Table 2-10Jetdirect menus (continued)

Menu item

Sub-menu item

Sub-menu item

Values and Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release and DHCP Renew menus are available to set

 

 

 

DHCP lease options.

 

 

 

Auto IP: Use automatic link-local IPv4 addressing. An

 

 

 

address in the form 169.254.x.x is assigned

 

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

Manual: Use the Manual Settings menu to configure

 

 

 

TCP/IPv4 parameters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP Release

This menu appears if Config Method was set to

 

 

 

DHCP and a DHCP lease for the print server exists.

 

 

 

No (default): The current DHCP lease is saved.

 

 

 

Yes: The current DHCP lease and the leased IP

 

 

 

address are released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP Renew

This menu appears if Config Method was set to

 

 

 

DHCP and a DHCP lease for the print server exists.

 

 

 

No (default): The print server does not request to renew

 

 

 

the DHCP lease.

 

 

 

Yes: The print server requests to renew the current

 

 

 

DHCP lease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual Settings

(Available only if Config Method is set to Manual)

 

 

 

Configure parameters directly from the printer control

 

 

 

panel:

 

 

 

IP Address: The unique IP address of the printer

 

 

 

(n.n.n.n), where n is a value from 0 to 255.

 

 

 

Subnet Mask: The subnet mask for the printer

 

 

 

(m.m.m.m), where m is a value from 0 to 255.

 

 

 

Syslog Server: The IP address of the syslog server

 

 

 

used to receive and log syslog messages.

 

 

 

Default Gateway: The IP address of the gateway or

 

 

 

router used for communications with other networks.

 

 

 

Idle Timeout: The time period, in seconds, after which

 

 

 

an idle TCP print data connection is closed (default is

 

 

 

270 seconds, 0 disables the timeout).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default IP

Specify the IP address to default to when the print

 

 

 

server is unable to obtain an IP address from the

 

 

 

network during a forced TCP/IP reconfiguration (for

 

 

 

example, when manually configured to use BootP or

 

 

 

DHCP).

 

 

 

Auto IP: A link-local IP address 169.254.x.x is set.

 

 

 

Legacy: The address 192.0.0.192 is set, consistent

 

 

 

with older HP Jetdirect devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary DNS

Specify the IP address (n.n.n.n) of a Primary DNS

 

 

 

Server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary DNS

Specify the IP address (n.n.n.n) of a Secondary

 

 

 

Domain Name System (DNS) Server.

 

 

 

 

ENWW

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