Patton electronic MODEL 2126 Using PING to Verify Network Communications, General, Novell, Tcpip

5.1.2 Using PING to Verify Network Communications

PING is the standard method used on TCP/IP networks to verify that communication is possible to and from a given Internet address (NOTE: not all TPC/IP networks have the PING utility. Its use with the Print Server is optional). The Print Server will correctly respond to PING requests and hence a typical method of quickly establishing if communications are possible with the Print Server would be:

PING xx.xx.xx.xx where xx.xx.xx.xx. is the unit’s Internet address

PING will then report to the operator if communication was achieved. If problems exist communicating with the Print Server, carefully check that the Internet Address allocated to the unit is a valid address for the network in question. Consult the network supervisor if problems persist with PING.

5.2 Configuration within TCP/IP

Once the unit’s Internet Address has been set correctly and PING has proven that network communications are possible to the unit, now is the time to use Telnet to further configure the unit if required. Here is a typical transaction used to connect to the Print Server via Telnet:

Type Unit’s Address: TELNET xx.xx.xx.xx

Response:

Connected to (Unit’s Internet Address)

Escape Character is ^]

Welcome to Patton Print Server Configuration

Please Enter Login Command: PESETUP

Enter Setup Password: PATTON

Menu Displays

Once connection to the Print Server has been achieved using the Telnet Protocol, it is then simply necessary to enter the command, PESETUP, to enter the configuration utility. The Print Server will then prompt the user to enter a password (default is Patton) and, once the entered password has been verified, a command prompt will appear.

5.2.1 Telnet Configuration Commands

The following commands may be entered from the command prompt:

GENERAL	Displays the current General parameters
NOVELL	Displays the current Novell parameters

Hint: Deleting the Novell login name will turn off Novell server search and speed up TCP/IP operations. This step is highly recommended.

TCPIP	Displays the current TCP/IP parameters
PERSONAL	Displays the current Personal Novell
	parameters
HELP	Displays a help screen
SET [parameter] = [value] Sets parameter to given value
EXIT	Exits from Telnet
HELP	Displays a help screen
PORT	Displays the current port status
STATUS	Print status page to printer

The following table lists the available parameters for use in the SET command, and their corresponding abbreviations:

SP	Set-up Password	UP	Upgrade Password
PS	Postscript Support	PU	Power-UP Status Page
E2	Ethernet 2 Support	E22	Ethernet 802.2 Support
E23	Ethernet 802.3 Support	ES	Ethernet SNAP support
NL	Novell Login Name	NP	Novell Login Password
S0-S9	Novell Server Names	SS	Novell Server Searching
TA	Internet Address	PN	Port Name
TH	TCP/IP Header String

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