TCP/IP Configuration Tools

When a network connection has been established, an HP Jetdirect print server can be configured with valid TCP/IP parameters for your network in the following ways:

●Using Software. You can use installation, setup, and management software running on supported systems. For more information see Chapter 2, “HP Software Solutions Summary”.

●BOOTP/TFTP. You can download the data from a network-based server using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) each time the printer is turned on. For more information, see “Using BOOTP/TFTP”.

The BOOTP daemon, bootpd, must be running on a BOOTP server that is accessible by the printer.

●DHCP/TFTP. You can use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) each time the printer is turned on. These protocols are supported on HP-UX, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Windows NT/2000/Server 2003, NetWare and Mac OS systems. (Refer to your network operating system manuals to verify that your server operating system supports DHCP.) For more information, see “Using DHCP”.

Note

Linux and UNIX systems: For more information,

 

see the bootpd “man” page.

 

On HP-UX systems, a sample DHCP configuration

 

file (dhcptab) may be located in the /etc directory.

 

Since HP-UX presently does not provide Dynamic

 

Domain Name Services (DDNS) for its DHCP

 

implementations, HP recommends that you set all

 

print server lease durations to infinite. This ensures

 

that print server IP addresses remain static until

 

such time as Dynamic Domain Name Services

 

are provided.

 

 

●RARP. A network-based server can use RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) to answer the print server's RARP request and supplying the print server with the IP address. The RARP method only allows you to configure the IP address. For more information, see “Using RARP”.

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