Gestetner 1502 - Chapter 1 Introduction; Network Interface Board Features

Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
The Network Interface Board is a Network Interface Controller that you install into
compatible printers to provide Ethernet® network connectivity.
This chapter describes:
• Network Interface Board features
• Contents of the Network Interface Board package
• Hardware and NOS requirements
1.1 Network Interface Board Features
The Network Interface Board has the following features:
• Automatic selection of 100BaseT Fast Ethernet connection or 10BaseT Ethernet
connection
• Fully-transparent AppleTalk™ printing support for Macintosh™ systems
• IP Peer-to-Peer (serverless) discovery and printing from Microsoft® Windows™
95/98/Me or Windows NT™ 4.0 workstations
• IPX Peer-to-Peer (serverless) discovery and printing from Windows 95/98/Me
workstations, without a Novell® file server present and without using IP
• Novell NetWare® PSERVER on Bindery based configurations and Novell
Directory Services (NDS)
•
lpr
/
lpd
over TCP/IP for UNIX™-based systems and Windows systems
• IP and IPX Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support of
Management Information Base-2 (MIBII) and proprietary NIC-MIB
• SNMP support of standard MIB, MIBII, proprietary NIC-MIB, and proprietary
printer MIBs on compatible printers
• Integral HTTP server to allow monitoring and management of your Network
Interface Board from a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape®
Navigator, Communicator
• Management Access Program (MAP) to allow Windows-based HTML viewing
for monitoring and managing your Network Interface Board