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| Thread ID: 35886 | 2003-07-24 10:19:00 | Networking Woes | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 162584 | 2003-07-24 10:19:00 | I have gone back thro PF1 to June 24th, looking for Networking Questions. I found 31 Questions/topics asked, bringing 224 replies. On the surface Networking two computers is a simple thing. However it is not simple to all of us, is it?. Yes I know there is an FAQ on this subject. I went into Google & asked the Question "Home Computer Networking" & found " How Home Networking Works" on computer.howstuffworks.com It was as informative as the help I got off PF!. Two comments I noticed in particular, this is an American article, firstly there is over there a Networking setup disc available & two the remark that setting up a network is either very simple & immediate or it is absolutely hell to achieve. There is no apparent reason for this. I guess that in all our lives there will always be something which will baffle us, individually. Home networking is my stumbling block. We still have not been able to use our two printers on our network, plus some files that wont share. All this since trying to put a second printer on the network. Prior to that we could use the new Canon printer from the Sigma XP & the Dell 98se computers. I have tried to follow all the instructions given, but at some point, will stop short of completing a step because it looks too complicated, looks wrong, looks too scary etc. As Maryan rightly says, "Not much point in having a second computer if it cannot be used fully" I am not complaining at or about anyone else, certainly not PF1s fault. The fault with not resolving this problem is solely mine. Poppa John:( :-( |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 162585 | 2003-07-24 10:36:00 | I sympathise Poppa, because I had similar problems when first trying to get TCP/IP protocoll to work between a Win95 and a Win98SE set up on dial up networking. Just couldnt get it to go despite following all the instructions and doing lots of reading. In the end I got it to work by the order in which adaptors were installed. The final working setup looked absolutely identicle in Network to those attempts that didnt work, all the same settings, just a different order of installation. So keep trying, one day it will work! |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 162586 | 2003-07-24 10:44:00 | PJ, from memory you were trying to get both printers networked, but you had a problem trying to get 1 printer to work - even from the PC which it connected directly to? IF this is the case, stop right there and fix that first, as it could be a contributing issue to the other problems. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 162587 | 2003-07-24 10:49:00 | keep smiling PJ as your family of PF1 cares enough to continue helping till its a done deal. and if knew what to do to get it going id come over and help but i'd say i know about as much as you PJ, but if i get that far and ever need help and youve got it sussed ill ask you then we feel for ya PJ just take it a day at a time and do the best ya can at that moment in time. :) beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 162588 | 2003-07-24 11:02:00 | Howdy PJ, If I have followed your saga correctly, your network was working well prior to the installation of the second printer. What I would suggest is that you disconnect both printers and then remove their drivers from each of the computers. After that, see if you can get your computers networked together again. Once the networking (file sharing, etc) is working install one printer to one computer and the other one to the other computer. Check to see if everything is running sweetly network-wise and then load the printer drivers for the second computers printer as a network resource on your XP machine. Once again make sure that the network is still behaving and then install the drivers for the "other" printer on the 98 machine. By doing this you will either have the network you are after or at the very least know where the actual problem lies. HTH |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 162589 | 2003-07-24 11:06:00 | Goddie. Yeah sort of.Initially we were networked with the Epson printer able to be used by both computers. We bought the Canon, unplugged the Epson, plugged the Canon into the same place, did the Instal using the Canon disc & we were able to use the Canon from both M/cs. At this point we should have left well alone, but the sight of the spare printer sitting on the floor............... Anyway we tried to work it from the 98se as a Local Printer first, no go. Then as a network printer , no go. Move it across to the SigmaXP M/c, no go. Now lost the Printing from the 98 altogether, Canon & Epson. At the moment the Canon is still working off the Sigma XP. Robo may have been on the right track as he was talking me thro it "Key by Key" so to speak. Then he went home that Friday.. Enough for today. PJ :) |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 162590 | 2003-07-24 23:08:00 | Sorry to hear that you are still struggling, Poppa. :-( I would suggest digging out your original thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) and continue posting in there so that people all know the history. Don't give up, it will be something small and simple, we just have to figure out what! :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 162591 | 2003-07-25 00:26:00 | Click HERE for help (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) | MichaelMur (4222) | ||
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