Hints for JetDirect EX Plus (and most other JetDirect units without a web interface)

[japlytic]

Found this yesterday when I was looking up this unit (J2591A)
http://www.sprint.net.au/~terbut/use...rectexplus.htm
Mine was an ex-government unit, and although it had a configuration label on it, I decided to do the factory reset as mentioned on the page, because the label may not correspond to its internal configuration.
After the factory reset, I did a firmware upgrade on the unit using the utility on HP's site.
In my home setup, I turned off DHCP and used a fixed IP address, and disabled the banner page option.

I am still trying to get an Emulex NetQue Mate to print a configuration page (as said in the instructions, power on the unit without a network connection connected to a working printer turned ON ,and in about 2 minutes, a configuration page should be printed). But this did not work .

[Per Hansson]

Re: Hints for JetDirect EX Plus (and most other JetDirect units without a web interface)

Many of these only allow you to set an ip address if you have the extra memory simm installed, however they do try to get an ip address via bootp..

So I enabled bootp on my DHCP server, and set the print servers mac address to get a specific ip address, works like a charm...

Note: there is a "tes" button on most of them, it will usually print out the IP Address and other good information...

[japlytic]

Re: Hints for JetDirect EX Plus (and most other JetDirect units without a web interface)

The JetDirect unit had a test button; the Emulex NetQue unit did not. As I said before, the NetQue does not print its configuration page, even though I have followed the instructions.