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The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its
IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as
Auto (0.0.0.0).
6.3.1 DHCP
There are many Unix systems that support DHCP protocol, and the
procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different. This
manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix
systems. It is highly recommended that the DHCP server should be located
on the same network as the print server.
6.3.2 BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that
is accessible by the print server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up
the IP address of the print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server
should be located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use
Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild
the NIS map with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP
configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system
documentation.
To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log
in the host of BOOTP server as the superuser (root). Perform the following
steps to add address entries,
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print
server’s IP address. You can add this address to the
/etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.12 pserver
2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to
the following:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
Lines should be indented with tabs.
Where hostname is the device name of a print server, the ht=1 tag specifies
the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of
a print server, which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag
