Canon IMAGECLASS MF8180C Network Manual

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Preparation for Protocol Settings 2-3Specifying the Network Settings2Preparation for Protocol SettingsBefore you specify the machine’s protocol settings, it is necessary to specify themachine’s IP address to enable communication between the machine and yourcomputers. You can use any of the following to specify the settings. Specify thesettings using the easiest method.• The machine’s operation panel• The ARP/PING commands• NetSpot Device Installer (Canon utility software included in the User Software CD)IMPORTANT• In the following operations, the machine’s MAC address is necessary. To check the MACaddress from the machine’s operation panel, print a USER DATA LIST. (Refer to Chapter6, "Reports and Lists," in the Facsimile Guide.)• Before you perform the following operations in this section, check that the machine is ONand connected to the network.• If you are using ARP/PING commands, the following steps directly allocate the IPaddress to the machine. For this machine, in addition to direct allocation of the IPaddress to the machine, you can use DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP to specify the IP address.When the machine is started or reset, it checks whether DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP isbeing used, and then allocates an IP address using the first available setting method.Because the machine’s IP address is automatically allocated at this time, it is notnecessary for you to perform the following operations in this section. However if you arereallocating the IP address, or if DHCP, BOOTP, or RARP is not used, perform thefollowing operations.