If you ever need to reconfigure an HP Jetdirect, this can be done via telnet. We have a model 170x; however, this procedure will work with many Jetdirect boxes. First off, you need to figure out the current IP address. Do this by pushing the system test button on the Jetdirect box. The current IP address and subnet mask will be listed. Once you have the IP address, bind another address on the same network as the Jetdirect box, and telnet to it:
srv-5:~ usr4$ telnet 10.50.100.8 Trying 10.50.100.8... Connected to 10.50.100.8. Escape character is '^]'. HP JetDirect Please type "?" for HELP, or "/" for current settings > / ===JetDirect Telnet Configuration=== Firmware Rev. : F.08.20 MAC Address : 00:01:e6:28:03:e0 Config By : USER SPECIFIED IP Address : 10.50.100.8 Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway : 10.50.100.82 Syslog Server : Not Specified Idle Timeout : 90 Seconds Set Cmnty Name : Not Specified Host Name : Not Specified DHCP Config : Disabled Passwd : Disabled IPX/SPX : Disabled DLC/LLC : Disabled Banner page : Enabled > ? To Change/Configure Parameters Enter: Parameter-name: value <Carriage Return> Parameter-name Type of value ip: IP-address in dotted notation subnet-mask: address in dotted notation (enter 0 for default) default-gw: address in dotted notation (enter 0 for default) syslog-svr: address in dotted notation (enter 0 for default) idle-timeout: seconds in integers set-cmnty-name: alpha-numeric string (32 chars max) host-name: alpha-numeric string (upper case only, 32 chars max) dhcp-config: 0 to disable, 1 to enable allow: <ip> [mask] (0 to clear, list to display, 10 max) addrawport: <TCP port num> (<TCP port num> 3000-9000) deleterawport: <TCP port num> listrawport: (No parameter required) ipx/spx: 0 to disable, 1 to enable dlc/llc: 0 to disable, 1 to enable banner: 0 to disable, 1 to enable Type passwd to change the password. Type "?" for HELP, "/" for current settings or "quit" to save-and-exit. Or type "exit" to exit without saving configuration parameter entries |
Let’s change the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway:
> ip: 10.50.100.9 > subnet-mask: 255.255.255.0 > default-gw: 10.50.100.82 |
Type quit to save the changes:
> quit ===JetDirect Parameters Configured=== IP Address : 10.50.100.9 Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway : 10.50.100.82 Syslog Server : Not Specified Idle Timeout : 90 Seconds Set Cmnty Name : Not Specified Host Name : Not Specified DHCP Config : Disabled Passwd : Disabled IPX/SPX : Disabled DLC/LLC : Disabled Banner page : Enabled User Quitting Connection closed by foreign host. |
Test the new configuration:
srv-5:~ usr4$ telnet 10.50.100.9 Trying 10.50.100.9... Connected to 10.50.100.9. Escape character is '^]'. HP JetDirect Please type "?" for HELP, or "/" for current settings > |
All good. Note that the password can be changed, but there currently is no password. This may be OK for an internal network, but to be safe, consider changing this so that a password is required.
