Xerox 4500 PS TR Program setup Configuring Your Preferred Protocol, Configure TCP/IP

Configuration

Xerox 4500 PS TR

3.3.5 Program setup - Configuring Your Preferred Protocol

When you have filled in the first three entries in the menu for the Hardware Property Form:

-PrintServer name (a fully qualified domain name)

-Contact name

-Location (physical location of the unit)

.. you proceed to the selection of your preferred protocol environment

and subsequently to the configuration of. itThis is necessary in order for your system to be able to communicate with your PrintServer.

Select between:

-TCP/IP (including SNMP - MIB II)

-IPX/SPX (Netware)

-PU/LU (SNA)

-NetBIOS/NetBEUI (Windows and OS/2)

Here’s how you configure the various protocols:

3.3.5.1 Configure TCP/IP

You enable the TCP/IP protocol by clicking the check box to the immediate left of the header “TCP/IP”. When you have enabled the protocol, you will be able to configure the following entries:

Tick this entry if you wish to use a BOOTP server

Set default IP address.

Set default subnet mask

Set default gateway

Tick this for SNMP application.

SNMP - MIB II (see next section in this chapter)

Seek additional information here

NOTE: IP Address

To receive data on your network, you need to define an IP address. This IP address is unique in the Internet environment and consists of a network ID and a host ID.

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