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Missing Network printer

I

ianh

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currently picked up the courage to try to add to home network..

currently have

BT voyager ADSL router at 192.168.1.1
WRT54GL at 192.168.0.1
Wired Pc at 192.168.0.100
Dell laptop at 192.168.0.101.

all works well on my rather slow BT broadband but at 10Km+ in deepest wales its better than 28k dial up.

I am trying to add an epson TM88iv Thermal printer -- it comes with ethernet adaptor pre set to.

192.168.192.168..

am i missing something ..but shouldent i be able to ping the printer at
ping 192.168.192.168

all i am getting is request timed out 100% loss..

have i missed a class in networking 101....

I am trying to build a Point of Sale Sytem for a small buisness we run but trying to learn networking as we go..

thanks in anticipation

Ian H
 
Ok, there are a few problems what what you re saying...

1st is that the IP 192.168.192.168 doesnt sound right... why/how would a manufacturer fix it to a single IP ???

2nd - what you told about the IPs at your router - it seems that its set to DHCP - if that the case then your printer (if) has a statis IP - will not connect to the router. The router will have to be used at a static router not dynamic.

What I would suggest is that connect the printer and go into your router and look at the list of connected devices. If you see the printer then - Bingo - all you have to is to set up the drivers on the computer as a network printer. Otherwise you will have to read the router manual and change your router configuration to static from DHCP...
 

All tm88ivs with ethernet option seem to be shipped with ip.192.168.192.168 and then you change it as part of the install procedure..

will a reversed rj45 work direct from laptop lan port

and then could i change printer to a static ip within range of dchp -- 192-168.0.110 say



you are correct my wrt54g is set to Auto Config DCHP - as are both the lap and pc

ian h
 
is it a Epson ? If yes then it says that it has a USB port maybe you con connect it that way to a comp and change the configs...
 
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