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How to set up a GigaFast Print server
Authored by: hope on Jun 13, '05 09:33:56PM

I just set up my GigaFast print server. The bad news is that I *had* to use Windows; the good news is that it works. Here's what I learned:

1. The static arp entry trick (arp -s, see above) didn't work for me.
2. The Wizard software installer did NOT work on my (work) ThinkPad T42 with Windows XP. I found the manual install of PS_Admin, and used that software to discover the print server and configure it.
3. I skipped the configuration options in PS_Admin that weren't IP.
4. The IP interface (on mine) wasn't disabled, but it had a static IP address. The IP address was either 192.168.0.5 or 192.168.0.4 (sorry I don't remember); the gateway was 192.168.0.1. I forget which common SOHO router vendor uses 192.168.0.x, might be Netgear. Anyway, all I did was set it to DHCP instead of that static address, and took it home. This print server has been working ever since!

The web interface works (Tiger, 10.4), the EE171-PR print server recognizes my old Canon i850, it's a tiny print server (slightly smaller than its not-too-big power wart), and I'm really curious to see what's stored in SNMP (hopefully more than the sysLocation and sysContact that I set via web interface).

Sorry I don't have a non-Windows way to configure this print server.



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