Apple 12/640PS manual Setting the default gateway address, Changing the password for this utility

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When requested to do so, type the IP address of the subnet mask in the following format, then press Enter:

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, where each XXX is a number between 0 and 255.

To indicate that you don’t want to specify a subnet mask, type 0.0.0.0 and press Enter.

Setting the default gateway address

If your local network is attached to other networks, you can specify the IP address of your local gateway. Whenever the printer needs to send messages to another network, it will use this gateway.

From the main menu of the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility menu, press 6 and Enter.

When requested to do so, type the IP address of the gateway in the following format, then press Enter:

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, where each XXX is a number between 0 and 255.

Note: If you enter an invalid address for the gateway or if the gateway goes down, the printer may not be able to communicate with remote networks.

Enabling or disabling connection timeout checking

The timeout feature automatically severs TCP/IP connections that are idle for more than 5 minutes. Under most circumstances, you should leave this function enabled.

1From the main menu of the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility menu, press 7 and Enter.

2Follow the instructions on your screen.

Changing the password for this utility

1From the main menu of the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility menu, press 8 and Enter.

2When requested to do so, type a 5–10 character password.

The characters you type will not appear on the screen.

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