Conference 7.286::postscript_printing

Before configuring a TCP/IP address, you must enable TCP/IP.  First, check the
jumper settings on the network card to see if you don't have just LAT enabled.
Once TCP/IP shows up as enabled, you can arp and ping to set the address.  Note
that you can't set the subnet mask and gateway address with this method.

The best way to configure the card is from a Macintosh or a system running
NetWare, with the NPMANAGE utility.  If your Windows NT system is running the
NetWare client software, you can run NPMANAGE from there.

You can also run software on the NOVELL disk from Windows NT without running
NetWare.  Check in the Windows NT subdirectory.

Paul

    You need to reset the one with "old" IP address before you can ping in
    the new address.  That's described in the manual (hold the online
    button down while turning it on.)  It sounded as if this was
    successful.
    
    You can also add the gateway and subnet mask from the Properties menu
    of the print queue in NT. 
    
    Properties
      settings
        Options
           Configure
             Internet Protocol Details
    THEN     Send Details to Device
    
    This generally works for me, although the last time it did not.  I
    don't know what the variable is.   Sometimes it hangs the process but
    still works.
    
    I haven't tried the NOVELL method.  
    
    Ben

    Hi all,
      Thanks for your reply.
    
      I checked Ethernet Card User's Guide that came with the card. It
    doesn't describe about jumpering to enable TCPIP. I unplugged the card
    from the printer and do not see a jumper to enable TCPIP. I compared
    the card jumpering with the other nic card where TCPIP has been
    previously enabled. The jumper settings are exactly the same.
    
    Here is the information on the nic card :
        PN : 0930002 Rev C
        Name : V2DECE Board
        Setting :
            JP1 : TP/TN --- Set to TP (Twisted Pair)
            JP2 : DI/EN --- Set to EN
            JP3 : TX/RX ---- Set to TX
            JP4 : MAN/AU --- Set to MAN
    
    For the printer with TCPIP enabled but with wrong IP address, I managed
    to set it back to the right IP address. I did this using nsconfig from
    a UNIX host. First I set the IP address of the UNIX host to the same
    subnet as the printer. Once in the same subnet, the printer replies
    to ping. I modified the nicprint.conf file to set the new IP address.
    Although nsconfig came back with error that it is not getting an
    acknowledgment from the printer, after power cycling the printer, I
    found that the new IP address was properly set.
    
    I pulled nsconfig from the Web Site : //websrv.mro.dec.com/drivers.
    
    Any suggestion on else to check to make TCPIP active on the other
    2 printers.
    
    Thanks again,
    Tek Kee
    

Ooops.  The jumper settings to enable LAT and TCP/IP are on the DEClaser 3500,
not 5100.

It sounds like you need to reset the network cards that don't have TCP/IP
enabled to factory defaults.  Instructions are in the DEClaser 5100 Printer
Ethernet Card User's Guide Addendum.

Paul

    Paul,
       Thanks for replying.
    
       As you can see, I'm new to this. Our system administrator has left
    and I'm inheriting this. We have a copy of the DEClaser 5000 series
    Ethernet Card User's Guide but not the Addendum.
    
       Can you kindly point me to a location where I can find a copy of
    the Addendum on the network, or could you just give me the instruction
    in this conference.
    
       Appreciate your help very much.
    
    Thanks again,
    Tek Kee.
    

    I can find the addendum but not the NIC user guide.  .3 saved me a lot of
    hassle when I had to switch a 5100 from Thinwire to Twisted Pair. 
    
    There was a pointer to a web site a few notes back with documentation. 
    I don't know if they wanted the DECnet address posted, so I will send
    it to Tek Kee.  Is there a NIC User Guide for the 5100 online anywhere?
    
    Ben

Thanks, Ben for the update on the pointer. 

I've pulled the NIC User Guide Addendum over. I followed the instruction in
the Addendum and did a Cold Reset on the printer. The problem now that 
the Cold Reset doesn't reset the NIC NVRam (The NIC Status page before and 
after Cold Reset is the same).

Arp and ping after Cold Reset also doesn't work. The NIC Status page indicates
that the NIC Firmware is 2.30 E01. Could the reason be that the NIC Firmware
is too old, does anyone know ?

Below is the NIC Status page :

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Unit Serial No: 18306                   Version: 02.30 E01

Network Address:  00:40:af:16:57:90


Network Topology: Ethernet              Connector: 10 Base T

Network Speed: 10 Mega Bits

AppleTalk Network Information

    Frame Type: 802.2 SNAP On 802.3
    Protocol Address: Net Number 65   Node Number 108  Socket Number 108
    AppleTalk zone: Default Zone

DEC LAT Network Information

    Frame Type: Ethernet II
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Novell inactive

AppleTalk Connection Information

        AppleTalk Printer Name : DEClaser 5100 2


TCP/IP inactive



DEC LAT Connection Information

   Node name : LAT_0040af165790

   Port name : PORT_1

------------------------------------------------------------------------


Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tek Kee

    I don't the answer. But I wondered if the jumpers could be bad or not
    set 100%?  I never saw a 5100 that didn't have IP enabled, but then I
    just saw my first one with Thinwire enabled the other day.  I know the
    cold reset did reset the address on one that had IP enabled.
    
    Ben