HP 4200n HP Jetdirect Print Servers - Administrator Guide - Page 42

TCP/IP Configuration Tools Depending on your printer and operating system, an HP Jetdirect print server can be configured with valid TCP/IP parameters for your network in the following ways: G Using Software. You can use your printer installation software or the HP Jetdirect print server installation software on supported systems. For more information see Chapter 2, "HP Software Solutions Summary". To configure a wireless print server with a valid IP address before a wireless connection is established, use the HP Jetdirect Wireless Setup Wizard (Windows) or the embedded Web server. Printer installation software may be used for IP configuration of network-connected printers only. G BOOTP/TFTP. You can download the data from a network-based server using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) each time the printer is turned on. For more information, see "Using BOOTP/TFTP". The BOOTP daemon, bootpd, must be running on a BOOTP server that is accessible by the printer. G DHCP/TFTP. You can use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This protocol is supported in HP-UX, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP, NetWare and Mac OS systems. (Refer to your network operating system manuals to verify that your server operating system supports DHCP.) For more information, see "Using DHCP". Note Linux and UNIX systems: For more information, see the bootpd man page. On HP-UX systems, a sample DHCP configuration file (dhcptab) may be located in the /etc directory. Since HP-UX presently does not provide Dynamic Domain Name Services (DDNS) for its DHCP implementations, HP recommends that you set all print server lease durations to infinite. This ensures that print server IP addresses remain static until such time as Dynamic Domain Name Services are provided. ENWW TCP/IP Configuration 42