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Chapter 5
Using UNIX
The Ethernet Card supports many standard UNIX commands
and can be configured from a host computer without using a
special setup utility.
Installing and Printing with the Ethernet Card
See the following sections for general information concerning
setting up (with TCP/IP) and printing. See page 5-9 for more
information about various UNIX systems.
The Ethernet Card is able to function as a remote printer on
systems using TCP/IP Ethernet transfer with Berkeley’s
popular lpr remote printing protocol, or standard ftp (file
transfer protocol).
Setting up the Card
All devices operating with TCP/IP have to be assigned a
unique “IP Address node.” This address must be different
from that assigned to
any other
device to which your network is
capable of communicating. This unique address acts like a
telephone number, enabling all other devices on the network to
be able to “dial up” and “talk to” the Ethernet Card, as long as
they know its number.
There are conventions surrounding how to make up an IP
address, which are discussed later. In the most complex case,
where a network is capable of communicating with other
networks worldwide, it is necessary to have some of the
numbers assigned by an international body that coordinates
the numbering.
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