Intermate 100 manual Mandatory IP-identifying information, Host Name

[TCP/IP]: Mandatory IP-identifying information

13.2. Mandatory IP-identifying information

13.2.1. Host Name

The host name identifies the unit in the LAN environment.

There are so many good reasons for having a host name defined (see page 89) that you should consider it mandatory, even though everything can function well without it in a certain number of setups.

You may use, modify, or totally replace the default host name which will be generated by attaching the last six digits from the MAC address to a prefix such as IM or IMA (depending on the product and model).

See the syntactical requirements for an IP host name in “Information Needed Before Starting” [page 89].

If you create and use a host name you must, of course, have it registered in a DNS server available to the all of the printers in the various printing environments from which jobs are sent to the print server.

13.2.2.Syntax for IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway

Default for each of these three parameters is 0.0.0.0 Syntax: Four address bytes separated by periods.

Each address byte must be a number between 0 and 255; do not use leading zeros. Not all combinations of values will con- stitute a valid address. Ask your system administrator if in doubt.

If Auto Routing (RIP) is used in your environment, you can leave the Default Gateway set to 0.0.0.0.

13.2.3. Enable DHCP, BOOTP, RARP—or none of these

Please consult the instructions in “IP Assignments for Initial Con- tact” [page 88].

Remember that you must have a host name defined if you use DHCP.

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