In the following, we will assume that the MAC address of your Internal Print Server is 00:00:48:93:00:00 (hexadecimal) and the IP address which you will be assigning is 192.168.100.201 (decimal). To set the new IP address which you have obtained from your system administrator, use the ARP command, with the -s flag (create ARP entry).īefore you set the new IP address using the ARP command, you need to select PING for Get IPAddress in Network Menu of the printer's control panel. If the host from which you will be setting up the Internal Print Server is on a different LAN segment, make sure that the gateway to the Internal Print Server (router or routing host) is correctly configured on your machine. You can check the MAC address on a status sheet.
#Ping mac command line options serial number
This is the hardware serial number of the interface, which cannot be changed. The MAC address of the Internal Print Server. If you are the system administrator, choose an address within your subnet which will not conflict with any other device. Ask your system administrator for an IP address which will not cause conflicts with any other device on the network. You can also use these commands in Windows 98/95 or Windows NT, if you have correctly installed TCP/IP networking on these systems.īefore you start, you will need the following information:Ī valid IP address for the Internal Print Server. If you are using UNIX or OS/2, you can use the arp command to set the IP address of the Internal Print Server, and the ping command to check that you have set it correctly.
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Setting the IP Address Using the arp/ping Command