Samsung ML-3050 manual Network setup, Supported operating systems, Configuring TCP/IP

4 Network setup

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up your printer for network connections.

This chapter includes:

•Introduction

•Supported operating systems

•Configuring TCP/IP

•Configuring EtherTalk

•Configuring IPX frame types

•Setting Ethernet speed

•Restoring the network configuration

•Printing a network configuration page

Introduction

Once you have connected your printer to a network with an RJ-45 Ethernet cable, you can share the printer with other network users.

You need to set up the network protocols on the printer to use it as your network printer. Protocols can be set up by the following two methods:

Via network administration programs

You can configure your printer’s print server settings and manage the printer via the following programs that came with your printer:

•SyncThru™ Web Admin Service: A web-based printer management solution for network administrators. SyncThru™ Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of managing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot network printers from any site with corporate intranet access.

•SyncThru™ Web Service: A web server embedded to your network print server, which allows you to configure the network parameters necessary for the printer to connect to various network environments.

•SetIP: A utility program allowing you to select a network interface and manually configure the addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol.

For further details, refer to the user’s guide on the network utilities CD that came with your printer.

Via the control panel

You can set up the following basic network parameters through the printer’s control panel:

•Configure TCP/IP

•Configure IPX frame types for NetWare

•Configure EtherTalk

Supported operating systems

The following table shows the network environments supported by the printer:

Item		Requirements
Network interface	•	10/100 Base-TX
	•	IEEE 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN (optional)
Network operating	•	Novell NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
system	•	Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003
	•	Various Linux OS
	•	Macintosh OS 10.3 (ML-3050), 8.6 ~ 9.2
		and 10.1 ~ 10.4 (ML-3051N, ML-3051ND)
Network protocols	•	NetWare IPX/SPX
	• TCP/IP on Windows
	•	EtherTalk
Dynamic addressing	• DHCP, BOOTP
server

•IPX/SPX: Internet Packet eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange

•TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

•DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

•BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol

Configuring TCP/IP

Your printer can be set up with a variety of TCP/IP network information, such as an IP address, a subnet mask, a gateway, and DNS addresses. There are several ways in which your printer can be assigned a TCP/IP address, depending on your network.

•Static addressing: A TCP/IP address is assigned manually by the system administrator.

•Dynamic addressing via BOOTP/DHCP (default): A TCP/IP address is assigned automatically by the server.

Note

Before configuring TCP/IP, you need to set the network protocol to TCP/IP.

4.1 <Network setup>