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- Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 1
802.11b Print Server User's Guide Part Number 40148-100 Revision 1.0 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 2
rights reserved. No part of this publication may comply with TROY'S operating and maintenance instructions. Warranty Notice TROY GROUP, INC. manual or for any damages resulting from loss of use, data profits, or any incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of TROY products or services - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 3
2 Network Protocols Supported 2 1 Installing the EtherWind Print Server Hardware Before You Begin 1-1 Unpacking the Print Server 1-1 EtherWind Connectors, Switches, and LED'S 1-2 Connecting the Serial EtherWind to an RS-232 Serial Device 1-3 Connecting to a Printer 1-4 Verifying Successful - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 4
11 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions 11-1 Loading the Firmware 11-3 Uninstalling the EtherWind Wireless Software 11-4 12 Where to Get Help Worldwide Web Support 12-1 Contacting TROY 12-1 Returning Products 12-1 Warranty 12-2 13 Notices FCC Compliance Statement 13-1 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 5
IEEE 802.11b wireless compatible network. Your printer can be simultaneously connected to your PC or Macintosh via the USB port. Follow the instructions in this manual to install the print server for your printer. For more information and software downloads, check the TROY web site (www.troygroup - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 6
following: An 802.11b wireless enabled PC or Macintosh printing straight to the printer (Ad-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer Mode). An IP subnet as the computers you are printing from, you will also need a subnet mask and a router (default gateway) address. Operating Systems Supported Windows 95, 98, ME, NT - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 7
AppleTalk • Apple Printer Utility compatibility • Binary AppleTalk support • AppleTalk spoofing IPX/SPX • NetWare RPrinter Bindery mode • NetWare PServer Bindery mode • NetWare NPrinter NDS mode with NDPS support • NetWare PServer NDS mode • Ethernet II, 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 SNAP Frame types • - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 8
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you install the EtherWind 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 printer. In addition, make sure - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 10
EtherWind to its factory default parameters. If you hold the test switch down upon powering up, the print server will power up in Ad-Hoc mode on RF Channel 11 with the SSID of printer. Power Connector. Plug the power supply into this connector. LED status indicators. The green light comes on - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 11
the connections are secure, and make sure the printer is operating correctly and is not out of ink, toner, paper, etc. Then power the EtherWind off and then on again, and try printing the self-test page again. If you cannot print a test page, refer to the Troubleshooting section of this manual. 1-3 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 12
to 25-pin male PC cables will require a null modem in order to connect to most printers or terminals. The pin-outs are as follows: DB9 pin Signal 1 Not used 2 Receive Data 3 Transmit Data 4 DTR out 5 Signal Ground 6 DSR in 7 RTS out 8 CTS in 9 Not used Signal Not used Transmit - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 13
using the console command SET PORT serialport CONSOLE DISABLED. The serial ports are factory set at 115200bps, 8-bit data, CTS/RTS (Hardware) flow control, and no parity. If your printer or serial device requires different settings, you must use WebXAdmin or a console terminal connected to port S1 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 14
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you must set the wireless (ad-hoc or infrastructure), SSID, channel, data rate and WEP encryption. All nodes of a wireless network need to have are printing directly to the printer without an access point, you should be in ad-hoc mode. See the documentation for your wireless adapter for instructions. - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 16
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 in the AppleTalk and TCP/IP Control Panel. • To use the printer in infrastructure mode, use the Airport application to select the Airport Network name - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 17
be prompted to install it, click Continue. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions for installing the utility. When WP-Admin starts, you will see the : 4. Click START to begin searching for print servers. WP-Admin will get the information from the print server(s) and list the Server Name and Ethernet - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 18
don't see it, check the troubleshooting section (chapter 11). 5. When you see the print server you want to configure in trouble configuring a print server, click Cancel to get back to the Search screen, click Clear to clear the list of print Data Rate settings unless you want to want to change - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 19
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 Address, Subnet is because when you configure your printer port, it will go to a static IP address. Your Print Server should be configured correctly at - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 20
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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. See the previous section (Configuring the EtherWind 802.11b and IP Settings) for detailed use instructions Can be downloaded from our web site (www - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 22
on the system. Can be used on any system that supports web browser capabilities. Simply type the IP address into your web Web JetAdmin An HP utility for Windows NT Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Can be downloaded from the HP web site (http://www.hp.com). Once it is installed, a web browser - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 23
Port Monitor. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete this installation. 2. Install the printer driver software according to the documentation for the printer. 3. Click the Windows Start button, select Settings, and then Printers. 4. Right-Click on the printer you wish to associate with the - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 24
5. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP, go to the Ports tab. If you are using Windows 95/98/ME, go to the Details tab. 6. Click on Add Port. 7. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP system, highlight Troy Group ExtendNet Connect IP Monitor, and click New Port. If you are running Windows 95/98/ME, - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 25
8. The search will begin for available print servers, highlight the print server you would like to create the port for, and click ADD. 9. Make sure the port you created is chosen and click Apply. If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP, the Ports tab should look something like this: 4-3 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 26
servers are also compatible with other methods of printing from Windows. These include the Standard TCP/IP Port option in Windows 2000/XP, and the LPR Port option in Windows NT that are built into the operating system. In addition, you can download the NetBEUI/NetBIOS Port monitor from the TROY - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 27
an AppleTalk zone list, select the necessary zone. 3. Click on the icon for the printer driver you are going to use. If you have a Postscript printer, you can use the LaserWriter driver. 4. Select the print server name (the default is XCD_xxxxxx_P1_AT, where "xxxxxx" are the last six digits of - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 28
, open the Utilities folder, and select Print Center. The Printer List will appear (it will be empty if you have no printers configured). Click on Add Printer... and then select AppleTalk instead of Directory Services. 6. All of the available AppleTalk printers on the network should appear. Click on - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 29
, you may assign any unique name for the printer. The Print Server and Printer names are used extensively during the configuration process, so be sure to remember them. Note that these names are actually the names of the print server's NetWare services. If desired, you can change the default names - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 30
not allow you to configure NetWare print queues directly). The EtherWind should appear in the list of available printers. If it does not, try Print Queues and Serviced Print Queues. Go to the Available Print Queues window. 3. If you are configuring an NDS queue, click on the context where the print - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 31
2. Select the container where you want the print queue to reside. 3. Select Print Services Quick Setup from the Tools menu. 4. Browse for the NetWare Print Server by clicking on the button next to the Print Server Name window. 5. Enter the name of the NDS Printer for the desired port in the Name box - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 32
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(you will still need to edit the /etc/hosts file). Enter the print server's service name (XCD_xxxxxx_P1) as the name of the printer (refer to the print server self-test for the exact name of this service), and enter the name of the print server that you assigned in the /etc/hosts file as the remote - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 34
=BINARY_P1:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/LaserPrinter: "LaserPrinter" is the queuename. "XCD" matches the name in the hosts file. "BINARY_P1" is the print server's service name. (NOTE: Use TEXT_P1 instead of BINARY_P1 for text files.) "sd" is the spool directory. 2. Create the spool directory: The lpd spool - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 35
Notes: We recommend using the /etc/hosts file for the printer name rather than NIS or other name services. Due to a bug in the Sun lpd implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, may cause problems printing very long print jobs. The workaround is to configure the EtherWind as an HP - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 36
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 configured as a JetDirect card using HP/UX. To do this, you will need the HP UNIX Host Printing Software (part of HP's JetAdmin - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 37
8 DEC LAT Network Configuration Note: Only TROY EtherWind-N models include DEC LAT support. The EtherWind 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 LAT network and does not require - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 38
shown below: PRINT/QUEUE=queuename filename Note: queuename is the name of the print queue created in step1. filename is the name of the file to be printed. For graphics or PostScript jobs, the form MUST be defined for NOTRUNCATE and NOWRAP to prevent printer errors. DEFINE/FORM DEFAULT/NOTRUNCATE - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 39
include Banyan VINES support. EtherWind wireless print servers support the Banyan VINES IP protocol to allow printers to be Services. 2. From the Manage Services menu, select Add a server-based service and press ENTER. 3. From the Add a Service screen type the desired StreetTalk name for the print - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 40
ENTER. 5. Select the disk where the print service will reside. 6. Press F10 in response to the message "The service is running but not yet avail- able . 11.At the Destination Attributes screen, enter the StreetTalk name of the print server. Press F10. 12.At the Output Strings screen, press F10 to - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 41
a software driver for Windows that allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a printer connected to an EtherWind wireless print server at printer in Chicago. The PC may be attached to a Local Area Network, or it may be connected via a dial-up PPP link to an Internet Service Provider - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 42
own E-mail address). 4. You must now create a printer on your Windows system using the standard Windows printer setup procedure. To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation and follow the instructions on the screen. 10-2 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 43
, Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5). In some cases, you will need to provide a disk with the appropriate printer driver. - The name of the PrintraNet port that you defined for the remote EtherWind print server in step 3 (PNET1 by default). 7. With PrintraNet 2.0, you can also: - Click on the Address - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 44
with a mail account and password for the remote printer (generally, the mail account name will be the first part of the name that you assigned in step check the configuration and add the mail account. WebXAdmin allows the print server to be managed by any standard web browser using the TCP - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 45
the job will then be sent over the Internet to the remote EtherWind print server. Troubleshooting The first step in troubleshooting is to make sure that you have a valid E-mail connection on both the sending PC and the receiving print server. Try sending an Email message from the PC to a user at the - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 46
your SMTP mail server): 192.189.207.222 mail.troy.com If you can print small files OK but are having trouble printing large files, the problem may be in the E-mail system. Some E-Mail systems have difficulties printing files that are larger than about 400KB in length. To verify this, try sending - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 47
and Maintenance Troubleshooting Printing Problems First, 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 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 48
If you are experiencing slow performance or are having intermittent problems connecting, try changing the RF channel of your wireless network. networks within range. Troubleshooting Network Configuration If you are using TCP/IP, make sure that your computer and the print server are on the - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 49
to the prior values. Server Name This is the name of the wireless print server. The default is XCD_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx are the last six digits of does not change after that. Password This is the EtherWind Wireless Print Server configuration password. For security, the password is never shown. - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 50
the print server uses to communicate. The EtherWind will be able to automatically configure itself in most cases, but you might need to manually set change. (This should avoid problems caused by mutlitple devices on an Ethernet network with the same address.) Data Rate This is the throughput speed - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 51
) modes are used when your wireless enabled PC is printing straight to the printer. Infrastructure mode is used when you have an Print Server Pseudo Ad-Hoc Ad-Hoc (802.11) Infrastructure WEP Key Disabled. The other Options are 64Bit WEP Key Size and 128Bit WEP Key Size. Be careful -- if one part - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 52
2. Right-Click on the print server to be upgraded in the list, and select Load Firmware. 3. If you are using TCP/IP to upgrade, select TFTP PUT from this host. - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 53
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 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 54
the Start Menu, go to Settings, and select Control Panel. 2. Double-Click Add/Remove Programs. 3. Select EtherWind 802.11b Wireless Print Server from the list and click Change/Remove. 4. Select Remove and follow the on-screen instructions. The software should now be removed from the system. 11-8 - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 55
, including telephone support, repair services, extended warranty, and advance replacement. Worldwide Web Support The TROY worldwide mail: [email protected]) Before contacting technical support, please check the Troubleshooting chapter of this manual or the TROY site to isolate any problems and be - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 56
(Europe and Africa) and request a Return Authorization Number from the TROY Technical Support Group. Make sure that you put this number on the outside of the shipping "Returning Products" section of this chapter. To ensure prompt service, please fill out the enclosed warranty card. The warranty on - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 57
comply within the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 58
Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la class B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. DECLARATION of CONFORMITY According to 47CFR, Part 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals; and/or CPU Boards and Power Supplies used with Class B Personal Computers: We: Located at - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 59
of Product: Model TROY 802.11b Print Server EtherWind REGULATORY INFORMATION European Union the risk of interference with other devices or services is perceived or identified as harmful. If you USE. See FCC 47CFR, Part 15.19(b)(2). This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules and with RSS - Oki C7200 | Troy Etherwind 802.11b Print Server Users Guide - Page 60
from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing. Pour empêcher un brouillage radioèlectrique au service fasant l'object d'une licence, cet appareil doit être utilisé à l'interieur et loin des fenêtres afin de founir un écran de blindage maximal
User’s Guide
802.11b
Print Server
Part Number 40148-100
Revision 1.0