Planet FPS-1100DG User manual

802.11g
Wireless Direct Attached
Print Server
FPS-1100DG
User’s Manual

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Revision
User’s Manual for PLANET Wireless Direct Attached Print Server
Model: FPS-1100DG
Rev: 1.0 (May. 2005)
Part No. EM-FPS1100DG

Table of Contents
CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION............................................ 5
1.1 Product Introduction...................................................................................................................................5
1.2 Product Package........................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Network Printing Architecture ................................................................................................................5
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions.......................................................................................................6
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients ............................................................................................7
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server...............................................................................8
1.4 Network Printing Environment ...............................................................................................................9
1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual.............................................................................................................10
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function...............................................................................................................10
CHAPTER2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION .................... 11
CHAPTER3 WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ... 12
3.1 System Architecture............................................................................................................................. 12
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup ....................................................................................................12
3.3 Administrator Utilities ...........................................................................................................................19
3.4 Client Installation and Setup ................................................................................................................21
CHAPTER4 WINDOWS NT/2000 NETWORK................. 22
4.1 System Architecture............................................................................................................................. 22
4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup.................................................................................22
4.3 User Installation and Setup..................................................................................................................23
CHAPTER5 NETWARE NETWORK ............................... 24
5.1 System Architecture............................................................................................................................. 24
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup..............................................................................................24
5.2.1 Installation with Pconsole ..............................................................................................................25
CHAPTER6 UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK ......................... 27
6.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................27
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support .................................................................................................27
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address...........................................................................................................27
6.3.1 DHCP ............................................................................................................................................27
6.3.2 BOOTP..........................................................................................................................................27
6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address...........................................................................................................28
6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host .......................................................................................29
CHAPTER7 CONFIGURATION UTILITY ........................ 31
7.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................31
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server ....................................................................................................32
7.3 Status of Print Server...........................................................................................................................33
7.4 Setting up the Print Server...................................................................................................................34
7.5 General Configuration..........................................................................................................................35
7.6 TCP/IP Configuration ...........................................................................................................................36
7.7 Netware Configuration .........................................................................................................................37
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration.......................................................................................................................38
7.9 System Configuration...........................................................................................................................39
7.10 Wireless ...............................................................................................................................................40
7.10.1 Infrastructure Mode .......................................................................................................................40
7.10.2 Ad-Hoc Mode ................................................................................................................................46

7.11 SNMP ..................................................................................................................................................51
7.12 Wizard..................................................................................................................................................51
7.13 Report ..................................................................................................................................................55
CHAPTER8 WEB MANAGEMENT.................................. 56
8.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................56
8.2 Web Management of Print Server ........................................................................................56
8.2.1 Login .............................................................................................................................................56
8.3 Device Status.......................................................................................................................................57
8.3.1 System ..........................................................................................................................................57
8.3.2 Printer............................................................................................................................................57
8.3.3 TCP/IP...........................................................................................................................................58
8.3.4 SMB ..............................................................................................................................................58
8.3.5 SNMP............................................................................................................................................59
8.3.6 NetWare ........................................................................................................................................59
8.3.7 AppleTalk ......................................................................................................................................60
8.4 Setup Wizard .......................................................................................................................................60
8.4.1 System ..........................................................................................................................................60
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings ......................................................................................................................61
8.4.2 Wireless ........................................................................................................................................61
8.4.3 TCP/IP...............................................................................................................................................66
8.4.4 SMB ..............................................................................................................................................67
8.4.5 SNMP............................................................................................................................................67
8.4.6 NetWare ........................................................................................................................................68
8.4.7 AppleTalk ......................................................................................................................................69
8.5 System Tools .......................................................................................................................................70
8.5.1 Load Default..................................................................................................................................70
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware..........................................................................................................................70
CHAPTER9 IPP PRINTING ............................................. 71
9.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................71
9.2 System Setup ........................................................................................................................................71
9.2.1 Print Server Side ............................................................................................................................71
9.2.2 Client Side.......................................................................................................................................71

Chapter1 Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using our FPS-1100DG. This print 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.
1.2 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
1 x FPS-1100DG
1 x Power Adapter
1 x Driver and User’s Manual CD
1 x Quick Installation Guide
1 x Dipole Antenna
1.3 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how FPS-1100DG functions and operates on the network. Before you
install and use FPS-1100DG, it is strongly suggested that you read this section completely, and
select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of
the User’s Manual” in next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing
environment.
Print 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
Detailed examples will then be illustrated through actual network environment.
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
Print Server
Print Server
Because print server supports IPX, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked
computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.

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 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
95/98/NT/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 through all
the print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port.
(See below)

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 to print server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print to print server.
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 NT/2000
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
NT/2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print to print server. Adding this printing
function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many
other advanced features.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x

In NetWare environment, print server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote
printer, etc.
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 to print server.
Windows NT/2000 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows
NT/2000. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user
authority management, and many other advanced features.
NetWare Network (see below)

1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual
Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly
recommended for you to read.
The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces:
Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000 Server-Based Network
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 print 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 Print 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.
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function
The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below:
PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
TCP/IP (LPR, SMB, Standard TCP/IP built-in Win2000/XP/Server2003)
IPP Printing
NetWare Bindery Printing
AppleTalk

Chapter2 Hardware Installation
1. Make sure the power is OFF, then connect printer to the Print Server's printer port.
2. Connect the LAN cable to the RJ-45 port of the Print Server.
3. Connect the other end of the LAN cable to a switch or your PC directly.
4. Connect the supplied Power Adapter.
5. Please make sure the LAN LED is light on.
NOTE1: The wireless interface of FPS-1100DG is “Disabled” by default. If you want to
activate wireless interface, please refer to section 7.10 Wireless to know more information
for how to setup wireless interface.
NOTE2: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do NOT use any other
power adapter from any sources.
NOTE3: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a few printer, it is
recommended that you power on the print server before the printer.
NOTE4: Please be sure your printer is not a host-base printer. This kind of printer must be
connected to a PC directly, so they cannot work with Print Server. You may check
the printer specification or the GDI Printer List in our bundle CD to know this
printer can work with FPS-1100DG or not.

Chapter3 Windows Peer-to-Peer
Network
3.1 System Architecture
Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most
medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users
can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information).
System administrators must:
 Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
 Configure print server from administrator’s configuration utility.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information).
Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing.
In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the
network, and add the printing port of the print servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network
Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup
The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Server2003
with the same user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is
installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process.
1. Insert Drivers and User’s Manual CD into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program.
Once completed a menu screen will appear.

2. Click on “Administrator Installation” hyper link to initiate the installation. Or you can click the
“Start” button and choose “Run”. (Suppose “E” is your CD-ROM drive). When the dialog box
appears, enter “E:\Utility\Setup.exe” and press enter key. You will see the dialog box as
below. Please click “Next” to continue.
3. Specify the destination folder where the utility will be installed. Click “Next”.
4. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided
components in administrator installation. Please click “Next”.

5. Specify the program folder name where the program icons will be add to. Please click “Next”
to start installation.
6. For a while, the program will finish installing utility and driver you selected. Thus far you have
completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print
Server” dialog box will be displayed as following. Please select the print server and click
“Next”.

7. “Name the print Server”, you can assign an easy to memorize name for management. But
note that, this name will be the “Identifier” for the Peer-to-Peer Printing.

NOTE: If this is the first time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name”
will be the same as the “Device Name” printed at the bottom of the print server.
8. You can either assign a fixed IP address for the print server or select “Don’t change” for
configure it later by the configuration utility. Please click “Next”.
9. Configuration summary will display in this screen. Now, you have completed the “Print Server
Setup”. By clicking “Finish”, your system will perform “Add network port” of the print server to
your PC.

10. The “Setup complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation
procedure is finished. Please click “Finish”.
After the installation, you have completed the following tasks,
 Install utility and driver to the administrator’s PC
 Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol)
 Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC

Now, you have completed the administrator’s setup for most of the network environment. You can
then perform the “Client Installation” procedure (section 3.4) on all client’s sides of the network.
If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform
Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure as described below.
Step1. Click “Start” button, choose Setting => Printers
Step2. Double click “Add New Printer”
Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”.
Step4. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”.

Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which was created by the
administrator installation process and click “Next”.
Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.
3.3 Administrator Utilities
After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program
folder.
1. Network Ports Quick Setup
Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server
FPS-1100DG’s printer port from the client’s computer.
If you have just installed another new FPS-1100DG on the network, you must run this
program first. This program will search for new FPS-1100DG and allow you to add the new
network printer port into client’s computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer
procedure, and you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server.

Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all
FPS-1100DG on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other
subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next
section to manage remote (across network segments) FPS-1100DG.
2. Remote Ports
Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the
remote FPS-1100DG. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other FPS-1100DG
outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this function only
supports TCP/IP network protocol.
Please follow the procedures described below:
Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility
Step2. Press Add, then enter the FPS-1100DG’s name, IP address, select used ports,
and enter LPR queue name of each port.