4 Network setup

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up your machine for network connections.

This chapter includes:

Introduction

Supported operating systems

Configuring TCP/IP

Configuring EtherTalk

Configuring IPX frame types

Setting Ethernet speed

Restoring the network configuration

Printing a network configuration page

Introduction

Once you have connected your machine to a network with an RJ-45 Ethernet cable, you can share the machine with other network users.

You need to set up the network protocols on the machine to use it as your network printer. Protocols can be set up by the following two methods:

Via network administration programs

You can configure your machine’s print server settings and manage the machine via the following programs that came with your machine:

SyncThru™ Web Admin Service: A web-based printer management solution for network administrators. SyncThru™ Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of managing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot network printers from any site with corporate intranet access.

SyncThru™ Web Service: A web server embedded to your network print server, which allows you to:

-Configure the network parameters necessary for the machine to connect to various network environments.

-Customize e-mail settings and set up Address Book for scanning to email.

-Customize server settings and set up Address Book for scanning to an FTP or SMB servers.

-Customize printer, copy, and fax settings.

SetIP: A utility program allowing you to select a network interface and manually configure the addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol.

For further details, refer to the user’s guide on the network utilities CD that came with your machine.

Via the control panel

You can set up the following basic network parameters through the machine’s control panel:

Configure TCP/IP

Configure IPX frame types for NetWare

Configure EtherTalk

Supported operating systems

The following table shows the network environments supported by the machine:

Item

 

Requirements

 

 

 

Network interface

10/100 Base-TX

 

 

 

Network operating

Novell NetWare 4.x, 5.x, 6.x

system

Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP/2003

 

Various Linux OS

 

Macintosh OS 10.3 ~ 10.4

 

 

 

Network protocols

NetWare IPX/SPX

 

• TCP/IP on Windows

 

EtherTalk

 

 

Dynamic addressing

• DHCP, BOOTP

server

 

 

 

 

 

IPX/SPX: Internet Packet eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol

Configuring TCP/IP

Your machine can be set up with a variety of TCP/IP network information, such as an IP address, a subnet mask, a gateway, and DNS addresses. There are several ways in which your machine can be assigned a TCP/ IP address, depending on your network.

Static addressing: A TCP/IP address is assigned manually by the system administrator.

Dynamic addressing via BOOTP/DHCP (default): A TCP/IP address is assigned automatically by the server.

Note

Before configuring TCP/IP, you need to set the network protocol to TCP/IP.

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Muratec MFX-3050 manual Network setup, Supported operating systems, Configuring TCP/IP, Via network administration programs

MFX-3050 specifications

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