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| Thread ID: 111718 | 2010-08-08 23:28:00 | Network printer showing as offline when not | woc (13210) | Press F1 |
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| 1125834 | 2010-08-08 23:28:00 | I have a problem with a rico network printer. The network addressing is Auto and set by router. The printer address is 192.168.254.210 . Local Nework address : 192.168.254. 1-200 Sub-net 255.255.255.0 Computer address is usually 192.168.254.4 There are 4 computer connected to the printer. The computer is using a local ports for access the printer. The computer is using XP (home I think) Problem: When the printer is turned off and restarts the printer shows up as offline. The printer is not offline. It can be pinged and other computers can access it. If one adds the printer then it then shows up as online and can print OK until the computer is restarted. Anyone have this happen before and know the solution. I'm sure it is simple. :confused: |
woc (13210) | ||
| 1125835 | 2010-08-08 23:34:00 | ? If the Local Nework address is 192.168.254. 1-200 (I take it this is the valid ip range)? and the printer is 192.168.254.210, isnt that outside the ip range? How is this printer connected? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1125836 | 2010-08-08 23:34:00 | I always thought it was recommended that network printers have a static ip address? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1125837 | 2010-08-08 23:36:00 | It'd probably be better if all the PC's were. Since, if you reboot them often, the ip's will change. And they wont find each other after | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1125838 | 2010-08-09 00:03:00 | So I was right giving all of my own pcs a static then | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1125839 | 2010-08-09 00:04:00 | I would say so yup. I do the same thing here. Well, I have to use a static ip on this for IRC, and a static ip for the Xbox. So, I can add it to DMZ in the router. Since static ips stay the same. If you put it on auto, they dont |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1125840 | 2010-08-09 00:15:00 | You have irc? EDIT: oops thought you meant irc server, reread it and it made sense. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1125841 | 2010-08-09 00:17:00 | So I was right giving all of my own pcs a static then NO!, you use reservations for DHCP! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1125842 | 2010-08-09 00:19:00 | You don't have to assign static IPs on your LAN, as long as name resolution is working properly you will always be able to find your PCs. But, it does make management easier (consistency) - and of course you can't do manual port forwarding if the IP is going to change. But I assign them not manually in Windows but by way of MAC address in the router. Then I can leave the PCs to use DHCP which allows them to still work easily if I happen to connect them to a different network. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1125843 | 2010-08-09 00:22:00 | You don't have to assign static IPs on your LAN, as long as name resolution is working properly you will always be able to find your PCs. But, it does make management easier (consistency) - and of course you can't do manual port forwarding if the IP is going to change. But I assign them not manually in Windows but by way of MAC address in the router. Then I can leave the PCs to use DHCP which allows them to still work easily if I happen to connect them to a different network. Snap agent...!, most router now allow reservations via either MAC address or Hostname! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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