LG setting?

[pontifex]

We have a printer that I set up to use over the network. It seems to work fine but there is an LG ip address setting and i have no idea what this is for. I apparently don't need it, but I'm cuious as to what it is. Any ideas?


Also, this printer is on 1 network segment and I'd like to have people on another segment use it. Normally for PCs you have to create a route, but I don't see any way to do this with this printer. Whats odd though is that there is another printer on that segment that I can connect to just fine. It may have more settings than this other one (i'll have to check) but I'm confused as to why one will work but the other won't.

 

[networkman]

The "LG" setting refers to the IP address of a "syslog server" if your network happens to have one - if not, just leave it set at zeroes.

This is commonly found in the option of HP's JetDirect cards. Following is an excerpt from one of said manuals:

The following basic TCP/IP parameters can be configured using the front control panel of the printer. See the specific printer models headings below for the steps on how to change these.

BootP= (Yes/No). Uses BOOTP or DHCP, which automatically downloads configuration data over the network. The default setting is YES to use BOOTP or DHCP for configuration. You must change this to No to use the front control panel configuration.

DHCP=(Yes/No). For J6057A 615n, J7934A 620n, and J4169A or J4167A 610n cards . Uses DHCP, which automatically downloads configuration data over the network. The default setting is Yes to use DHCP for configuration. You must change this to No to use the front control panel configuration IP address (four bytes).

This is usually seen on the front control panel as IP BYTE. Example: If the IP address is 192.0.0.192, then IP byte 1 = 192, IP byte 2= 0, IP byte 3 = 0, and IP byte 4 = 192.

Subnet mask (four bytes). This is usually seen on the front control panel as SM BYTE. Example: If the subnet mask address is 255.255.255.0, then IP byte 1 = 255, IP byte 2= 255, IP byte 3 = 255, and IP byte 4 = 0.

Syslog server IP address (four bytes). This is usually seen on the front control panel as LG BYTE. Example: If the syslog IP address is 192.30.40.192, then IP byte 1 = 192, IP byte 2= 30, IP byte 3 = 40, and IP byte 4 = 192. If no syslog server is on the network, each byte should be left at zero. A syslog server is a server on the network that runs a syslog daemon and is used to receive syslog messages. This may be useful in identifying error conditions.

Default gateway (four bytes). This is usually seen on the front control panel as GW BYTE. Example: If the Gateway IP address is 192.0.0.192, then IP byte 1 = 192, IP byte 2= 0, IP byte 3 = 0, and IP byte 4 = 192.

TCP connection timeout (in seconds).

For more info on syslog servers feel free google to your heart's content. 🙂

 

[jlazzaro]

Originally posted by: pontifex
Also, this printer is on 1 network segment and I'd like to have people on another segment use it. Normally for PCs you have to create a route, but I don't see any way to do this with this printer.

you should never have to create routes on clients, thats what a default gateway is for.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: jlazzaro

Originally posted by: pontifex
Also, this printer is on 1 network segment and I'd like to have people on another segment use it. Normally for PCs you have to create a route, but I don't see any way to do this with this printer.

you should never have to create routes on clients, thats what a default gateway is for.

thanks networkman.


well then our network isn't set up properly.