Function
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Description
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Card Type
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This field reports the type of network card installed in the printer.
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Token Ring Address
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This field specifies the printer's Token Ring address (by default, this is a bit-swapped version of the Printer's Printer ID, and it is a unique address on the network). You can supply a Locally Administered Address.
For Locally Administered Addresses, you can enter any valid Token Ring address between 4x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx and 7x:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. Entering an empty string causes the printer to reset the address to the printer's default address.
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Speed
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This field reports the Token Ring speed set by the jumper on the PhaserShare Token Ring card installed in the printer. The speed is either 4 Mbps or 16 Mbps.
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Early Token Release
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This field enables or disables the IBM-compatible Early Token Release feature.
This field is displayed only when Speed is set to 16 Mbps.
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Frame Routing
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This list box specifies the Token Ring source routing. The choices are:
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Broadcast Frame Explorer Type
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Used when broadcasting to all network nodes.
These buttons control the default frame type for source route broadcasts. The choices are:
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Unknown Route Explorer Type
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Used when the printer is searching for a route to a specific network node.
These buttons control the default frame type for source route broadcasts. The choices are:
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Route Cache Timeout
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This field specifies the time in seconds that an entry remains in the source route table before being updated. Enter a value between 5 to 65535.
This field is displayed only when Frame Routing is set to Source Route.
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Route Cache Size
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This field specifies the number of entries in the source route table. Enter a value between 10 to 300.
This field is displayed only when Frame Routing is set to Source Route.
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