User`s guide

TCP/IP Configuration
5-2
5.1 Loading the Software
1. Log in as superuser to the system that spools directly to the NIC.
2. Insert the NIC's diskette for TCP/IP in the host drive.
3. Go to or create the directory in which you want to install the software.
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If you already have a NIC printer at your site and you are now installing another
one, verify that the previous installer deleted the files in the installation
directory (not /usr/nic). If these files remain, they can prevent the installation of
a subsequent NIC or, in some cases, overwrite existing files.
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4. Use the tar command to load the software from the diskette.
5.2 Configuring the IP Address
You can configure the IP address for the card in one of the following ways:
Use NPmanage for NetWare, as described in the Ethernet Card User's Guide.
Use NPmanage for EtherTalk, as described in the Ethernet Card User's Guide.
Use the Internet Boot Protocol (bootp).
Use the reverse ARP (rarp) capability (Ethernet II frame type only).
Use a reverse ping capability.
For each method, you provide the Ethernet address of the network interface card. The
Ethernet address is the 12-character code that you recorded at installation and is also
printed on the configuration status report each time the printer is turned on.
You can use the bootp, rarp, or ping procedures only when the NIC is in its factory default
state when it has no IP address. After the NIC has an IP address, you must use the
nsconfig utility or, for NetWare and EtherTalk, the NPmanage utility to change an IP
address.