A print server is basically a computer that is connected with the printers or print devices. It is composed of an operating system like Windows XP, Vista and client computers. Client computers send requests to the print server and it fulfills those requests. It processes these requests on the first come first serve basis. Now let us discuss about the wireless print server. Due to the wireless print server, one or two printers can be easily shared across a WiFi network. These are available in both 802.11b and 802.11g varieties for home networks. Advantages of wireless print servers are as follows:
It permits that printers can be positioned anywhere, but within the network range. For performing a print job, it is not required that the computer always be turned on. It has the facility to transfer the work of a printer to another one present in the network. This feature also increases the performance of the printers. Administrators can alter the computer names and other settings, without assembling the network printing settings.
USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 is normally used for connecting the wireless print server with the printers. The print server itself can be linked with a wireless router over WiFi. For completing the initial configuration of the device, you have to install the setup software on one computer. This software is present on the CD-ROM, which is included with the print server products. Like network adapters, wireless print servers should be configured with the correct network name and encryption settings. A client software should be installed on each computer demanding the use of a printer.
The Minolta Di450 all-in-one machine is meant for high-capacity printing applications such as printing multiple documents with many pages in rapid succession for a home or office computer network. If you want all of the computers on your network to be able to access the Minolta printer individually, you can set up a print server by using the built-in networking features of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.
Insert the software installation disc that came with the Minolta Di450 printer into the computer on your network that is closest to the router. Follow the instructions that will pop up on the computer screen to install the Minolta printer software.
Take an Ethernet cable and connect one end into the Ethernet port on the back of the Minolta Di450 printer. Connect the other end into an open Ethernet port on the back of your network's router.
Open the "Start" menu on the computer where you installed the Minolta software. Click on the icon labeled "Control Panel." Scroll through the options and locate the icon labeled as "Network and Sharing Center." Double click the icon to bring up a new window. Click on the "View Computers and Devices" link at the left side of the window.
Click on the blue button labeled "Add A Printer" at the top of the window. Click on the "Add a Network Printer" button, then click on the "Next" button at the bottom of the window. Wait for the list of available printers to appear on the menu screen. Click on the Minolta printer, then click on "Next." Click "OK" to finish the process.
Close the "Network and Sharing Center" window. Access the other computers on the network that will need to use the Minolta printer and repeat the process of adding the printer in the "Network and Sharing Center" menu.
This post provides print server support to fix print server problems, If you have problem with your print server listed below you can get troubleshooting via this post.
1) If the printer is printing "garbage" characters, go to step 7b).
2) If there is a Windows error message when printing then, consult Windows Server Support.
3) Try printing from another computer. If this is successful, then there is a problem with your computer configuration, not the print server. Consult the computer and operating system documentation.
4) Turn off the print server, then turn it on. Test whether print server works.
5) Run the print server Setup Wizard. (Start > Programs > NETGEAR Print Server > NETGEAR Print Server Setup Wizard.)
6) For PC users, In the "Network Protocols on this PC" one of the three protocols must read "installed".
7) Click Next in the Wizard. If the print server is on the list found then:
(Retest your printer if you make changes to any of the following.)
7a) Check the print server's IP address. If it is 0.0.0.0, then the printer is not recognized. Unless you have a router, the print server's IP must be on the same segment. To set the IP, click Next until you see the TCP/IP screen. If you have a DHCP server on your network, select Obtain IP Address Automatically. Otherwise, click Fixed IP Address, and Suggest New Values. Click Next and Finish to exit the Wizard.
7b) If the printer does not match the printer driver in the operating system then run the Add Printer Wizard. (As described in the product manuals.)
7c) If the printer driver is PSName_Px, then run the Add Printer Wizard, or change it to the print server port.
7d) Disable the printer's bidirectional feature, if it's turned on.
8) Else, if the print server is not found:
8a) Click Refresh.
8b) Make sure you can access other places from your computer. If you can't, then troubleshoot computer or Internet connectivity.
8c) If you are running a software firewall, disable it, and use the NETGEAR firewall, instead. (It's almost certain to be faster.) This includes the Windows XP firewall — which may have been turned on during Windows upgrade or installation without you being aware of it. See Firewalls that Conflict with NETGEAR Such as Windows XP — unless you know for certain this feature isn't on.
One of the most common reasons for setting up a server and computer network is to set the server up as a file server.
Adding the File Server Role
Luckily, Microsoft Windows Server includes an easy to use Wizard to help you set up your server as a file server.
# Go to Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Manage Your Server. # Click the “Add or Remove a Role” link. # On the Preliminary Steps screen, click Next. # Under the Server Role heading, Click File Server and then click Next (Figure 1). # On the summary screen, review the information and then click Next. # The Add File Server Role Wizard will start. Click Next. # Click next when prompted to install additional options. The Wizard will start configuring your server. # After the configuration is complete, you will be prompted to reboot. Proceed and reboot the server to continue.
Configuring the Server
After the server restarts, you’ll want to set up some file shares and set permissions.
1. Log back into Windows. 2. Go to Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, File Server Management (Figure 2). 3. Expand Share Folder Management, Shared Folders, Shares. 4. You should notice a few Shares already exist – these are on all default installations of Windows. Under the Action Menu, select New Share. 5. Once the Share a Folder Wizard starts, click Next. 6. Select a location for the folder share and click Next. 7. Enter the name for your share and a description if you’d like. Click Next. 8. On the Permissions page, select the option you’d like – by default, you may choose to leave all readers with Read access. 9. Click Finish and then Close.
You’ve now shared your first user folder. End users can access this share by going to \\\ where is the name of your computer and is the name you gave the share in step 7 above. From:http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/39793.aspx
Kaspersky Lab has released a beta-version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux File Server 6.0.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux File Server6.0 is a solution offering antivirus protection to the vast majority of Linux file servers.
It supersedes two earlier products – Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux File Server 5.7 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Samba Server 5.5 by combining their functionalities and adding a number of new functionalities.
The architecture of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux File Server 6.0 provides multilayered protection for file systems in Linux/heterogeneous networks, functioning simultaneously on the entire file system level and on the Samba server level.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux File Server 6.0 supports all modern 32-bit and 64-bit distributions of Linux-family operating systems, including Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, openSUSE, Debian GNU, and Ubuntu. Another improvement on the previous product versions is the added support of Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 and Novell NSS.
The folks behind Opera recently announced it has added new technology to the Web browser enabling users to turn their computers into individual servers.
According to the company, users designate the directory they wish to share with their buddies and Opera Unite generates a direct URL to that directory for distribution to others. While sending that URL to a few close friends is unlikely to cause any infringement concerns, it’s easy to imagine mailing lists consisting of hundreds of thousands of potential down loaders waiting for that specific URL.
Along with file swapping, Opera Unite also provides a media player enabling users to listen to their private digital music stash wherever they may be. Other features include “The Lounge” – a self-contained chat service you can run on your computer, and “Fridge,” which gives users a virtual refrigerator for posting notes.
While Opera Unite may be full of whiz-bang whistles and bells, as soon as the company announced the new technology, tech bloggers cited possible security problems as well as local area network (LAN) issues. With internal corporate networks often experiencing congestion problems, it’s easy to speculate as to how those problems might grow if individual computers become Web servers.
But those security concerns are based on how writers think Opera Unite may work, and are not necessarily descriptive of how the technology actually performs in the real world. Plus, when you consider how Internet technology in general often focuses on providing individual users with more power, turning desktop computers into servers is a concept that would eventually have become reality – with or without Opera Unite.
“With sever capability in the browser, Web developers can create Web applications with profound ease,” said Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner. “Consumers have the flexibility to choose private and efficient ways of sharing information. We believe Opera Unite is one of our most significant innovations yet, because it changes forever the fundamental fabric of the Web.”
Many businesses host networked storage on file servers, but as data grows, so does the need for streamlined consolidation and organization. Failure to properly manage this data growth challenge can result in unused capacity, poor availability of files and data, and difficulty in finding shared files. The good news is that network attached storage (NAS) can be a quick, easy and powerful solution to manage file data.
Through proper choices in file server solutions, businesses can save money on infrastructure, keep networked data highly available, and keep infrastructure highly scalable. Let PCMagCast, a PC Magazine editor, an expert from Hewlett-Packard, and a product manager from Microsoft teach you what the best practices are in consolidating and managing data with file servers.
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