Problem With Router

Since its a plain KVM switch, its not going to make any difference. Just make sure that you switch on your router first & all your computers later.

 

Hi, This question does not relate exactly to my Router problem, I am half way through relocating all the wires trying to make the setup somewhat neater than it was before.
While working on this I thought it would be nice to be able to have the Printer Networked until now I just used seperate Printer cable from each PC und plugged in the cable from PC 1-2- or 3 witchever I wanted to print from.
If there is a easy uncomplicated way of doing it I would like to know about it so I can try and do it while I am setting it all up.
thanks
hawk22

 

Heres hoping that I understand correctly.

You already have a Router and a printer that will network.

You have been swapping cables.

Why not just plug the Printer into the Router ?

I have three machines and one printer all plugged directly to the Router. Any machine can print at any time regardless whether any other machine is on or not.

BUT !! this does require

That my Modem, Router and Printer be separately powered and do not get shut down.

And this does require that the Printer software be installed on each machine. But it has proven to be well worth it.

BillyBob

 

OOPS !!

I may have mis-understood.

I now see that you may not have an actuall networkable printer.

My HP5550 will only work from this machine.
My HP5850 plugs into the Router.

And again I say it has been well worth the cost.

BillyBob

 

Hi Billy Bob, To tell you the truth I din't know if this printer is Networkable it is a Canon i865. The Router that I have is a TP-Link TL-R460 Cable/DSL Router.
I thought it was for Internet only I really don't know much about Routers.
hawk22

 

I have a Linksys Router with all three machines and the Printer plugged directly into it.

If your Printer is Networkable as is my HP5850 is it will have a place to plug in the same type of cable that goes from each machine to the Router.

At least these are my thouhgts anyway.

BillyBob

 

It would appear your Canon i860 series is not a "network" printer. You may want to follow up on this other situation when you have some time ... Easy-WebPrint Script Error - i860 series .....

Sorry, no good news today.

 

One thing that I like very much about having the Networkable Printer the way I do, is that no one certain machine has to be on on order to use it. It is actually installed separately on each machine.
The HP 5550 that I have requires that this machine to be powered up and the Printer set to be shared.
Overall the cost and the little extra work invloved has made the HP 5850 well worth it.

BillyBob

 

Hi all, I am back after re-wiring and connecting my setup, the Router is on a separate power board so it will power up first.
I have again followed the instructions carefully in setting the Router up but still no Joy, all exactly the same.
I also have tried to use software" NETWORK MAGIC" it also can not detect the Router.
This is the setup. Copied from Control Panel Network Connections

PC 1
Local Area Connection 3
Lan or High-Speed Internet
Connected
I P Address : 192.168.2.99
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Assigned by DHCP
(Connected to Router in Port 1)

PC 2
Local Area Connection 2
Lan or High-Speed Internet
Connected
I P Address : 192.168.2.100
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Assigned by DHCP
(Connected to Router in Port 2)
I don’t know why it is Local Area Connection 3 and 2

When attempting to connect the Router by typing http://192.168.1.1 into the address field of the Browser nothing happens.

I also have pressed the little Reset Button at the back of the Router no change.
What do I have to do to get this thing going.
My Internet Cable connection is very good I can plug the Modem Cable into any of the PC’s and my Internet works great.
Help is needed here.
Thanks
Hawk22

 

This address is on the subnet 192.168.2.0.

192.168.1.1 is on subnet 192.168.1.0. Different subnet. To connect directly, the addresses need to be on the same subnet. If all is working correctly the router will set its own IP address as the default gateway for the two PC. So do an IPCONFIG /ALL to get all the IP information for your PC and then browse to the IP address that is set as the default gateway. I expect if those are the addresses assigned by the router, the router will be at 192.168.2.1.

 

Thanks ReggieB, Now you have to excuse my ignorance cause what seems natural and logical to you is Spanish to me.
So please be patient with me and explain in step by step.
How exactly do I do a IPCONFIG / ALL. Do I have to have the two PC's Modem and Router on? Couse when I am using the Internet now to write this I have to disconnect the Router and plug the Modem straight into my Ethernet connection. and I assume it is from Run IPCONFIG-/-All or no spaces.
As to the rest Please go through with me in detail.
I would be very grateful to you.
hawk22

 

Start>Run>cmd>ipconfig/all

Your default gateway should be at 192.168.2.1

Yes, your router has to be plugged in.

 

Have a read through of the sample chapter of the O'Reilly book "Windows Server 2003 Network Administration ". The chapter can be found here. It's aimed at 2003 administrators, but most of the tools are the same in XP. In particular PING, IPCONFIG, NSLOOKUP, TRACERT.