Table 8-10 IPX/SPX configuration information

Message

Description

 

 

STATUS

Current IPX/SPX protocol status.

 

READY Print server is awaiting data.

 

DISABLED Manually disabled.

 

INITIALIZING Registering the node address or name. An additional status message

 

might also displayed.

 

An error code and message is displayed if the print server is not ready. For more

 

information, see Table 8-14 Error messages on page 150.

 

 

PRIMARY FRAME TYPE

Frame type selection.

 

AUTO SELECT Automatically sense and limit to the first one detected.

 

EN_8023 Limit to IPX over IEEE 802.3 frames. All others are counted and discarded.

 

EN_II Limit to IPX over Ethernet frames. All others are counted and discarded.

 

EN_8022 Limit to IPX over IEEE 802.2 with IEEE 802.3 frames. All others are counted

 

and discarded.

 

EN_SNAP Limit to IPX over SNAP with IEEE 802.3 frames. All others are counted and

 

discarded.

 

 

NETWORK

Network column specifies the network number associated with a protocol frame type

FRAME TYPE

used for communication between a server and the HP Jetdirect print server.

UNKNOWN Determining which network number to use.

 

RCVD

Frame Type column identifies the frame type used with the associated network

 

 

number: EN_8023, EN_8022, EN_II, EN_SNAP. Unless a specific frame type is

 

manually set, the print server automatically determines the protocol frame type by

 

listening to the network data. DISABLED Frame type for that network is manually

 

configured.

 

RCVD column displays the packets received for each frame type.

 

 

Novell/NetWare parameters

Information in this section of the HP Jetdirect configuration page is described in Table 8-11 Novell/ NetWare configuration information on page 148. For error messages, see Table 8-14 Error messages on page 150.

Table 8-11 Novell/NetWare configuration information

Message

Description

 

 

STATUS

Current Novell NetWare configuration status.

 

READY Print server is awaiting data.

 

DISABLED Manually disabled.

 

INITIALIZING Registering the node address or name. Additional status messages might

 

be displayed.

 

An error code and message is displayed if the print server is not ready. For more

 

information, see Table 8-14 Error messages on page 150.

 

 

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ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server specifications

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