPhaserShare Series B Ethernet card Ethernet cables and termination 10BaseT or 100BaseTx Twisted Pair10Base2 Thin Ethernet 10Base5 Thick EthernetPhaserShare Series B Token Ring card Token Ring connections and indicators Ring speed jumper Token Ring conﬁguration Token Ring parametersUsing the conﬁg-TokenRingscript Conﬁguring Token Ring parametersArp Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token RingLocalTalk card connections and indicators PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk cardLocalTalk connection LocalTalk connectors, cables, and terminators Connecting to a single computerConnecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Networking EtherTalk, LocalTalk TokenTalk Configuration Conﬁguration overviewFinding the printer’s name in the Chooser Installing the PhaserShare Administrator Novell NetWare ConfigurationInstallation Using the Quick Conﬁguration Wizard Start the PhaserShare AdministratorLog on to the ﬁle server Select a print serverConﬁgure the printer and set up queues Launch the Quick Conﬁguration WizardSetting IPX frame types from the front panel Verify information and ﬁnish the conﬁgurationAdding the printer to the host table TCP/IP Configuration UnixAssigning a print queue to the printer Required remote printer queue names Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for UnixUnix model ﬁles Example installation for a typical BSD Unix system Sample printcap ﬁle Descriptions of printcap parametersPrinter conﬁguration Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar Listing the contents of unix.tarExtracting the ﬁles Windows 95 PhaserPort Software TCP/IP conﬁguration for a PCPhaserPort software installation Setting the printer’s IP addressUsing the installer Create your ﬁrst port and install the driver Installation Completed dialog, click Finish Adding a port for a new printerAdding a port to an existing printer Changing a port’s IP address Windows NT Click Start, Settings, and Printers Add the printerCreating an LPR port Creating an AppleTalk portName the printer and set up sharing Install the driverWindows NT creates the printer Select the port where the printer is connected Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 serverEnter the printer’s name and set up sharing Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver Creating an LPR port Set up sharing Windows NT PhaserShare Networking Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters from the front panel Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing ParametersSetting IP parameters Rarp or Bootp Set the network maskT E Installing the Dhcp server Setting IP parameters DhcpSetting up a Dhcp server Open the Network Administration group Supported BOOTP/DHCP ﬁelds Dhcp transactionsSetting IP parameters PostScript utility ﬁle Unix only Running the conﬁg-IPscript Conﬁg-IP ﬁlenameSetting IP parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software DNS Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software Accessing printer information from a browserConﬁguring PhaserLink Help PhaserLink Printer Management software help ﬁlesAccessing PhaserLink Help Setting printer parameters PhaserLink software pages Information ForwardingDisabling Information Forwarding With config-IP script With config-TokenRingscript IndexRarp Page Printed on recycled paper