EEPROM

Electrically Erasable/Programmable Read-

 

Only Memory.

factory defaults

Settings shipped with the NIC.

Factory Settings

S2 jumper position stating all factory

 

default settings are to be used while the

 

NIC is up and running.

Firmware Panic

Unrecoverable errors detected by the NIC

 

firmware force the Print Server into

 

Firmware Panic mode. Manually reset the

 

NIC to resume operation.

Flash

Stores firmware code and configurable

 

settings. Allows for upgrades without

 

replacing hardware inside the NIC.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol. Used for

 

transferring files from one TCP/IP host to

 

another and used in the upgrade process.

gateway

Hardware device that translates data

 

between two incompatible networks.

gateway address

The IP address of a gateway.

Hardware Exception

Bus errors, address errors, and illegal

 

instructions force the NIC into this

 

NIC non-operational mode.

HTML

HyperText Markup Language. Format

 

used for documents viewable on the World

 

Wide Web.

ifnum

Interface Number. Represents the network

 

interface. With a NIC, this will always be

 

“1” for Ethernet.

interface script

Unix host filter file that processes the print

 

job before it is sent over the network to the

 

NIC.

I/O port

Port for attaching peripherals to. The NIC

 

provides four: PRN1, PRN2, COM1,

 

COM2.

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