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    User’s Guide 802.11b Print Ser ver Par t Number 40148-100 Revision 1.0 ...

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    ii Copyright Notice All rights reserved. N o part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of TR O Y G roup, I nc. The information contained her ein is designed only for use w ...

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    Contents Introduction System Re quirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 N etwork Operting Systems S uppor ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 N etwork Protocols S uppor ted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 Installing the E therWind P rint Serv ...

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    iv 11 T roubleshooting T roubleshooting F requently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1 Loading the F irmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-3 U ninstalling the EtherWind Wireless S oftware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-4 12 Where to Get Help W orldwide W eb S uppor t . . . . ...

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    Introduction The EtherW ind 802.11b Wir eless Print Server lets you communicate with printers from anywhere on an 802.11b wir eless network. Y ou can use the print ser ver in ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) or infrastructure (access point) wireless mode, as shown below . The print server operates at speeds of up to 11 Mbps on any IEEE 802.11b wire- less comp ...

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    System R equirements T o use the EtherWind for printing from a wir eless network, you need an 802.11b wireless network. The wireless network will consist of either of the following: ◗ An 802.11b wireless enabled PC or Macintosh printing straight to the printer (Ad-H oc or P eer-to-P eer Mode). ◗ An 802.11b wireless Access point allo wing wirele ...

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    ◗ AppleT alk • Apple P rinter Utility compatibility • Binary AppleT alk support • AppleT alk spoofing ◗ IPX/SPX • N etW are RPrinter B inder y mode • N etW are PServer Bindery mode • N etW are NPrinter NDS mode with NDPS support • N etW are PServer NDS mode • Ethernet II, 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP F rame types • Compatible with ...

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    Installing the EtherWind Print Server Hardware Befor e Y ou Begin Before you install the E therWind wireless print server , make sure that your printer or other device and your computer already function properly via a parallel, serial or USB printer cable. Refer to your printer ’ s documentation for instructions on using and maintaining your prin ...

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    EtherW ind Connectors, Switches, and LEDs T est Switch. P ress down this switch for less than 5 seconds to print a test page on the printer . The test page will sho w the current wireless and network settings of the EtherW ind wireless print server . Press it do wn for more than 5 seconds to reset the E therWind to its factory default parameters. I ...

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    Connecting to a P rinter F ollow these steps to connect the EtherWind wir eless print ser ver to your printer: 1. Attach the EtherW ind to the desktop mounting base. 2. Make sure the printer is off . 3. Connect the parallel cable to the print server and the printer . 4. Plug the power cor d from the power supply into a wall outlet or power strip . ...

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    Connecting the EtherW ind to an RS-232 Serial Device Note: Skip this section if you are not using the EtherWind serial port. The EtherW ind has one standard PC-compatible 9-pin female D-connectors. The serial port uses PC-compatible 9-pin male D-connectors. Note that the standar d off-the-shelf 9-pin female to 25-pin male PC cables will require a n ...

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    SET PORT S1 CONSOLE ENABLED Y ou can remotely r estore the port to normal serial operation by unselecting Console Mode fr om W ebXAdmin or by using the console command SET POR T serialport CONSOLE DISABLED. The serial ports are factory set at 115200bps, 8-bit data, CTS/R TS (Hardwar e) flow control, and no parity . If y our printer or serial device ...

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    Configuring the EtherWind 802.1 1b and IP Settings Configuring the E therWind There are thr ee basic steps required to configure the EtherW ind: 1. Configuring the EtherW ind 802.11b settings. T o operate on an 802.11b net- work, you must set the wireless (ad-hoc or infrastructure), SSID, channel, data rate and WEP encryption. All nodes of a wirele ...

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    this option, select Ad-hoc Computer-to-Computer , or whatever mode your adapter uses to communicate on a wireless network without an access point. ◗ If you are using WEP ( Wir ed Equivalent Privacy) encryption on your wireless networ k, you will need to temporarily disable WEP on y our PC in order to configure the print server . If you are using ...

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    Installing the S oftware F ollow these steps to install the WP-Admin softwar e and configure the print ser ver . 1. Insert the EtherW ind Wireless Configuration CD-R OM into your PC or Macintosh. Note: There is also a Linux version of the WP-Admin utility available on the TROY website (www .troygroup.com). 2. If you are using a Windows computer , c ...

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    Note: If you don’t see the print server in the list, hold down the button for more than 5 seconds to reset it to factory defaults and try the search again. If you still don’t see it, check the troubleshooting section (chapter 1 1). 5. When you see the print server you want to configure in the list, highlight it and click Configure. If you are u ...

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    • If your network uses WEP encryption, you will need to enable WEP and enter the appropriate WEP key(s). Contact y our system manager to deter- mine what information . • I f you are using TCP/IP (recommended for Windows printing) and you do not have a DHCP server (see note below), you will need to manually assign a valid IP Addr ess, Subnet M a ...

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    3-1 Management Methods TR OY offers a variety of ways to configur e and monitor the EtherW ind. These methods are: WP-Admin U tility ◗ This utility runs on Windo ws and Macintosh computers, and is used for initial configuration of the print server and allows you to set the wireless settings as well as the basic network settings including TCP/IP . ...

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    ◗ N o additional software is needed on the system. ◗ Can be used on any system that supports web browser capabilities. ◗ Simply type the IP address into y our web browser addr ess bar to connect ◗ Default password is ACCESS *Both the EtherW ind and the PC must be configured with an IP address and your browser must be configur ed to work acr ...

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    Microsoft Windows Network Configuration The EtherW ind includes the easy-to-use ExtendN et Connect IP Monitor software for printing from W indows computers over an 802.11b wireless link. This soft- ware creates a networ k port on the Windo ws system, which acts like a normal par- allel port. As a result, it works transparently with any standar d Wi ...

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    5. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP , go to the P or ts tab . If you are using Windows 95/98/ME, go to the Details tab . 6. Click on Add Port . 7. I f you are using Windows NT/2000/XP system, highlight T roy Group ExtendNet Connect IP Monitor , and click New Port . If you are running Windows 95/98/ME, select Other , highlight T roy Group ExtendN ...

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    4-3 8. The search will begin for available print servers, highlight the print ser ver you would like to create the port for , and click ADD. 9. Make sure the port you cr eated is chosen and click Apply . If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP , the Ports tab should look something like this: ...

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    If you are running Windows 95/98/ME, the Details tab should look some- thing like this: Y ou are no w ready to print. Additional Windows Configuration M ethods EtherW ind print servers are also compatible with other methods of printing from Windows. These include the Standard TCP/IP P ort option in Windows 2000/XP , and the LPR P ort option in Wind ...

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    AppleT alk Network Configuration The EtherW ind runs over wireless E thernet (also known as Ethertalk). This capa- bility allows Macintosh computers to print jobs to a printer simultaneously with jobs from W indows, NetW are, and other computers. The print server will appear as a shareable printer node on an Appletalk Phase 2 network. The print ser ...

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    5. Close the Chooser . Y ou can now print to the printer using any standar d Macintosh application program. Setting U p P rinting (MacOS X) 1. If you haven't done so alr eady , set the name of your computer by going to the Applications folder*, selecting System Preferences , and then Sharing . T ype in the computer name in the Network Identity ...

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    NetW are Network Configuration Configuring the P rint Server and P rint Queue with XAdmin32 (Queue Server M ode) This section covers installation using the N ovell client. Note: TROY recommends you use the Novell 32-bit client on your Windows worksta- tion instead of the Microsoft NetW are client, because it allows direct configura- tion of print q ...

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    2. Click Start , select Programs , select the XAdmin32 folder , and then select XAdmin32. 3. Click on the IPX/SPX icon under Filters to set the operating mode to IPX/SPX (TCP/IP mode will not allow y ou to configure NetW ar e print queues directly). The EtherW ind should appear in the list of available printers. If it does not, try selecting Device ...

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    6-3 5. Click on New Queue . Enter any unique name for the Queue name. ◗ If you are configuring a bindery queue, click OK and proceed to step 8. ◗ If you are configuring an NDS queue, click Browse , select the file server volume where you want the queue to r eside (a volume name will have a file server icon next to it), and click OK . 6. The que ...

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    UNIX Network Configuration The EtherW ind print server appears to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the line printer daemon (lpd) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote-LPR command can spool jobs to the print server without the need for any special software on the host computer ...

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    1. Edit the printcap file: An example of a typical entry in the printcap file is: LaserPrinter: :lp=: :rm=XCD: :rp=BINARY_P1: :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/LaserPrinter: "LaserP rinter" is the queuename. "XCD" matches the name in the hosts file. "BINAR Y_P1" is the print ser ver's service name. (NO TE: Use TEXT_P1 instea ...

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    Then use the Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under Open Windows as follows: ◗ Select Edit ◗ Select Add ◗ Select Add Access to Remote Printer ◗ At the PrinterName prompt, type any desired name for the print queue ◗ At the Printer Server prompt, type: name ! servicename (for example, LaserJet!BINARY_P1 ), where: - name matches th ...

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    9. Y ou may accept the default values for the r emaining items. 1 0 . Click OK to configure the printer . 1 1. Y ou should now be able to print using the lp -d command with the printer name. Notes: ◗ The configuration for HP Distributed Print Services and for earlier versions of HP/UX is slightly different. ◗ The print server can also be config ...

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    DEC LA T Network Configuration Note: Only TROY EtherWind-N models include DEC LA T support. The EtherW ind wireless print server acts as a node on an Ethernet network that offers printing services to other devices. The print server comes preconfigured to run on a LA T network and does not require any additional setup . Each print server has a defau ...

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    Execute the command file. At the VMS "$" prompt type: @filename where filename is the name of the text file created in step 1. N ote: The @filename command can be included in the system startup file so that the procedure is executed automatically when the system is booted. U se the VMS PRINT command with the name of the queue and the file ...

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    Banyan VINES Network Configuration Note: Only TROY EtherWind-N models include Banyan VINES support. EtherW ind wireless print servers support the Banyan VINES IP protocol to allo w printers to be shared on a Banyan VINES network. Users on client PC’ s send their jobs to any VINES file server running the Banyan PCP rint software, which in turn spo ...

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    4. Select the desired F ile ser ver and press ENTER . 5. Select the disk where the print service will reside. 6. P ress F10 in response to the message "The service is r unning but not yet av ail- able to users." 7. T ype in the maximum number of jobs and maximum size of job for the queue at the Configure Queue scr een. Or press F10 for un ...

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    PrintraNet Internet Printing Configuration TR OY's P rintraNet product is a softwar e driver for Windows that allo ws a PC user at one location to send a print job to a printer connected to an EtherW ind wireless print server at a remote location across the I nternet in a simple and trans- parent manner . F or example, a user on a PC in New Y ...

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    TCP/IP-based mail packages and dial-up I nternet Service Pro viders. If you do not know which method you ar e using, consult your system manager . 2. Make sure that y our E-mail server is capable of sending messages across the Internet. Alternatively , if you ar e communicating directly from the PC via a modem to an Internet Service P rovider , mak ...

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    5. Select Local Printer or My Computer ( not Network Printer ) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer . 6. Y ou will also need to know the following - The manufactur er and model of the printer at the remote site (for example, Hewlett-P ackard LaserJ et 5). In some cases, you will need to pro vide a disk with the appropria ...

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    Configuring the Remote TRO Y P rint Server The next step is to configure the E therWind print server at the remote site. The remote print server can be configured with TR OY's XAdmin32 Windows configu- ration utility , or with the EtherW ind W ebXAdmin browser-based facility . Before configuring the print server to receive P rintraNet print jo ...

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    4. Enter the mailbox name for the remote E therWind print server . Usually this will be the first part of the E-mail address that you entered in step 3 of the Installing the Softwar e on the Windows PC at the Local S ite section (for example, if the E-mail address of the remote print server is emailprinter@xyz, then the mailbox name would be emailp ...

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    If you get an SMTP error when using a WINSOCK connection, you may need to configure the hosts file on your Windows system. T o do this create a file named HOSTS in the WINDO WSSYSTEM director y (or edit this file if it alr eady exists) and add an entry for your mail ser ver similar to the following using the DOS editor (substitute the actual IP a ...

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    T roubleshooting and Maintenance T roubleshooting Pr inting Problems ◗ F irst, check the printer to be sure it is online, and has paper and ink or toner . ◗ If the printer is working fine, test the connection between the printer and the print server by pushing the test button on the back of the printer for less than 5 seconds. Note: The test pa ...

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    server without an access point. See the documentation for your wireless adapter for details. ◗ If you are using WEP ( Wir ed Equivalent Priv acy) encr yption or security on your wireless network, y ou will need to temporarily disable WEP on your PC in order to configure the print server . If you are using an access point with WEP enabled and it d ...

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    Wir eless Server Configuration Screen F ields Listed below is a description of each of the fields displayed on the Wireless Server Configuration scr een and reasonable values for that field. Once these ar e all set, click OK to close the Configuration Screen and write the changes to the Server . If you decide NOT to CHANGE the v alues, select CANCE ...

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    Subnet Mask Companies often have ranges of IP Addr esses that can be described by one or more Masks. F or example, a mask of 255.255.255.0 allows variation in the last position only . (The first three positions are fixed. The last position can be any value between 1 and 255.) Larger organizations may have masks of 255.255.0.0 -- the first two posit ...

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    Wir eless Mode ◗ Ad-H oc (sometimes referred to as P eer-to-P eer , Computer-to-Computer , 802.11 Ad-H oc, or IBSS compliant Ad-Hoc) modes are used when your wir e- less enabled PC is printing straight to the printer . ◗ Infrastructure mode is used when you have an A ccess point or base station as the hub of your wireless network. ◗ P seudo A ...

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    2. Right-Click on the print server to be upgraded in the list, and select Load F irmware. 3. If you are using TCP/IP to upgrade, select TFTP PUT from this host . If y ou are upgrading using IPX/SPX on a N etW are network to upgrade, select Netware GET from a server (If you are using N etware to upgrade, you need to put the .bin firmware file in the ...

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    file you downloaded. Click Load . The firmware on your EtherWind will be upgraded to the new version. If you selected Netware GET from a server in step 3, enter the configura- tion password (default is ACCESS ). Enter the name of the N etware server where you saved the .bin file as the Host Name . Enter the name of the firmware file for File . Clic ...

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    U ninstalling the EtherWind Wireless S oftware On Macintosh S ystems, simply delete the director y that you installed the software on. F ollow the instructions to uninstall the EtherWind utilities on Windows sys tems: 1. Click the Start Menu, go to Settings , and select Control Panel . 2. Double-Click Add/Remove Programs . 3. S elect EtherWind 802. ...

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    Where to Get Help TR OY offers several customer support options to assist you in the event you expe- rience difficulties with your EtherW ind, including telephone suppor t, repair ser- vices, extended warranty , and advance replacement. W orldwide W eb Support The TR O Y worldwide web site provides a quick and easy way to answer many common technic ...

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    Retur ning Products If you need to return a TRO Y product for any reason (failures, incorr ect ship- ments, etc.), first contact TR OY at +1 (208) 955-1000 (Americas, Asia, and Australia) or +49 (0) 7032-9454-21 (Europe and A frica) and request a Return Authorization N umber from the TR O Y T echnical Support G roup. Make sure that you put this num ...

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    Notices FCC Compliance Statement F or U nited States U sers This equipment has been tested and found to comply within the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide r easonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, a ...

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    bility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. I f this equipment has more than one interface connector , do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approv ed by the manufacturer could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment. F or European U ...

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    Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesir ed operation. T rade N ame: TR OY T ype of Product: 802.11b Print S erver Model E therWind REGULA T ORY INFORMA TION European U nion (EU) T ...

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    Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesir ed operation. N ote that any changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer may void the FCC authori ...

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