6.3 Setup Printer server’s IP Address
The printer server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network.
You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following
methods:
1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
The printer server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP
address is configured as Auto (0.0.0.0).
6.3.1 DHCP
There are many Unix systems that support DHCP protocol, and the procedures to configure the
DHCP server database are different. This manual does not describe the DHCP server
configuration on the Unix systems. It is highly recommended that the DHCP server should be
located on the same network as the printer server.
6.3.2 BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is accessible by the
printer server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the printer server. We
recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the printer server. If
you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map
with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map,
please refer to your system documentation.
To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in the host of BOOTP
server as the superuser (root). Perform the following steps to add address entries,
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the printer server’s IP address. You can add this
address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.12 pserver
2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to the following:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
Lines should be indented with tabs.
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