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Saving the IP Address in the Print Server
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2 Saving the IP Address in the Print Server
Why IP Addresses? An IP address is used to address network devices in an IP network.
The address is required for sending and receiving data in an network.
Depending on the network type the print server can also be
addressed via alternative parameters such as the host name or the
print server name.
How Does the Print
Server Obtain IP
Addresses?
The print server is able to assign itself an IP address during the initial
installation. Boot protocols are used to assign an IP address
automatically to the print server. Upon delivery, the boot protocols
’BOOTP’, ’DHCP’, and ’ZeroConf’ are enabled.
Once the print server is connected to the network, it checks whether
an IP address can be obtained from the boot protocols BOOTP or
DHCP. If this is not the case, the print server assigns itself an IP
address via ZeroConf from the address range (169.254.0.0/16) which
is reserved for ZeroConf.
Once the print server has automatically received an IP address via a
boot protocol, you can save a freely definable IP address in the print
server.
If you want to assign an IP address to a print server that supports
WLAN; see:
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188. To use IPv6 addresses; see:
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194.
TCP/IP network protocols require the storing of the IP
address in the print server so that the device can be
addressed within the network. This chapter describes
the various methods of IP address assignments.