Hawking WA739P User manual

WA739P
• Wireless Access Point with
3-Port Wireless Print Server
or
• 3-Port Wireless Print Server
User’s Guide
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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the regulations for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with this user’s guide, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
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is free from physical defects in material and workmanship under normal use
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION...................................... 1
PACKAGE INCLUDED............................................................................. 3
PLANNING YOUR NETWORK ................................................................. 6
HARDWARE INSTALLATION ................................................... 8
2. WIRELESS PRINT
SERVER INSTALLATION............9
PREPARATION.............................................................................. 9
SUPPORTED NETWORKS..................................................... 10
CONFIGURATION SOLUTION TABLE .................................. 10
3.THE PSADMIN UTILITY
FOR WINDOWS AND
NETWARE....................................................................11
INSTALLING THE PSADMIN................................................. 11
USING PSADMIN...................................................................... 12
WIZARD.......................................................................................... 14
MANUAL SETUP......................................................................... 17
PROPERTIES –TCP/IP OPTIONS................................... 19
UPGRADE...................................................................................... 20
RESET............................................................................................. 21

REFRESH....................................................................................... 21
MULTIPLE PRINT QUEUES CONFIGURATION................ 22
UNINSTALLING THE PSADMIN ON WINDOWS PC....... 23
4.INTERNET PRINTER
CONNECTION AND HP WEB
JETADMIN........................................................................23
IPP OVERVIEW........................................................................... 23
HP WEB JETADMIN OVERVIEW.......................................... 27
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS....................................................... 27
INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN........................................ 28
CONFIRMING INSTALLATION AND SUPPLY ACCESS.. 28
CONFIGURING AND MODIFYING A DEVICE..................... 28
REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY........................ 29
5. CONFIGURATION FROM
WEB BROWSER.............................................. 1
OVERVIEW...................................................................................... 1
USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER........................................ 1
STATUS MENU............................................................................. 1
SETUP MENU.............................................................................. 10
INSTALLING WIRELESS PRINT SERVER ON NETWARE
4.X/5.X............................................................................................. 18
SETTING UP A MACINTOSH COMPUTER..................... 24

6. NETWORK PRINT
MONITOR.......................................................................29
PREPARATION............................................................................ 29
WIN 95/98/ME INSTALLATION PROCEDURE............ 31
UNINSTALLING NETWORK PRINT PORT ON WINDOWS 95/98/ME..... 36
7. TCP/IP LPR PORT
PRINTING INSTALLATION...... 1
BASIC TCP/IP INSTALLATION OVERVIEW................... 1
ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS................................................ 1
DHCP............................................................................................... 2
WINDOWS NT LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION.. 2
WINDOWS 2000 STANDARD TCP/IP PORT PRINTING
INSTALLATION................................................................................ 3
UNIX INSTALLATION................................................................ 8
8.UPGRADING WIRELESS
PRINT SERVER................................................ 15
OVERVIEW.................................................................................... 15
UPGRADING THE WIRELESS PRINT SERVER FROM
NETWARE...................................................................................... 16
UPGRADING THE WIRELESS PRINT SERVER FROM WINDOWS NT/2000
(THROUGH TCP/IP) ........................................................................... 17

UPGRADING THE WIRELESS PRINT SERVER FROM
UNIX (THROUGH TCP/IP)............................................................. 17
9. TROUBLESHOOTING..............19
GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW............... 19
LED LIGHT INDICATORS...................................................... 19
CABLE RELATED PROBLEMS............................................. 20
POWER RELATED PROBLEMS........................................... 20
PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS................................ 20
WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000
TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................ 20
MULTI-SEGMENT FRAME TYPE 802.2 INSTALLATION........................ 21
MOVING THE WIRELESS PRINT SERVER TO A NEW
SEGMENT....................................................................................... 22
MOVING YOUR COMPUTER TO A NEW SEGMENT 23
NOVELL NETWARE TROUBLESHOOTING.................... 25
TCP/IP TROUBLESHOOTING............................................ 25
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.................................. 28
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS............... 31

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1. Introduction
The Hawking WA739P can be configured in one of two ways:
Wireless Access Point with 3-Port Wireless Print Server or 3-Port
Wireless Print Server
A) Wireless Access Point w/ 3-Port Wireless
Print Server
This Hawking WA739P Wireless Access Point with built-in 3-Port
Wireless Print Server is designed to connect your Wireless LAN to
your wired network. With built in 3-Port Wireless Print Server
parallel ports, you can share the printers among wireless and wired
users. The WA739P is compliant with IEEE 802.11b standard and
can work with a multi-vendor Wireless LAN platform.
The Hawking WA739P Wireless Access Point with 3-Port Wireless
Print Server delivers network speeds up to 11Mbps, five times
faster than previous wireless LAN products. Using dynamic rate
shifting to create a reliable connection, each Access Point supports
up to 32 simultaneous users at a distance of up to 1000ft (300m) for
outdoor use and 328ft(100m) for indoor use. It also features Wires
Equivalent Privacy (WEP) -compliant data encryption using
64/128-bit encryption keys, MAC Address Control and user
authentication to ensure a secure network connection.
The Hawking WA739P can automatically identify the IP address
and subnet when it is connected to an Ethernet LAN. It will
automatically obtain an IP Address from DHCP Servers and forward
additional IP address to clients in Wireless LANs. The WA739P can
be remotely managed via web browser.
B) 3-Port Wireless Printer Server
The Hawking WA739P 11M Wireless 3-Port Wireless Print Server is
a powerful and the most convenient way to connect and share your

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printer to a network Cable-Free. It provides high-speed Wireless
data transmission up to 11M, so that you are ensured high
performance when communicating with any computer within your
LAN. The WA739P also supports multiple servers and multiple
protocols, which will allow you to print from anywhere, from any
computer and from any application.
The WA739P not only gives network users greater flexibility, but
also reduces file server load. This enhances both printing
performance as well as overall network performance. You can
place your printer anywhere you want at your Home/Office and
send print jobs from the wired or wireless network. There is no need
to place your printer right next to the workstation or file server.
Managing your WA739P is simple. The built-in Web Management
feature will allow you to configure, monitor the status of and even
reset the WA739P from anywhere. Furthermore, the WA739P
supports the most popular network protocols such as Microsoft
NetBEUI, Novell IPX/SPX, Macintosh AppleTalk, TCP/IP, IPP which
will allow you to connect the WA739P to any platform such as
Windows 95/98/2000/ME, XP, NT, NetWare, UNIX, LINUX and
Macintosh network.
The external Wireless Print Servers enhance company capability by
letting you place your printers, plotters, or equality printers at
convenient locations directly on the Ethernet network, and by
increasing network printer performance and management.
Network Management
The Wireless Print Servers support the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP), which remote printer management
and a warning. A standard SNMP agent is permanent on these
Wireless Print Servers. Any standard SNMP-based application can
be used to access and manage this Wireless Print Server.