Chapter 7

Understand the network configuration page (some models only)

If the device is connected to a network, you can print a network configuration page to view the network settings for the device. You can use the network configuration page to help troubleshoot network connectivity problems. If you need to call HP, it is often useful to print this page before calling.

Network Configuration Page

1.General Information: Shows information about the current status and active connection type of the network, and other information, such as the URL of the embedded Web server.

2.802.3 Wired: Shows information about the active wired network connection, such as the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, as well as the hardware address of the device.

3.802.11 Wireless: Shows information about the active wireless network connection, such as the IP address, the communication mode, the network name, authentication type, and signal strength.

4.mDNS: Shows information about the active Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) connection. mDNS services are typically used on small networks for IP address and name resolution (through UDP port 5353) where a conventional DNS server is not used.

5.SLP: Shows information about the current Service Location Protocol (SLP) connection. SLP is used by network management applications for device management. The device supports SNMPv1 protocol on IP networks.

To print the network configuration page from the device control panel

Press the Setup button, select Print Report, select Network Config, and then press OK.

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