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Section 2: Basic Installation
AXIS 540/640 User’s Manual 27
Set the Internet
Address and Host
Name
You may set the Internet address of the AXIS 540/640 in four
different ways, using either arp, rarp, bootp, or dhcp. The main
characteristics of each of these methods are described below:
• ARP - available in UNIX, Windows 95, and Windows NT. This
is generally considered to be the easiest method although it does
require the Internet address for each new device to be down-
loaded individually. It is not appropriate to use this method over
routers.
• RARP - available in UNIX, it down-loads the Internet address to
each device automatically. It requires a rarp daemon on your
system, and operates within a single network segment only.
• BOOTP - available in UNIX and quite similar to rarp, although it
can however operate on the entire network. Requires a BOOTP
daemon on your system. A request made to an active BOOTP or
RARP daemon initiates a search of the Ethernet Address Table
(RARP daemon), or Boot Table (BOOTP daemon) for an entry
matching the print server's Ethernet address. If a matching entry
is found, the daemon then down loads the Internet Address to the
print server.
• DHCP - available in Windows NT and UNIX systems, it allows
for the automatic but temporary assignment of Internet addresses
from a central pool. In the absence of either an active RARP or
BOOTP daemon running on the host DHCP will, when enabled,
cause the selected host to automatically allocate and down load a
free Internet Address, Default Router Address and Net Mask to
the requesting print server. It also provides validation data that
defines how long the Internet addresses will remain valid.
The procedures for using each of the above methods are described in
detail below.