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Page 3 - Table of Contents

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Instant EtherFast ® Series Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 The EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 1 Features 1 Package Contents for the 3-Port PrintServer 2 Package Contents 2 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast 3-PortPrintServer 3 The 3-Port PrintServer’s L...

Page 4 - Chapter 1: I n t r o d u c t i o n; The EtherFast; Features

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 1 Chapter 1: I n t r o d u c t i o n The EtherFast 10/100 PrintServer is the easiest and fastest way to add up tothree printers to your network. Because it is equipped with up to three high-speed printer ports, the 10/100 PrintServer allows any PC on the network toprint...

Page 5 - Power; Package Contents for the 3-Port PrintServer

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 3 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the E t h e r F a s t ® 3 - P o rt P r i n t S e rver Power Green. The Power LED illuminates when the PrintServer ispowered on. Link Green. If the LAN Link LED is continuously illuminated, thePrintServer is successfully connected to a device...

Page 6 - Power Port; Printer 3

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Chapter 3: Getting to Know the E t h e r F a s t ® 1- P o rt P r i n t S e rver Power Green. The Power LED illuminates when the PrintServer ispowered on. Act Green. If the Act LED is continuously illuminated, thePrintServer is actively sending or receiving data. LAN Gre...

Page 7 - Chapter 4: H a r d w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n; Connecting Your PrintServer to Your Network; Connecting Printer(s) to Your PrintServer

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Chapter 4: H a r d w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n Before starting your physical installation, be sure to f ind the PrintServer’sDefault Name and Node Address. This information may be hard to access afterthe PrintServer is completely installed in your network and surrou...

Page 8 - Connecting the Power; Installing the Windows Drivers

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 9 Instant EtherFast ® Series 8 C h a p t e r 5 : W i n d o w s D r i v e rS e t u p 1. To begin driver installation, click the Start button, and select Run. Type D:\Driver\Win9xnt\Setup.exe (where “D” is the letter of your CD-ROMdrive) in the Open f ield that appears. C...

Page 11 - P r i n t S e rv e r M a n a g e m e n t; the provided f ield and press the Enter key.; Installing the Bi-Admin Management Utility

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 15 Chapter 6: Bi-Admin: P r i n t S e rv e r M a n a g e m e n t The PrintServer is managed by a utility program called Bi-Admin on thePrintServer CD. Fully compatible with Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT, 2000,and XP, Bi-Admin allows you to change the PrintServer’s inte...

Page 13 - Setting the PrintServer’s IP Address

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 19 Instant EtherFast ® Series 18 Your PrintServer only shows as many parallel port icons as it has ports. Forexample, with this model, only two parallel port icons will show. BecauseLinksys PrintServers do not support serial printing, the serial port icon willalways rem...

Page 14 - Logical Port Configuration:

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 21 Instant EtherFast ® Series 20 Logical Port Configuration: Logical Port Configuration Icon To set or change the PrintServer’s logical port settings,highlight the PrintServer to be changed and click on theLogical Port icon (shown here). The Logical PortConfiguration wi...

Page 15 - Chapter 7: C o n f i g u r i n g t h e; Accessing the Web-based Utility

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers When the Configure Server screen appears, enter the PrintServer name (inthe example shown here SCA71107). Then enter your password (if you creat-ed one) into the Password f ield and type it again in the Verify Password f ieldto conf irm it. Check all boxes that apply to...

Page 16 - The Status Page

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Click the Status tab to allow you to view information about your PrintServer.No values can be changed on this screen. Clicking the Refresh button causesthe PrintServer to update this information again. The Status Page 25 Figure 7-6 24 Click the TCP/IP tab to view or cha...

Page 17 - Chapter 8: Advanced Propert i e s; The AppleTalk Page

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 27 Figure 8-1 26 Chapter 8: Advanced Propert i e s The Advanced Properties section of the Web-based Utility is for users who havea thorough understanding of networks and network settings. Changing thesesettings can cause interruption of network communication and make th...

Page 18 - The NetBEUI Page; Port; The Logical Printers Page

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Click the NetBEUI tab to view or change the PrintServer’s NetBEUI connec-tion settings. Enter the name of the domain that you want the PrintServer associated with inthe Domain Name f ield. If you are unsure of the Domain Name, you can f indit by looking on any computer ...

Page 19 - Remote Printer Mode; Note: Linksys does not provide technical support for NetWare.

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Novell Printer Server for P3 NetWare print server to service the PrintServer'sparallel port 3. Print Server Mode NDS Tree Name (NDS mode only) The File Server's NDS tree name (rootname). NDS Context (NDS context) Path to the NDS Context. This does not includethe Context...

Page 20 - The SNMP Page

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Management Stations Station No. Select the Management station (1-4) and click the Get Data but-ton to update the display for the selected item. IP Address Enter the management station’s IP Address, which has the SNMPprogram installed. Community This is a text f ield. En...

Page 21 - Enter the IP Address or URL of the IPP Server.; C h a p t e r 9 : I n t e r n e t P r i n t i n g; Installing using IPP CLIENT.EXE; Windows IPP Client Setup

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Instant EtherFast ® Series IPP Client Configuration for Windows 95, 98, Millennium, and NT 4.0 1. Run the Add IPP Port program entry created by the installation. A screen like the one shown in Figure 8-1 will be displayed. 2. If Internet access from your location is via...

Page 22 - Installation is now complete.; Changing the IPP Port Settings

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 3. Click the Port Settings or Configure Port button (Details or Port tab, depending on your version of Windows). The Conf igure IPP Port screen(shown in Figure 8-3) will appear. There are two settings—Retry Interval and Retry Count—that can be adjust-ed if you have prob...

Page 24 - Before You Begin; • the PrintServer Setup CD in the CD-ROM drive.; Pure IP NetWare 5.x Setup

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 41 Chapter 10: N e t W a r e S e rv i c e s S e t u p The PrintServer provides fully functional printing services in NetWare 5.x, 4.x,and 3.x network environments. The PrintServer communicates through the TCP/IP (for NetWare 5.x) andIPX/SPX protocols, which are built in...

Page 25 - Creating an NDPS Manager

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 43 Instant EtherFast ® Series 42 7. Click the button that looks like three dots beside the Resident Server f ield. With this, you can browse and select the name of the server to which youwant to assign this NDPS Manager. 8. Click the button that looks like three dots be...

Page 26 - Print Server Mode; Configuring Public Access Printers

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 45 44 Print Server Mode To set up the PrintServer under NetWare using the IPX/SPX protocol forNetWare 5.x, use an application called Quickset.exe, which is found in theD:\Utility\DOS directory on your PrintServer CD. 1. Log in to the NDS network as an Administrator or a...

Page 27 - Appendix A: Troubleshooting; Hardware Issues

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 47 Instant EtherFast ® Series This example installs the PrintServer SC0C8A02 as a NetWare PrintServer inthe current location. The PrintServer’s default name is now "PS," and “epson”is the name for the f irst printer queue. Remote Printer Mode The instructions be...

Page 28 - Print Diagnostic Report; NetWare Printing Issues; Note: Windows-only printers may not print the diagnostic page.

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 49 1. The PrintServer prints garbage. • Print a diagnostic f ile using PSCONFIG or Bi-Admin program. a. Run PSCONFIG and select your PrintServer from the list. Then, select Print Diagnostic Report b. Select each port in turn and print a diagnostic report.c. Check to see...

Page 30 - after last page is spooled and click the OK button.; Windows Printing Issues

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 53 Instant EtherFast ® Series 52 13. How do I attach to more than one NetWare Print Server? • In NetWare Remote Printer mode, if you want each port of the PrintServer to attach to a different NetWare Print Server, perform the fol-lowing steps.a. Use PCONSOLE to create a...

Page 31 - i. Put a check on the Reconnect at logon option so you can connect to; and select Properties.

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 55 Instant EtherFast ® Series 54 6. Some DOS-based programs do not work on a Windows 95/98 peer-to-peer net- work. • Some DOS application require an LPT port to print. You can enable the NetBEUI protocol and capture a port but you must have NetBEUIinstalled on your netw...

Page 32 - Setting Up TCP/IP in Windows

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 57 A p p e n d i x B : D H C P S u p p o rt for t h e P r i n t S e rv e r To use DHCP, which assigns non-static IP addresses, you must have a DHCPserver. Otherwise, the PrintServer's IP address will remain unknown and con-necting to it will impossible. In this case, ig...

Page 34 - IPX Setup for Windows XP

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 61 Instant EtherFast ® Series 2. When the Network window appears, click the Protocols tab. Then, click the Add button. 3. Find the IPX/SPX protocol in the Select Network Protocol f ield. Click on it once and click the OK button. 1. At the Windows 2000 desktop, right cli...

Page 35 - Device Type option as Custom. Click Settings.; Click the Finish button to complete setup.; Appendix D: Setting Up the LPR; LPR Port Setup in Windows NT 4.0

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 62 1. Click the Start button, select Printers and choose Faxes. 2. Right click on the printer you want to set up. Then, click Properties from the drop-down menu that appears. 3. Click the Ports tab. 4. Click the Add Port... Button. 5. When the Printer Ports window appea...

Page 36 - About the PrintServer’s Software; Appendix E: Tips on Using the; About Bi-directional Printing

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Linksys designed the PrintServer to function with both regular as well as bi-directional printers. Standard print servers cannot work with bi-directionalprinters, but the PrintServer features a custom design to support both parallelas well as bi-directional parallel int...

Page 37 - Star; Environmental

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers Appendix F: Specifications for the 3-Port PrintServ e r Model Number EPSX3 ver. 2 Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocol CSMA/CD Topology Star Ports Two DMA-Equipped Bi-directional Parallel Ports,One Parallel Printer Port,One Auto-Sensing RJ-45 10/100 Port Port Spee...

Page 38 - Appendix G: Specifications for; I n f o r m a t i o n

EtherFast 10/100 PrintServers 69 Instant EtherFast ® Series Appendix G: Specifications for the 1-Port P r i n t S e rv e r Model Number PPSX1 ver. 2 Standards IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Protocol CSMA/CD Topology Star Ports One DMA-Equipped Bi-directional Printer Ports,One Auto-Sensing RJ-45 10/100 Port...

Page 39 - A p p e n d i x I : C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n; Extended Technical Support

Instant EtherFast ® Series 70 A p p e n d i x I : C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n For help with the installation or operation of this product, contact LinksysTechnical Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below. Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) Technical Support 800-...