HP ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server manual 2Supported network protocols

To view the HP Jetdirect print server product number and installed firmware version, use the HP Jetdirect configuration page (see HP Jetdirect configuration pages on page 135), Telnet (see TCP/IP configuration on page 14), HP Embedded Web Server (see HP Embedded Web Server (V.40.xx)

on page 64), or the network management applications. For firmware updates, see Firmware upgrades on page 5.

Supported network protocols

The following table lists the supported network protocols and network printing environments that use those protocols.

Table 1-2Supported network protocols

Supported Network	Network Printing Environments1	Product Support
Protocols
TCP/IPv4	(Direct Mode printing) Microsoft Windows XP (32- and 64-	J8007G (690n)
	bit), Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista	J7961G (635n)
	Microsoft Terminal Server and Citrix MetaFrame	J8021A (ew2500)
	environments2
	Novell NetWare2 5, 6.x
	UNIX and Linux, including: Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, Sun
	Microsystems Solaris (SPARCsystems only), IBM AIX2, HP MPE-
	iX2, RedHat Linux2, SuSE Linux2
	Line printing daemon (LPR/LPD) RFC-1179 compliant systems2
	Internet printing protocol (IPP)
	File transfer protocol (FTP) printing
TCP/IPv6	(Direct Mode printing) Microsoft Windows XP (32- and 64-	J8007G (690n)
	bit). Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista. (Requires HP IPv6/IPv4	J7961G (635n)
	port monitor software running on the system.)
	LPR/LPD RFC 1179 compliant systems with IPv6 client support	J8021A (ew2500)
	IPP systems with IPv6 client support
	FTP printing
IPX/SPX and compatible	Novell NetWare2	J8007G (690n)
	(Direct Mode printing) Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit only)	J7961G (635n)
		J8021A (ew2500)
AppleTalk	Apple Mac OS	J8007G (690n)
(EtherTalk only)		J7961G (635n)
		J8021A (ew2500)
DLC/LLC	DLC/LLC protocols are provided for legacy systems that might	J8007G (690n)
	require support2	J7961G (635n)

J8021A (ew2500)

1For additional network systems and versions, see the current HP Jetdirect product data sheets. For operation with other network environments, consult your system vendor or authorized HP dealer.

2For software documentation and support, contact your network system vendor.

2 Chapter 1 Introducing the HP Jetdirect print server