Good luck. These things really shouldn't be that difficult, although I
had to get three routers once before I found one that worked. Turned
out that the second one (and probably the first one) had been
returned, repackaged by the store and restocked. I noticed the second
one didn't have its cables individually packaged like the first one.
When I got the third one I had there service department fire it up
first. That was when the tech told me it wasn't unusual for them to
re-shrink-wrap returns and sell them as new.
Anyway Keep Smiling
| Rob, Mungo, others.
|
| Many thanks for your advice on this - all getting too complicated
for me. I
| asked a local IT guy to have a look at it this afternoon and he
couldn't get
| it to work either ... although he did sort-out the IP Addresses,
etc. He
| thinks the item is faulty so I will return it.
|
| All your help is much appreciated.
|
| | > That's the problem Terry, everything is not OK. You have both your
| > Router and your Printserver pointing to the print severer as being
the
| > Gateway. I asked for the information from ipconfig, run on you PC,
but
| > that request seems to have been misplaced.
| > So to get on an even footing, would you please supply the
following
| > information:
| > Result from ipconfig run on your PC
| > IP address of Print Server, IP address of what it thinks is the
| > Gateway, Subnet Mask the Print Server is using. Name and model
numbers
| > of the printers that you have installed on the Print Server.
| > IP address of the Router, IP address of what it thinks is the
Gateway,
| > Subnet Mask the Router is using. The IP address of the DHCP
server,
| > Subnet Mask the DHCP server is using. Is the server enabled? The
IP
| > address of the DNS server
| > On your PC, RUN CMD
| > type ipconfig /all > c:\temp.txt
| > (it will appear that nothing happened but it will have written
| > everything into the temp.txt file)
| >
| > Open the c:\temp.txt file with notepad. Select all the text and
| > copy/paste it into your reply.
| >
| > In the mean time, I shall finish reading your equipment manuals.
May I
| > suggest you do the same, even if you have already done so.
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Thanks.
| > |
| > | The Gateway IP Address is the same for both the Router and the
Print
| > | Server - 192.168.1.1 - only the IP Addresses themselves differ.
| > Likewise,
| > | the Subnet Masks are identical - 255.255.255.0
| > |
| > | I must have reset the factory settings on the Print Server a
dozen
| > times but
| > | the DHCP Client still appears as Disabled.
| > |
| > | So, if everything apart from the DHCP appears OK, how do I
change
| > this
| > |
| > | | > | > DHCP client should not be disabled, and the Gateway IP Address
| > should
| > | > be the same as your router, which if memory serves me
correctly is
| > | > 192.168.1.2
| > | > I am not linked to your manual, but I do think I remember
reading
| > | > about DHCP client being the factory default, so if you re-read
the
| > | > manual to confirm this, you can reset the factory default by
| > holding
| > | > the rest/test button depressed for more than ten seconds. Then
| > when
| > | > the PS reboots, it should have a Gateway IP equal to your
router's
| > IP,
| > | > a Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, both of which should be the
same
| > as
| > | > those reported by your PC when you run ipconfig. The only
| > difference
| > | > should be the IP address.
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | The ping exercise seemed to work OK (no data lost) and both
| > printers
| > | > will
| > | > | now print test pages when the Print Server is fired-up
whilst
| > | > holding the
| > | > | reset button. These reveal:
| > | > |
| > | > | IP Address: 192.168.1.1
| > | > | Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
| > | > | Gateway IP Address: 192.168.1.1
| > | > | DHCP Client: Disabled
| > | > |
| > | > | BUT ... neither printer will print from Word.
| > | > |
| > | > | | > | > | > That will do it.
message
| > | > | > | > | > | > | Just remind me how that is done - I know it's from
Run:cmd.
| > Is
| > | > it
| > | > | > just
| > | > | > | 'ping 192.168.1.1' ?
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | | > | > | > | > Can you ping it from your PC?
| > | > | > | > If you can successfully ping it, Setup wizard should
be
| > able
| > | > to
| > | > | > set up
| > | > | > | > the Print Server.
| > | > | > | > It is strange that if your printers support USB
connection
| > to
| > | > a
| > | > | > print
| > | > | > | > server, that they would not print the test page.
| > message
| > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | The IP Address was 192.168.1.1 whereas the Router is
| > | > 192.168.1.2
| > | > | > | > |
| > | > | > | > | | > | > | > | > | >
in
| > | > message
| > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | Thanks Rob but it won't print a test page
(although
| > it
| > | > was
| > | > | > doing
| > | > | > | > so
| > | > | > | > | > in the
| > | > | > | > | > | manner you describe yesterday when the Router
wasn't
| > | > | > working!).
| > | > | > | > I
| > | > | > | > | > don't
| > | > | > | > | > | think it's associating with next door's network
as
| > his
| > | > seems
| > | > | > to
| > | > | > | > be
| > | > | > | > | > switched
| > | > | > | > | > | off at the moment and, in any case, the manual
seems
| > to
| > | > | > suggest
| > | > | > | > that
| > | > | > | > | > when
| > | > | > | > | > | the Ethernet cable is connected this disables
the
| > | > wireless
| > | > | > | > element
| > | > | > | > | > of the
| > | > | > | > | > | print server.
| > | > | > | > | > <<<< Snip >>>>
| > | > | > | > | > That's the whole idea of connecting it directly by
| > cable,
| > | > to
| > | > | > | > eliminate
| > | > | > | > | > the wireless element. What was the configuration
of
| > the
| > | > server
| > | > | > | > after
| > | > | > | > | > you restored the factory settings?
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