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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

Auto-IP Addressing

Network devices use automatic IP addressing if they are configured to 

acquire an address using DHCP but are unable to contact a DHCP server. 

Automatic IP addressing is a scheme where devices allocate themselves an 

IP address at random from the industry standard subnet of 169.254.x.x 

(with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0). If two devices allocate themselves 

the same address, the conflict is detected and one of the devices allocates 

itself a new address.

Automatic IP addressing support was introduced by Microsoft in the 

Windows 98 operating system and is also supported in Windows 

2000/XP/2003.

In order to register the host name of the print server in networks with 

dynamic IP address settings, WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) and 

DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) are supported. It is recommended 

that at least one of these methods should be used if you are setting the IP 

address of the print server using DHCP.

The host name of the print server is specified by the PS_NAME. 

parameter. Refer to the “The Parameter List” on page 142.

WINS Host Name

Rules

WINS only supports 15 character long host names. If your host name is 

longer than 15 characters, the print server truncates the host name to 15 

characters when registering with a WINS server. You can view the print 

server’s host name that is registered at a WINS server in the print server’s 

Web interface. Refer to “Using a Web Browser for Print Server 

DDNS Host Name

Rules

DDNS supports 47 character long host names and can only consist of the 

characters ‘A-Z’, ’a-z’, ’0-9’ and ‘-’. If your host name consists of any 

other characters, they are converted to ‘-’ when registering with a DDNS 

server. You can view which host name that is registered at a DDNS server 

in the print server’s Web interface. Refer to “Using a Web Browser for 

If the host name matches another entry in the DDNS data base, the print 

server deletes that entry before registering.

•  The default host name of the print server is ’AXIS’ followed by the last 6 digits in the serial 

number. e.g. AXIS181636. The host name (Print server name) can be changed in the 
PS_NAME. field on the 

Admin | General Settings page.

•  The host name limitations conclude that if you want to register the same host name at a 

WINS server and a DDNS server, the host name should be no longer than 15 characters and 
it should only contain the characters ‘A-Z’, ‘a-z’, ’0-9’ and ‘-’.

•  Refer to your system manuals or to your network administrator for instructions on how 

host name resolutions are performed on your system.