TROY Group EtherWind 802.11b User Manual

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System Requirements

To use the EtherWind for printing from a wireless 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-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer Mode).

◗ An 802.11b wireless Access point allowing wireless and wired Ethernet enabled

computers to print to the EtherWind.

To configure and print to the EtherWind, you need the following:

◗ The MAC address from the label of the EtherWind (for example:

004017023F96).

◗ The following information from your wireless network administrator:

Wireless Mode (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc)

The SSID (service set identifier) for your wireless network.

The Radio Frequency Channel of the wireless network.

If you are using TCP/IP (recommended for Windows Networks) and are
not connected to a DHCP server (for obtaining an IP Address automati-
cally), you will need a unique IP Address for the EtherWind wireless print
server (for example: 192.168.1.14). If the EtherWind is not on the same
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 4, 2000, XP
◗ MacOS 7.xx, 8.xx, 9.xx, MacOS X

Network Protocols Supported

◗ TCP/IP

LPD/LPR

Raw TCP/IP (port 9100)

NetBIOS over IP (with SMB)

Multiple configurable TCP port numbers

◗ TELNET
◗ WINS
◗ DHCP

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