[windows2000] Re: Printer IP address assignment
- From: neil bullock <n.bullock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:22:13 +0100
Hi,
There's always HP Web JetAdmin, which is a collection of Java applets
(which need Sun Java, not Microsoft Java). You can install it on
a server, then navigate to http://servername:8000 (or whatever) and
it will let you manage all your printers with a fairly uniform interface,
allowing you to set IP addresses.
The advantage of this is that it also lets you set things that you
can't set anywhere else (control panel lock, and displaying your
company name on the control panel :), and it also works regardless
of how the IP addresses are set up now.
Neil
At Monday, 12 July 2004, you wrote:
>I'll disagree with what everyone else has said, and say that I prefer
>DHCP reservations.
>
>It is a "static IP" with the benefit of having a central location to
>manage them. It is also much easier for me to look at the bottom of a
>JetDirect (or any other type), grab the MAC address, and setup a
>reservation, then it is to remember how to use the particular version
of
>the management software that is supported by that particular print
>server.
>
>When I created my scope, I created about 30 "dummy" reservations in the
>high part of the scope, with an invalid MAC address. This essentially
>"reserved the reservation" so that all my printer IP's are together.
>Now, I simply modify one of those, and the printer gets the next
>"printer" IP address.
>
>Also, when you have to re-IP your network (which, no matter how
much you
>say you don't you WILL have to at some point) you can use the command
>line tools to recreate all of the reservations in the new scope... No
>need to connect to each old IP address and change it manually.
>
>Actually, the last time we re-IP'ed our network, we wanted to make sure
>that the printers all got the new reservations, so we shut down
power to
>the entire building and turned it back on. That was not a good idea,
for
>future reference...
>
>(But at least it wasn't MY idea...)
>
>YMMV,
>
>Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
>David Clark Company Inc.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lee, David
>(STRATEGIC PROJECTS)
>Posted At: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:01 AM
>Posted To: Windows 2000
>Conversation: [windows2000] Printer IP address assignment
>Subject: [windows2000] Printer IP address assignment
>
>We are implementing a new Windows 2003 print server as part of a
>migration from Novell Netware. Whilst we are configuring the printer
>objects and IP ports, we would also like to standardise the
>configuration of our network printers (all are HP models). At present,
>some of these printers have been set up using a locally configured
fixed
>IP address and some via a DHCP reservation - any thoughts on preferred
>methods or best practice?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>David Lee
>
>Systems Engineer
>City Treasury
>Plymouth City Council
>Civic Centre
>PL1 2AA
>
>Tel: (01752) - 304218
>
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