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Token Ring connections and indicators

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel:

1.Shielded Twisted Pair (STP; IBM Type 1) connector (DB-9).

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The STP port on the PhaserShare Token Ring card supports cable lengths up to 150 meters (492 feet) from the interface to the MAU (Medium Access Unit), including lobe and patch cables.

2.Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) connector (RJ-45).

3.Ring speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 16 Mbps, off indicates 4 Mbps.

4.TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

5.Connection indicator (green); on indicates that the card is asserting its ring insertion control signal.

6.RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

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Tektronix Phaser 840 setup guide Token Ring connections and indicators

Contents

L O R P R I N T E R Page Phaser 840 Color Printer PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide Page Contents Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters PhaserLink Printer Management SoftwareWindows NT Index Introduction Unix Printing a Conﬁguration Before you begin network conﬁgurationPrinting a Conﬁguration Printer management If you need more information Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface Ethernet connections and indicators Built-in Ethernet connector PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card Ethernet cables and termination 10BaseT or 100BaseTx Twisted Pair10Base2 Thin Ethernet 10Base5 Thick Ethernet PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card Token Ring connections and indicators Ring speed jumper Token Ring conﬁguration Token Ring parameters Using the conﬁg-TokenRingscript Conﬁguring Token Ring parameters Arp Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring LocalTalk card connections and indicators PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk cardLocalTalk connection LocalTalk connectors, cables, and terminators Connecting to a single computer Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Networking EtherTalk, LocalTalk TokenTalk Configuration Conﬁguration overview Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser Installing the PhaserShare Administrator Novell NetWare ConfigurationInstallation Using the Quick Conﬁguration Wizard Start the PhaserShare AdministratorLog on to the ﬁle server Select a print server Conﬁgure the printer and set up queues Launch the Quick Conﬁguration Wizard Setting IPX frame types from the front panel Verify information and ﬁnish the conﬁguration Adding the printer to the host table TCP/IP Configuration UnixAssigning a print queue to the printer Required remote printer queue names Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for UnixUnix model ﬁles Example installation for a typical BSD Unix system Sample printcap ﬁle Descriptions of printcap parameters Printer conﬁguration Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar Listing the contents of unix.tarExtracting the ﬁles Windows 95 PhaserPort Software TCP/IP conﬁguration for a PC PhaserPort software installation Setting the printer’s IP addressUsing the installer Create your ﬁrst port and install the driver Installation Completed dialog, click Finish Adding a port for a new printer Adding a port to an existing printer Changing a port’s IP address Windows NT Click Start, Settings, and Printers Add the printer Creating an LPR port Creating an AppleTalk port Name the printer and set up sharing Install the driverWindows NT creates the printer Select the port where the printer is connected Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server Enter the printer’s name and set up sharing Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver Creating an LPR port Set up sharing Windows NT PhaserShare Networking Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters from the front panel Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters Rarp or Bootp Set the network mask T E Installing the Dhcp server Setting IP parameters DhcpSetting up a Dhcp server Open the Network Administration group Supported BOOTP/DHCP ﬁelds Dhcp transactions Setting IP parameters PostScript utility ﬁle Unix only Running the conﬁg-IPscript Conﬁg-IP ﬁlename Setting IP parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software DNS Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software Accessing printer information from a browser Conﬁguring PhaserLink Help PhaserLink Printer Management software help ﬁlesAccessing PhaserLink Help Setting printer parameters PhaserLink software pages Information Forwarding Disabling Information Forwarding With config-IP script With config-TokenRingscript Index Rarp Page Printed on recycled paper