MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations. D-Link AirPlus DP-G310, PS Admin

Print Server Administration User’s Guide

MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations

To connect your MS-DOS/PC-DOS workstation using client software such as

Microsoft LAN Manager client

Microsoft NT Server client

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups (DOS client) you will normally use the

NET USE

command. To connect a

DOS-based NetBEUI client to a printer attached to your print server,

1. Choose a free printer port (LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3) not being used on the workstation. If you never connect a printer directly to the workstation’s physical printer port, you should probably choose LPT1.

2. Type the command

NET USE port \\computer name\printer name

where

port

is the name of the free printer port,

computer name

is the name of the print server, and

printer name

is the name of the print server’s port. For example, to connect LPT1 to the printer on port PS-142634-P1 on the print server PS-

142634, use the command:

NET USE LPT1 \\PS-142634\PS-142634-P1

3. You can add the above line to your

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file if you always wish to be connected to the printer.

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