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Communicating Across Routers

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NOTE: If you would like to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from across routers, you will need to fill in an entry within the "Routing" section. Please see "Communicating Across Routers" below for more details. 4. Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect. Communicating Across Routers Since Windows environments rely on TCP/IP to communicate with the Ethernet Interface, crossing routers becomes an issue. After following one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned, you will most likely only be able to communicate with the print server from the same subnet. This means any hosts across a router will not be able to see your Ethernet Interface. In order for hosts across a router to see your Ethernet Interface, it is best to store a default router/gateway within the print server so that any packets destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router automatically. The router (or series of routers) can then take over ensuring the packets get to their final destination on another subnet on your network. To configure a default router/gateway within the Ethernet Interface: 1. Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL "http://EthernetInterfaceIPaddress/networkConf.html" (e.g. "http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html"). NOTE: If prompted for a "User ID" and password first, type in "root" for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default. 2. At the "Network Configuration" HTML form that displays, click in the first field below the "Gateway" heading and type in the IP address of the default router/gateway for the Ethernet Interface subnet. 3. Click on the SUBMIT button when done. 4-6 Windows Configuration

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Windows Configuration
NOTE:
If you would like to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from
across routers, you will need to fill in an entry within the “Routing”
section. Please see “Communicating Across Routers” below for
more details.
4.
Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to
make the new settings take effect.
Communicating Across Routers
Since Windows environments rely on TCP/IP to communicate with the Ethernet
Interface, crossing routers becomes an issue.
After following one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned,
you will most likely only be able to communicate with the print server from the
same subnet. This means any hosts across a router will not be able to see your
Ethernet Interface. In order for hosts across a router to see your Ethernet
Interface, it is best to store a default router/gateway within the print server so that
any packets destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router
automatically. The router (or series of routers) can then take over ensuring the
packets get to their final destination on another subnet on your network.
To configure a default router/gateway within the Ethernet Interface:
1.
Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL
“
http://
EthernetInterfaceIPaddress
/networkConf.html
”
(e.g. “
”).
NOTE:
If prompted for a “User ID” and password first, type in “
root
” for the
ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no
password by default.
2.
At the “Network Configuration” HTML form that displays, click in the first field
below the “Gateway” heading and type in the IP address of the default
router/gateway for the Ethernet Interface subnet.
3.
Click on the SUBMIT button when done.