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Intermec EasyLAN 10I2 User Manual
Summary of EasyLAN 10I2
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Easylan ™ 10i2 ethernet adapter user's manual.
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C 39 before you begin iii contents before you begin v warranty information v safety summary v warnings, cautions, and notes vi about this manual vii other intermec manuals ix installing the easylan 10i2 adapter introducing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-3 physical description 1-4 supported operating sys...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual iv configuring for unix 2-20 configuring for a berkeley unix host 2-21 configuring for sun solaris 2-22 configuring for hp-ux 2-23 configuring for ibm aix 2-24 configuring for other systems 2-24 troubleshooting and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter trouble...
Page 5: Before You Begin
C 39 before you begin v before you begin this section introduces you to standard warranty provisions, safety precautions, warnings and cautions, document formatting conventions, and sources of additional product information. A documentation roadmap is also provided to guide you in finding the approp...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual vi warnings, cautions, and notes the warnings, cautions, and notes in this manual use this format. Warning a warning alerts you of an operating procedure, practice, condition, or statement that must be strictly observed to avoid death or serious injury to ...
Page 7: About This Manual
C 39 before you begin vii about this manual this manual contains all of the information necessary to install, configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot the easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter. This manual was written for users who want to know more about the easylan 10i2 adapter. It was also written ...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual viii format conventions for input from a keyboard or keypad this table describes the formatting conventions for input from pc or host computer keyboards and device keypads: convention description special text shows the command as you should enter it into t...
Page 9: Other Intermec Manuals
C 39 before you begin ix other intermec manuals you may need additional information when working with the easylan 10i2 adapter with various printers in a data collection system. Please visit our web site at www.Intermec.Com to download many of our current manuals in pdf format. To order printed vers...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1.
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-3 1 this chapter provides an overview of the easylan 10i2 adapter and explains how to install it in your network. Introducing the easylan 10i2 adapter the external easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter, part no. 072885, and the internal easylan 10i2 ethernet adapters, p...
Page 14: Physical Description
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-4 physical description external easylan 10i2 adapter led external power supply connector 10baset connector test button parallel port connector el10i010.Eps internal easylan 10i2 adapter o i 10baset connector led test button el10i011.Eps part function 10b...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-5 1 physical description (continued) part function external power supply connector (external easylan 10i2 adapter only) connects the external easylan 10i2 adapter to a power source via a power supply. Test button use the test button to: • print a test label that...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-6 • ethernet ii, 802.3, 802.2, 802.2 snap frame types • compatible with pconsole, nwadmin, printcon, and other novell utilities • netbeui • unix installing the easylan 10i2 adapter before you install the easylan 10i2 adapter, make sure that you have the ...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-7 1 plugging in the external easylan 10i2 adapter el10i009.Eps 10baset connector parallel port parallel port connector 10baset cable 4. Connect a 10baset cable into the 10baset connector. 5. Connect the other end of the 10baset cable into an ethernet port for yo...
Page 18: Downloading The Ip Address
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-8 if you have a dynamic host configuration protocol (dhcp) server on your network, the easylan 10i2 adapter receives an ip address when you plug in the adapter and turn on the printer. You are now ready to print to your printer. If you want to print a te...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-9 1 2. Type the following command: arp -s nnn.Nnn.Nnn.Nnn nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn ping nnn.Nnn.Nnn.Nnn arp -d nnn.Nnn.Nnn.Nnn where: nnn.Nnn.Nnn.Nnn is the ip address for the easylan 10i2 adapter nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn is the mac address for the easylan 10i2 adapter exampl...
Page 20: Setting Up To Print
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-10 setting up to print after you have connected the easylan 10i2 and printer to your network and assigned the easylan 10i2 adapter an ip address, you are ready to set up your printer to print. This section explains • how to print through ftp. • how to se...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-11 1 setting up for a windows nt 4 pc to print from a windows nt 4 pc, you need to prepare the windows nt 4 pc for lpr/lpd printing and then install the printer. To prepare for lpr/lpd printing 1. From the start menu, select settings and then control panel. The ...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-12 setting up for a windows 2000/xp pc before you install the printer on a windows 2000/xp pc, you need to install the interdriver for your printer. For help installing the interdriver, see the software page for your printer on the printercompanion cd. T...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-13 1 2. Click the button for a specific printer, such as the 3400e. The page for that printer appears. 3. Click software in the left frame. The software page appears..
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 1-14 4. Scroll down to network software tools, and then click the link for the network software tools page. 5. In the network software tools page, click install intermec print monitor. 6. Follow the instructions for installing the intermec print monitor. 7...
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Installing the easylan 10i2 adapter 1-15 1 8. In the printer name or ip address field, enter the easylan 10i2 adapter’s ip address. 9. In the port name field, enter the tcp printer port for the easylan 10i2 adapter. 10. In the port number field, enter the port number that you want to use. The defaul...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2.
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-3 2 this chapter explains how to configure the easylan 10i2 adapter for advanced and network specific settings using the web browser interface and network specific utilities, such as novell nwadmin utility. For information on using console commands to configure...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-4 configuration and management page you are now ready to configure the easylan 10i2 adapter. Configuring the tcp/ip parameters if you want to configure advanced parameters or update the configuration, you can use the web browser interface to configure th...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-5 2 configure tcp/ip page 2. Configure the parameters. For information on the parameters, see “tcp/ip parameters defined” later in this section. 3. Click submit. A page appears letting you know that your changes were successful. 4. Click ok to return to the con...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-6 tcp/ip parameters defined (continued) parameter definition values gateway enter the ip address for the gateway or router. N.N.N.N where n is from 0 to 255 default = 0.0.0.0 boot method select the method for finding the easylan 10i2 adapter ip address, ...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-7 2 tcp/ip parameters defined (continued) parameter definition values keepalive timer enter how often in minutes the easylan 10i2 adapter sends an ip ping packet to the router to keep the router aware of the easylan 10i2 adapter. Enter zero to disable this feat...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-8 2. Click configure server access password. The configure server access password page appears. 3. Enter the access password in both fields. 4. Click submit. A page appears letting you know that your changes were successful. 5. Click ok to return to the ...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-9 2 configure server update password page configuring the parallel port if you do not want to use the default settings for the parallel port, use the web browser interface to configure the parallel port. The easylan 10i2 adapter communicates with the printer th...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-10 configure port page 2. Read the first four rows to find out what jobs are in the port, the status of the port, the port name, and the port type. 3. Configure the parameters. For information on the parameters, see “parallel port parameters defined” lat...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-11 2 parallel port parameters defined (continued) parameter definition values output buffering enable or disable setting aside a portion of memory for buffering output data. Checked, not checked default = not checked pjl status enable or disable printer job lan...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-12 2. Click the service name for the service you want to configure. The following page appears. 3. Configure the parameters. For information on the parameters, see “port services parameters defined” later in this section. 4. Click submit. A page appears ...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-13 2 port services parameters defined (continued) parameter definition values filter select the data filter the service uses: • 0, no filter: data passes unmodified • 1, text substitution: default is crlf for line feed (lf) • 2, not used • 3, converts normal te...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-14 to configure bindery file servers and service bindery file servers 1. In the active servers and queues row of the configure netware page or the netware row of the configure services page, click configure bindery file servers or click configure service...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-15 2 2. If you want to add a server, enter a server number in the field and click add. 3. If you want to remove a server, select a server from the drop-down list and click remove. 4. Click back in your browser toolbar to return to the previous page. Or, click m...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-16 configure netware page 2. Configure the parameters. For information on the parameters, see “netware parameters defined” later in this section. 3. To configure services for the port shown in the enabled services row, click the link for the port. For he...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-17 2 netware parameters defined (continued) parameter definition values bindery file servers click either configure bindery file servers or configure service bindery file servers. For help, see “to configure bindery file servers and service bindery file servers...
Page 44: Configuring For Netbios
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-18 configuring for netbios netbios provides application programs with a uniform set of commands for requesting the lower-level network services required to conduct sessions between nodes on a network and to transmit information back and forth. If you do ...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-19 2 netbios parameters defined parameter definition values netbeui protocol enable or disable communication over the netbeui protocol. Enable, disable default = enable netbios/ip enable or disable communication over the internet protocol. Enable, disable defau...
Page 46: Configuring For Unix
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-20 configure dlc page 2. In the dlc row, select enable or disable. 3. In the enabled services row, click the port you want to configure services for. For help, see “configuring the port services” earlier in this chapter. 4. Click submit. A page appears l...
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Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-21 2 configuring for a berkeley unix host berkeley unix host computers include linux, digital equipment corporation digital unix, osf/1, and ultrix; compaq tru64 unix; sunos (not solaris), sco unix; and many others. Sun solaris, hp-ux, and ibm aix users should ...
Page 48: Configuring For Sun Solaris
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-22 4. Print using the standard lpr command: lpr –p labelprinter filename 5. For at&t based unix systems, such as sco, use the standard lp command: lp –d labelprinter filename configuring for sun solaris to use an easylan 10i2 adapter with sun solaris, fi...
Page 49: Configuring For Hp-Ux
Configuring the easylan 10i2 adapter 2-23 2 6. At the printer server prompt, type name\!Servicename where: name matches the easylan 10i2 adapter’s name as entered in the hosts table. Servicename is the print service name. For binary graphics files, use the service binary_p1; for text files, use the ...
Page 50: Configuring For Ibm Aix
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 2-24 11. Click ok to configure the printer. 12. Print using the lp –d command with the easylan 10i2 adapter’s name. Note: the configuration for hp distributed print services and for earlier versions of hp-ux is slightly different. You can also configure th...
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Troubleshooting and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter 3-3 3 this chapter explains how to troubleshoot and manage the easylan 10i2 adapter. Troubleshooting printing problems first, check the printer to make sure it is online and has media and ribbon. If the printer is working fine, test the connectio...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 3-4 rebooting the easylan 10i2 adapter note: only the easylan 10i2 adapter reboots, not the entire printer. To reboot the easylan 10i2 adapter 1. From the configuration and management page, click reset the server. The reset printserver page appears. For he...
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Troubleshooting and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter 3-5 3 setting the easylan 10i2 adapter to factory defaults use the test button or the web browser interface to set the easylan 10i2 adapter to factory defaults. Note: only the easylan 10i2 adapter is set to factory defaults, not the entire printe...
Page 56: Printing A Test Label
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 3-6 set default page 2. Click submit. A page appears telling you that the easylan 10i2 adapter is set to factory defaults. Note: the access and update passwords have been set to the factory default of intermec. 3. Click main to return to the configuration ...
Page 57: Reloading Firmware
Troubleshooting and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter 3-7 3 2. Click main to return to the configuration and management page. Reloading firmware you can load firmware on the easylan 10i2 adapter using tftp on windows nt/2000/xp or the web browser interface. Using tftp • use the tftp put command: tft...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual 3-8 reload firmware page 2. In the reload on submit row, choose enable to reload the firmware when you click submit. If you choose disable, the firmware will not be loaded. 3. In the firmware file name row, enter the file name for the firmware. If the new ...
Page 59: Viewing Ethernet Statistics
Troubleshooting and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter 3-9 3 viewing ethernet statistics the ethernet statistics page provides the following information: • packets received • bytes received • bad packets received • receiver error mask • receiver overruns • packets transmitted • bytes transmitted • pa...
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Page 63: Sending The Console Commands
Console commands a-3 a this appendix explains how to send the console commands and lists the commands. Sending the console commands you can send console commands to the easylan 10i2 adapter by using either telnet or the web browser interface. The following procedure explains how to use the web brows...
Page 64: General Commands
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual a-4 3. To return to the configuration and management page, click your browser’s back button. General commands this table lists general console commands for configuring and managing the easylan 10i2 adapter. Command description cl serve st stringnumber remo...
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Console commands a-5 a general commands (continued) command description set port p1 dvid status enables or disables 1284 device id queries on the parallel port. Where status equals en for enabled or dis for disabled. Set port p1 ecp status enables or disables 1284 ecp mode on the parallel port. Wher...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual a-6 general commands (continued) command description set servi servicename na newname changes the service name. Where servicename is the name of the service you are modifying and newname is the new name for the service. Set servi servicename rec status ena...
Page 67: Tcp/ip Commands
Console commands a-7 a tcp/ip commands use these console commands to configure and manage tcp/ip parameters. Command description set ip ac status n.N.N.N enables or disables the specified ip address from accessing the easylan 10i2 adapter. Where status equals en for enabled, dis for disabled, or all...
Page 68: Netware Commands
Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual a-8 tcp/ip commands (continued) command description sh ip shows lpd/tcp/telnet parameters. Sh ip ac shows ip addresses that are allowed to access the easylan 10i2 adapter. Netware commands use these console commands to configure and manage netware paramete...
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Console commands a-9 a netware commands (continued) command description set netw name se status enables or disables the file server. Where name equals the name of the file server and status equals en for enabled or dis for disabled. Set servi servicename net status enables or disables netware jobs o...
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Index i-3 i symbols and numbers /etc/hosts file, 2-21, 2-22 1284 device id queries, a-5 1284 ecp mode, a-5 a access and update passwords, configuring, 2-7–2-9 access list, removing netware file server from, a-8 admintool utility, sun solaris, 2-22 advertising frequency, a-8 aix configuring easylan 1...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual i-4 console commands (continued) netware, a-8 sending, a-3 tcp/ip, a-7 console mode, password, a-4 console page, a-3 control strings, configuring, 2-13 conventions for this manual commands, viii keypad, viii d, e data filter, configuring, 2-13 device id qu...
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Index i-5 i load host, configuring, a-4 loading firmware, 3-7–3-8 lp command, 2-22, 2-23 lp -d command, 2-24 lpd banner, configuring, 2-6 lpd retry, configuring, 2-6 lpd spool directory, 2-21 lpd/tcp/telnet parameters, showing, a-8 lpr command, 2-21 lpr/lpd printing, windows nt 4, 1-11 m, n manual, ...
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Easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user’s manual i-6 problems network configuration, 3-3 printing, 3-3 protocol, netbeui, 2-19 protocols for port services, 2-12, a-5 put command, tftp, 3-7 q, r queries, 1284 device id, a-5 queue polling time, a-8 queue server, configuring, 2-13 queued tcp communication, ...
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Index i-7 i web browser interface (continued) reloading firmware, 3-7 setting to factory defaults, 3-5 tcp/ip, configuring, 2-4 window, tcp, 2-6 windows printing from windows 2000/xp, 1-12 printing from windows 95/98, 1-12 printing from windows nt 4, 1-11 wins server method, configuring, 2-19 zeroin...
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Corporate headquarters 6001 36th avenue west everett, washington 98203 u.S.A. Tel 425.348.2600 fax 425.355.9551 easylan 10i2 ethernet adapter user's manual *072889-001* *072889-001*.