Section 2: Basic Installation
Set the Internet You may set the Internet address of the AXIS 540/640 in four Address and Host different ways, using either arp, rarp, bootp, or dhcp. The main
Name 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
•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.
The procedures for using each of the above methods are described in detail below.
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