Edimax Technology PS-1206P - Manual (Page 41)

The pri nt ser ver will use t he last t hree met hods to obtai n its
IP address a utoma tically if its IP address is configured as
Auto (0.0.0 .0).
6.3.1 DHCP
Th e re a re m a n y U n i x s ys tems th a t s up p o rt D HC P p ro to col , a n d th e
p ro ce du res to co n fi gu re th e D HC P se rve r d a ta b as e a re d i ffe re n t. Th i s
m an u al d o es no t d es cri be th e D H C P s e rve r co n fi gu ra ti on o n th e U n i x
s ys tems . It i s h i gh l y re co mme n de d th a t th e D H C P s e rve r sh o ul d b e lo ca te d
o n th e sam e n e two rk as th e p ri n t s e rve r.
6.3.2 BOOTP
If yo u h a ve th e BO OTP d a e m o n , b oo tp d , ru n ni n g o n yo u r U N IX s ys te m th a t
i s a ccess i bl e b y th e p ri n t s e rve r, yo u ca n u s e th e BOOTP p ro to co l to s e t u p
th e IP a d d ress o f th e p ri n t se rve r. We re co mm e nd th a t th e BOOTP s e rve r
s ho u ld b e l o ca te d o n th e s ame su b ne t a s th e p rin t s e rve r. If yo u u s e
N e tw o rk In fo rm a ti on Se rvi ce s (N IS) i n yo u r s ys tem , yo u m a y n e e d to re bu i ld
th e N IS m a p wi th th e BOOTP s e rvi ce s b e fo re d o in g th e fo l lo w in g BOOTP
co n fi g u ra ti o n . To re b ui l d th e N IS m a p , p le as e re fe r to yo u r s ys tem
d o cum en ta ti o n .
To co n fi g u re th e IP a d d ress d a ta fo r th e BOOTP s e rve r, yo u w i l l n e e d to l og
i n th e h os t o f BOOTP s e rve r a s th e s up e ruse r (ro o t). Pe rfo rm th e fo ll o wi n g
s te ps to a dd a d d ress e n tri es ,
1. Optiona lly, assig n a name correspo nding to t he pri nt
server
’ s IP address. Yo u ca n add t his address to t he
/etc/ hosts file , b y adding a line s uc h as:
203.66.191.12 pserver
2. Add a n e ntr y to t he host ’ s /e tc/bootp tab file , similar to
the fo llo wing:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
L i n es s ho u ld b e i nd e n ted w i th ta bs .
Wh e re h os tn ame is th e d e vi ce n am e o f a p rin t s e rve r, th e h t=1 ta g s p e ci fi es
th e h a rd wa re typ e i s Eth e rne t, th e h a = ta g s pe ci fi es th e Eth e rne t a d d ress o f
a p ri n t se rve r, w h i ch is th e N o de ID l o ca te d on th e p ri n t s e rve r. Th e h a ta g
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