IBM 6500 manual Overview, What Is The Ethernet Interface?

1 Introduction

Overview

This chapter introduces you to the Ethernet Interface architecture and special features, as well as providing information on installation and configuration tools.

What Is The Ethernet Interface?

The Ethernet Interface allows you to attach printers on a local area network (LAN) rather than attaching them directly to a host system. Following simple configuration steps, these peripherals can be simultaneously shared with users on the network whether you are using TCP/IP, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, or IPX (Novell®).

The Ethernet Interface package contains an Ethernet Interface to attach itself and the printer to the network. The Ethernet Interface is supplied in one of four forms:

•an Ethernet adapter attached to the printer parallel port

•a wireless Ethernet adapter

•an integrated Ethernet card

•an integrated wireless Ethernet card.

Throughout this manual, features specific to each Ethernet

Interface type will be indicated by the sideheads ADAPTER,

WIRELESS ADAPTER, ETHERNET, and WIRELESS.

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