Using BOOTP

4.Try to ping the NIC IP address from a local Unix station to see if it can be seen on your network.

NOTE: You will only be able to communicate with the NIC from a network station on the same subnet as the print server. The NIC needs to be told about a default router/gateway so any packets that come in from a different subnet can be returned via this gateway. Please see “Communicating Across Routers” on page 132 to set this up.

Using BOOTP

BOOTP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the NIC upon bootup. In addition, the BOOTP server can provide additional details like a default router/gateway address. To configure the NIC with its TCP/IP settings using BOOTP:

1.On your BOOTP server, make an entry in the /etc/bootptab file for the NIC.

Syntax:

NICIPname:\ :sm=netmask:\ :hd=homedirectory:\ :bf=null:\ :gw=defaultgateway:\ :ht=ethernet:\ :ha=ethernetaddress:\ :ip=ipaddress:\ :ts=timeserver:\ :to=timezone:

Example:

spike:\:sm=255.255.255.0:\:hd=/usr/null:\:bf=null:\:gw=192.75.11.1:\:ht=ethernet:\:ha=008072070060:\:ip=192.75.11.9:\:ts=192.75.11.7:\:to=25200:

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