Using dhcp, Configuring a wins server, Using dhcp configuring a wins server – Ricoh AP4510 User Manual

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Using DHCP

You can use the printer under a DHCP environment. You can also register the
printer NetBIOS name on a WINS server when it is running.

Note

❒ Printers that register the printer NetBIOS name on a WINS server must be

configured for the WINS server. See p.77 “WINS”.

❒ Supported DHCP server is Windows NT 4.0 Server Service Pack 4 or later,

Windows 2000 Server and NetWare 5.

❒ If you do not use the WINS server, reserve the printer's IP address in the

DHCP server so that the same IP address is assigned every time.

❒ DHCP relay-agent is not supported. If you use DHCP relay-agent on a net-

work via an ISDN line, it will result in expensive line charges. This is because
your computer connects to the ISDN line whenever a packet is transferred
from the printer.

Using AutoNet

If the printer IP address is not assigned by a DHCP server automatically, a tem-
porary IP address starting with 169.254 which is not used on the network can be
selected automatically by the printer.

Note

❒ The IP address assigned by the DHCP server is given priority to that selected

by AutoNet.

❒ You can confirm the current IP address on the configuration page. For more

information about the configuration page, see the Printer Reference.

❒ When AutoNet is running, the NetBIOS name is not registered on the WINS

server.

Configuring a WINS Server

The printer can be configured to register its NetBIOS name with a WINS server
when power is turned on. This enables the NetBIOS name of the printer to be
specified from SmartNetMonitor for Admin even under a DHCP environment.
This section describes how to configure the WINS server.

Note

❒ The WINS Server is supported with Windows NT 4.0 Server Service Pack 4 or

later, and Windows 2000 Servers WINS Manager.

❒ For more information about the WINS Server settings, see Windows Help.
❒ If there is no reply from the WINS Server, the NetBIOS name will be regis-

tered by broadcast.

❒ The NetBIOS name consists of up to 13 alphanumeric characters.

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