LevelOne WPS-9121 User manual

LevelOne
WPS-9121/WPS-9122
11g Wireless Mini Printer Server w/Parallel (USB2.0) Port
User Manual
V1.0.0-0601
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................6
1.1 Product Introduction................................... 7
1.2 Product Package ......................................... 8
1.3 Network Printing Architecture ................... 9
1.3.1 Printer Server Network Functions ............................... 9
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients ...................... 11
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server ........ 13
1.4 Network Printing Environment................. 14
1.5 Contents of the User Manual.................... 16
1.6 Printing Function....................................... 17
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............................................18
3. WINDOWS PEER TO PEER NETWORK............................21
3.1 System Architecture............................. 22
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup . 23
3.3 Administrator Utilities .......................... 32
3.4 Client Installation and Setup ............... 33
3.5 Client Utilities ........................................ 38
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup .................................. 38
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) ........................................... 41
3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure........... 43
4. WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK ..............................................47
4.1 System Architecture ................................. 48
4.2 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup ..... 49
4.3 User Installation and Setup ...................... 50
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5. Netware Network ......................................... 55
5.1 System Architecture .............................. 56
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup57
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ............................. 57
5.2.1.1 Configuring as Printer server Mode.................. 57
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK .................................................60
6.1 Unix Introduction.................................... 61
6.2 Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support62
6.3 Setup Printer server’s IP Address ........ 63
6.3.1 DHCP..................................................................... 63
6.3.2 BOOTP................................................................... 63
6.4 Verify Printer server’s IP Address ...... 66
6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the
Host................................................................... 67
7. ADMINISTRATOR CONFIGURATION UTILITY .................69
7.1 Introduction........................................... 70
7.2 Search for All Available Printer server.. 71
7.3 Status of Printer server........................ 72
7.4 Setup the Printer server....................... 73
7.5 AppleTalk Configuration...................... 74
7.6 General Configuration.......................... 79
7.7 Netware Printer server Configuration.. 80
7.8 System Configuration .......................... 81
7.9 TCP/IP Configuration ........................... 83
7.10 Wireless Configuration....................... 85
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7.11 SNMP Configuration ........................... 92
7.12 SMB Configuration ............................. 93
7.13 Wizard .................................................. 94
7.14 Report .................................................. 99
8. WEB MANAGEMENT........................................................100
8.1 Introduction .......................................... 101
8.2 Login .................................................... 102
8.3 Device Status ...................................... 103
8.3.1 System ............................................................... 103
8.3.2 Printer................................................................. 104
8.3.3 TCP/IP................................................................ 105
8.3.4 SMB.................................................................... 106
8.3.5 SNMP ................................................................. 107
8.3.6 NetWare ............................................................. 108
8.3.7 AppleTalk............................................................ 109
8.4 Setup Wizard....................................... 110
8.4.1 System ............................................................... 110
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings ..........................................111
8.4.2 Wireless...............................................................111
8.4.2.1 General Setting .............................................. 112
8.4.2.2 Encryption ...................................................... 113
8.4.2.3 Site Survey..................................................... 115
8.4.3 TCP/IP................................................................ 116
8.4.4 SMB.................................................................... 117
8.4.5 SNMP ................................................................. 118
8.4.6 NetWare ............................................................. 119
8.4.7 AppleTalk............................................................ 120
8.4.8 Save Settings ..................................................... 121
8.5 System Tools ...................................... 122
8.5.1 Load Default ....................................................... 122
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser ....................... 123
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9. IPP PRINTING....................................................................124
9.1 Introduction ......................................... 125
9.2 System Setup ...................................... 126
9.2.1 Printer server Side.............................................. 126
9.2.2 Client Side .......................................................... 126
10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ............................................130
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing LevelOne printer server. This printer server allows your printer to
become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your
Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and
maintenance required.
This printer server provides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate),
an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one print port for printer. also supports
IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions
for various common network operating systems such as Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP,
NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc.
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly complete the settings for the
printing environment, and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by the printer server.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing features, installation methods,
and system configuration for different network environments.
If you would like to set up and install printer server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation
Guide that comes along with this printer server.
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1.2 Product Package
LevelOne WPS-9121/WPS-9122 contains the following components:
Printer Server
Antenna
Power Adapter
Quick Installation Guide
CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User Manual)
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how printer server functions and operates on the network. Before you
install and use printer server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely,
and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by
“Contents of the User Manual” in next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing
environment.
 Printer Server
 Client User
 Network Server (optional)
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix Print Server
Network Printing Environment
Print Server
Client User
Network Server
1.3.1 Printer Server Network Functions
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix Print Server
Print Server
Because printer server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols,
any networked computer can directly print to the printer server from any of its installed
protocol.
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1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix Print Server
Client User
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into
Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the
printer servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port
(see below).
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Windows 98
PTPP
Print Server
MIS-2
P1 P2
P3
P1
Print Server
MIS-1
UNIX / Linux
UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others)
and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print through printer server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through printer server.
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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix Print Server
Network Server
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows 2000
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for
Windows 2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through printer server.
Adding this printing function into Windows 2000 allows print queue, user authority
management, and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, printer server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote
printer, etc.
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1.4 Network Printing Environment
Common network environment are classified as following:
Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through printer server.
Windows 2000 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows
2000 Adding this printing function into Windows 2000 allows print queue, user authority
management, and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare Network (see below)
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1.5 Contents of the User Manual
Chapter 2 explains printer server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly
recommended to go over.
The following chapters introduce:
Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
Chapter 4. Windows 2000-Based Networks
Chapter 5. NetWare Network
Chapter 6. UNIX System Network
You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network
printing’s requirement.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce printer server’s management and configuration utilities on
Windows and Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select the appropriate
management utility according to the administrator’s computer platform.
Chapter 9 introduces Printer server’s IPP Printing function and setup procedure. The IPP
Printing provides a convenient way to print documents across the Internet by the IPP protocol.
Chapter 10 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any printer server listed on the “Available
Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve
the problem.
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1.6 Printing Function
The printer server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed
below:
 PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
 TCP/IP (LPR)
 IPP Printing
 NetWare Bindery Printing
 AppleTalk
 SMB Printing
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2. Hardware Installation
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1. Unpack the printer server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are
provided.
2. Connect the printer server to the printer you want to share on the network.
3. Connect the printer server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port
of the printer server.
4. Connect the power adapter to the printer server. The printer server will perform the
Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the Status and
Ready LEDs will be on. When the LEDs are unlighted, the printer server is ready.
NOTE: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the printer server, do NOT use any
other power adapter from any sources.
NOTE: To prevent the compatibility problem between printer server and a few printers, it
is recommended that you power on the printer server before the printer.
Wireless Printer Server
LED Color Status Description
On The LAN cable is connected to the Printer
Server.
Off No network connection.
LAN Green
Blinking Network traffic transferring or receiving through
the LAN port.
On
Firmware is being upgraded to the Printer
Server. If the Printer Server is upgraded failed,
the LED will be lighted steadily.
Paper jam or paper out while printing.
Off No printing jobs.
Status Green
Blinking The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to
printer.
WLAN Green On The Printer Server is connected to a wireless AP
or station successfully.
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Off The wireless mode of the Printer Server is
disabled.
Blinking The Printer Sever is trying to connect to the AP
or station.
Reset (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for less than 2 seconds)
When the Printer Server is rebooting, the Status/WLAN will be ON and then OFF for two times.
When the Status is OFF, the Print Server is ready to use.
Reset to Factory Default (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for longer than 5 seconds)
When the Printer Server is reset to default, the Status/WLAN will be OFF in the beginning and
then ON and OFF for two times. After rebooting, the Printer Server is reset to factory default
settings.
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