Printronix P5000LJ user manual Communicating Across Routers, Changing Workgroup Names

Communicating Across Routers

Communicating Across Routers

Since Windows environments rely on TCP/IP to communicate with the NIC, crossing routers becomes an issue.

After following one of the NIC configuration methods mentioned, you should be able to communicate only with the print server from the same subnet. This means any hosts across a router will not see your NIC. In order for hosts across a router to see your NIC, store a default router/gateway within the print server so that any packets destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router automatically. The router (or series of routers) can then take over ensuring the packets get to their final destination on another subnet on your network.

To configure a default router/gateway within the NIC:

1.Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http://P5000LJIPaddress/networkConf.html

(e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html).

Note	If prompted for a User ID and password first, type in root for the ID and
	press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by
	default.

2.At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays, click in the first field below the “Gateway” heading and type in the IP address of the default router/gateway for the NIC subnet.

3.Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect.

Changing Workgroup Names

Windows environments define groups of related computers as “workgroups.” By default, the NIC belongs to the workgroup called WORKGROUP. However, you may want to change this to suit your network better. To do this:

1.Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http://P5000LJIPaddress/networkConf.html

(e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html).

Note	If prompted for a User ID and password first, type in root for the ID and
	press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by
	default.

2.At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays, search for the “Windows (NetBIOS TCP/IP)” section and highlight the “Workgroup Name” field.

3.Type in the new workgroup name for the NIC.

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