Mandatory ip-identifying information, Host name, Enable dhcp, bootp, rarp—or none of these – Intermate 100 User Manual

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Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual

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[TCP/IP]: Mandatory IP-identifying information

13.2.

Mandatory IP-identifying information

13.2.1. Host Name

The host name identifies the unit in the LAN environment.

There are so many good reasons for having a host name defined
(see

page 89

) that you should consider it mandatory, even though

everything can function well without it in a certain number of
setups.

You may use, modify, or totally replace the default host name
which will be generated by attaching the last six digits from the
MAC address to a prefix such as IM or IMA (depending on the
product and model).

See the syntactical requirements for an IP host name in

“Information

Needed Before Starting” [page 89]

.

If you create and use a host name you must, of course, have it
registered in a DNS server available to the all of the printers in
the various printing environments from which jobs are sent to
the print server.

13.2.2. Syntax for IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default

Gateway

Default for each of these three parameters is 0.0.0.0

Syntax: Four address bytes separated by periods.

Each address byte must be a number between 0 and 255; do
not use leading zeros. Not all combinations of values will con-
stitute a valid address. Ask your system administrator if in
doubt.

If Auto Routing (RIP) is used in your environment, you can
leave the Default Gateway set to 0.0.0.0.

13.2.3. Enable DHCP, BOOTP, RARP—or none of these

Please consult the instructions in

“IP Assignments for Initial Con-

tact” [page 88]

.

Remember that you must have a host name defined if you use
DHCP.

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