Initializing the printer name for each interface
msh>hostname “interface_name” clear name
ifconfig
Use the “ifconfig” command to view and configure TCP/IP (IP address, subnet mask, broadcast address,
default gateway address) for the printer.
View settings
msh> ifconfig
IPv4 configuration
msh> ifconfig “interface_name” “parameter” “address”
• If you did not enter an interface name, it is automatically set to the Ethernet interface.
• wlan can be specified only when the IEEE 802.11 interface is installed.
Interface name Interface configured
ether Ethernet Interface
wlan IEEE 802.11 Interface
The following explains how to configure an IPv4 address 192.168.15.16 on Ethernet interface.
msh> ifconfig ether 192.168.15.16
IPv6 configuration
msh> ifconfig ether inet6 “interface_name” “printer_name”
The following explains how to configure a IPv6 address to 2001:DB8::100 with prefix length 64 on
the Ethernet interface.
msh> ifconfig ether inet6 2001:DB8::100 64
Netmask configuration
msh> ifconfig “interface_name” netmask “address”
The following explains how to configure a subnet mask 255.255.255.0 on Ethernet interface.
msh> ifconfig ether netmask 255.255.255.0
Broadcast address configuration
msh> ifconfig “interface_name” broadcast “address”
Changing the interface
msh> ifconfig “interface” up
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