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| Thread ID: 110864 | 2010-07-05 00:21:00 | Printer Sharing | bonzo29 (2348) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1115838 | 2010-07-05 04:01:00 | Yer so. Like I said, you dont ips to print. How do I know? because I dont type anything like what you posted | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1115839 | 2010-07-05 04:07:00 | Yer so. Like I said, you dont ips to print. How do I know? because I dont type anything like what you posted Mate, the IP address is for the 2 units to talk to each other via the router ok!, if host1 ip address changes due to DHCP, the host2 wont be able to print to host1 printer, unless local DNS is working and often it doesnt between difference O/S. (Do you know about master browser). The router is supposed to resolve hostname but on many routers it just goes looking on the ISP DNS servers, so thats why we reserve addresses and put entries in hosts file..okay! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1115840 | 2010-07-05 04:12:00 | Mate, the IP address is for the 2 units to talk to each other via the router ok!, if host1 ip address changes due to DHCP, the host2 wont be able to print to host1 printer, unless local DNS is working and often it doesnt between difference O/S. (Do you know about master browser). The router is supposed to resolve hostname but on many routers it just goes looking on the ISP DNS servers, so thats why we reserve addresses and put entries in hosts file..okay! x2 |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1115841 | 2010-07-05 04:24:00 | If you say so. Even tho I'm not using DHCP. So it probably doesnt apply anyway | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1115842 | 2010-07-05 04:29:00 | If you say so. Even tho I'm not using DHCP. So it probably doesnt apply anyway Right, so your IP address wont change..once the another pc has found your pc, thats all good, but the OP had 2 pc's, connect via a router delivering IP via DHCP... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1115843 | 2010-07-05 04:44:00 | Reserve IP address and an entry in the hosts file will fix this Thats one way of doing it -- The other, which would be easier for the OP, is set a static IP in the network Connection in the PC, that way when the PC starts up its telling the router it will take (insert IP address) instead of the router issuing it automatically, and the laptop knows what IP to look for. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1115844 | 2010-07-05 04:55:00 | Right, so your IP address wont change..once the another pc has found your pc, thats all good, but the OP had 2 pc's, connect via a router delivering IP via DHCP... Correct, which was what I was talking about (static ips - I couldn't think of the word). Yup, what WT just posted, it'd be a LOT easier. I use static ips on these (this for IRC, and on the Xbox). Otherwise, I cant send in IRC. And so I can add the Xbox's ip to DMZ in the router. So, Xbox live works. And that'll (probably) save me typing in an ip to print, or when I go into / copy to the other PC's shared folder/s |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1115845 | 2010-07-05 05:24:00 | Thats one way of doing it -- The other, which would be easier for the OP, is set a static IP in the network Connection in the PC, that way when the PC starts up its telling the router it will take (insert IP address) instead of the router issuing it automatically, and the laptop knows what IP to look for. Yes true, however it means manual DNS server addressing and this doesnt always forward DNS requests to the ISP DNS servers, at least earlier router models didnt.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1115846 | 2010-07-05 05:43:00 | Every one take a step backwards and get this question in Perspective. :waughh: Its one Computer + 1 laptop connected Via 1 Router, not a place that has hundreds of PC's all using 1 shared printer. Setting up Static IP's as well as DNS server addressing is way OTT. The chances are very high that simply sharing the printer will work perfectly as in Post #2. I've been to and set up countless networks with shared printers, none have static IP's and they all work fine.(printing) Here I have two network Lasers connected to the router, they obviously have to have Static IP's. Any other shared printers are simply shared, some PC's have Static IP's, most dont -- never have there been any problems printing to any printer - apart from if the PC is turned off of course :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1115847 | 2010-07-06 00:01:00 | I hope the OP didn't read past #2!!! | linw (53) | ||
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