Axis Communications AXIS 5500, Network Print Servers, AXIS 5550 manual Manual IP Address

Basic Installation

Manual IP Address
Assignment
	Method	Platform	Comment	See
			Requires the IP address for each	“Set the IP Address us-
		Windows	device to be downloaded	ing ARP in Windows
			individually. Cannot be used	98/NT/ Me/2000/XP” on
			over routers.	page 20
			You must define the Default
			Router and Subnet Mask. Log
	ARP/Ping		in to the print server’s Web	“Set the IP Address us-
			pages and select Admin
				ing ARP in UNIX/Linux
		UNIX/Mac OS X	Network Settings Detailed
				and Mac OS X” on page
			View TCP/IP Network
				20
			Default Router and Subnet
			Mask. DHCP, Auto-IP, BOOTP
			and RARP must first be set to
			No
			Axis software that allows you to	“Adding Printers in Win-
	AXIS AddPrinter	Windows 2000, XP,	find print servers in your net-	dows 2000 / XP / 2003
	Wizard	2003	work and assign an IP address to	using AXIS AddPrinter
			them.	Wizard” on page 24
			Axis software that assists in set-
			ting the IP address of multiple	“Using AXIS ThinWizard
			print servers simultaneously.
	AXIS ThinWizard	Windows 2000/XP		for Print Server Man-
			This software is recommended
				agement” on page 92
			for large organizations and ener-
			prise networks.

Notes:

•The ability to set the IP address with ARP and PING will only be enabled the first 10 minutes after restarting the print server.

•Refer to “Setting Parameters” on page 44 for information about setting the IP address in the Macintosh environment.

Registering and In order to register the host name of the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 in Resolving networks with dynamic IP address settings, WINS (Windows Internet

Host Names Name Service) and 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 AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 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 AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 truncates the host

name to 15 characters when registering with a WINS server. You can view the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 host name that is registered at a WINS server in the print server’s Web interface. Refer to “Management and Configuration” 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

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