Appendix
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5
Remote Maintenance by Telnet (mshell)
You can view the printer status and configure the network interface board using
telnet.
Note
❒You should specify a password so that only the network administrator, or a
person having network administrator privileges, can use remote mainte-
nance (mshell).

Operation Flow

The following is a sample procedure in using Telnet.
Limitation
❒Only one person at a time can be logged on to do remote maintenance.
AUsing the IP address or host name of the printer, start telnet.
% telnet
IP_address
Note
❒In order to use the host name instead of the IP address, you must write it
to the /etc/hosts file.
BInput the password.
Note
❒The factory default is “password”.
CInput a command.
Reference
For information on telnet commands, refer to P.61 “Command List”.
DFinish telnet.
msh> logout
When the configuration is revised, a confirmation message requests whether
or not the changes should be saved.
EInput “yes” to save the changes, and press {
Enter
}.
If you do not want to save the changes, input “no”and press {
Enter
}. If you
want to make additional changes, input “return” at the command line, and
press {
Enter
}.
Note
❒If the “Can not write NVRAM information” message appears, the changes
are not saved. Repeat the steps above.