Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Utilities, Firmware Update, Shared Printer Features

1.2.3 Shared Printer Features

FastPort gives you a wide access to shared printers, including:

•Windows 95®, Windows NT, and Windows for Workgroups systems, Windows NT using HP DLC

•PCs networked with Novell® NetWare®

•UNIX® support

•Apple® Macintosh® using EtherTalk®

•OS/2® machines with TCP/IP

•PCs running a TCP/IP protocol stack over Ethernet networks

The MIL-3000FTX print servers are configured by using FastManage, which is an SNMP management tool. The MIL-3000FTX also supports SNMP MIB-II (RFCs 1213) and parallel/serial MIBs (RFCs 1318 and 1317).

1.3 Utilities

To make the units easier to manage, Digi supplies the FastManage suite of software and the Advanced Configuration Tool™ (ACT). FastManage is a windows-based menu software application and ACT is a DOS-based menu software application. Configuration of devices can be done by using print utilities on UNIX systems. Firmware upgrades of the flash EEPROMs can be done via network connections.

1.4 Firmware Update

The software and firmware used by FastPort print servers support MS Windows, IBM OS/2, NetWare, UNIX, and Apple operating environment. New features of the firmware include:

•Complete Novell NDS support

•Bi-directional Centronics (parallel) printing

•Native SMB/MS Windows printing: Includes support for Windows for Workgroups®, Windows 95®, Windows NT®

•FastManage™ SNMP manager for Windows: This offers management over IP, IPX or NetBIOS/NetBEUI

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