System and method for configuring information handling system networked peripherals
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1. A system for configuring networked peripherals, the system comprising:
- a portable flash memory device operable to interface with an information handling system communication port;
a peripheral configuration application running on an information handling system having a communication port, the peripheral configuration application operable to accept network configuration information for one or more peripherals and to store the network configuration information on the portable flash memory device;
a communication port associated with the peripheral and operable to interface with the portable flash memory device; and
a network configuration utility running on the peripheral, the network configuration utility operable to read the network configuration information from the portable flash memory device and apply the network configuration information to the peripheral.
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Abstract
Information handling system peripherals, such as printers, scanners, routers, switches, are configured to communicate over a local area network with network configuration information stored on a portable flash memory device, such as a USB storage device. A network configuration utility associated with the peripheral applies selected network configuration information to the peripheral, such as a static IP address, a subnet mask and a gateway, and disables dynamic networking functions, such as DHCP, BOOTP and RARP to stabilize the peripheral configuration for communication over the local area network.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for configuring networked peripherals, the system comprising:
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a portable flash memory device operable to interface with an information handling system communication port; a peripheral configuration application running on an information handling system having a communication port, the peripheral configuration application operable to accept network configuration information for one or more peripherals and to store the network configuration information on the portable flash memory device; a communication port associated with the peripheral and operable to interface with the portable flash memory device; and a network configuration utility running on the peripheral, the network configuration utility operable to read the network configuration information from the portable flash memory device and apply the network configuration information to the peripheral. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring networked peripherals, the method comprising:
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inputting into an information handling system network configuration information for a peripheral to communicate with a local area network; storing the inputted network configuration information on a portable flash memory device interfaced with a communication port of the information handling system; interfacing the portable flash memory device with a communication port of the peripheral; transferring the network configuration information to the peripheral; and applying the network configuration information to configure the peripheral to interface with the local area network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information handling system printer comprising:
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components operable to process information received from an local area network with a dynamic network configuration and to print the information; a communication port operable to interface with a portable flash memory device; a network configuration utility interfaced with the communication port to read network configuration information stored on the portable flash memory device, the network configuration utility operable to apply the network configuration information to the components to interface with the local area network and to disable the dynamic network configuration. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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