HP Jetdirect 280m - 802.11b Wireless Print... User manual

HP Jetdirect 280m user's guide
User's Guide
HP Jetdirect 280m 802.11b internal wireless print server
Contents:
1. Basics of networking and network printing
2. General information about the print server
3. Installation of the print server.
4. Configuration and management -- please refer to the HP Jetdirect
Administrator's Guide. In that document, click on one of these topics in the
contents panel on the left:
❍TCP/IP Configuration
❍Using the Embedded Web Server
❍Configuring for LPD printing
❍FTP printing
❍Security features
5. Troubleshooting the print server
6. Technical support for the print server
7. Specifications and regulatory information for the print server
8. Limited warranty for the print server
9. Some useful tools and techniques
❍Tools
■Installation software for the print server
■Embedded web server
❍Techniques
■Interpreting the Status light
■Printing a configuration page
■Setting a new IP address
■Performing a cold reset (reset to factory defaults)
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HP Jetdirect 280m user's guide
©2001, 2002 Hewlett-Packard Company
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Network Basics
Networking Basics
Please click on a title to view a document.
The Network Basics Tutorial
A brief overview of:
●Networks
●Network Printing
●Installing a Network Printer
Tips on Getting Started
Answers to common questions:
●Which CD should I use?
●Where do I find the printer driver?
●When do I stop?
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Network Basics
The
Network Basics
Tutorial
This tutorial tells you about:
●Networks
●Network Printing
●Installing a Network Printer
Click the button to continue.
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Network Basics
Section 1:
Networks
Click the button to continue.
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Network Basics
NETWORKS
What you want
. . .
. . . is for all your
computers to be able to:
●Communicate --
send and receive e-
mail, and
participate in
conferences
●Share
information --
transfer files among
systems, and get
information from
central databases
●Share resources --
use shared printers,
scanners, and
servers
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Network Basics
NETWORKS
The problem is
. . .
. . . standalone computers
have no way to talk to
each other, so attempts at
communication fail.
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Network Basics
NETWORKS
The solution: a
local area
network
A local area network (or
LAN) provides
connections that tie the
computers together and
allow them to
communicate. (The most
common type of local
area network may also be
referred to as an Ethernet
LAN or an Ethernet.)
Local area networks can
be either wired (as shown
here) or wireless. We will
look at the different types
in the next few pages.
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Network Basics
NETWORKS
Wired LANs
As the name implies, a
wired LAN connects
computers (and other
network devices)
physically, using wires. A
typical LAN uses twisted-
pair wiring (similar to
telephone wiring) to
connect each computer to
a central hub. The hub
transmits network
communications between
computers.
Wired LANs offer high-
speed communication, as
well as reasonable
security and reliability. In
general, however, they are
not as flexible as wireless
LANs.
Most wired LANs
conform to the IEEE
802.3 standard. The most
common wiring schemes
use twisted-pair wiring or
thin coaxial wiring.
Click on these
links for more details on
LAN wiring:
●Detail: twisted-pair
wiring
●Detail: thin coaxial
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Network Basics
wiring
●Detail: computer
connections
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