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| 1389540 | 2014-12-04 08:13:00 | I recently received a new wireless gateway from Spark. One of the features it advertises is that you can attached a USB printer to the gateway and share the printer over the network. According to the instruction manual, all you need to do is attach the printer, and while it is on, use the Add Printer feature in Windows to add a network printer. The manual states: "...enter the printer's address 192.168.1.254:631 in the URL text box. myprinter is the customized name of the printer to add." I tried this, using "Brother," "HL-1250" and just the generic "myprinter" as the printer name, but every time I click next I receive an error saying: "Windows couldn't connect to the printer. Check the printer name and try again. If this is a network printer, make sure that the printer is turned on, and that the printer address is correct." The printer works fine connected directly to the computer. I've tried this on two Windows 7 64bit machines. I've called Spark and though the support person tried, he couldn't figure it out. He said I was the first to ask about this feature and that they aren't trained on setting it up. However, he said he would try to see if he could make it work with one of the computers at the support centre. I asked if he could email me and let me know how it went. That was a few days ago and I haven't heard back. I also called Huawei support. They said they would email me directions for port forwarding. I received them but can't see how this is relates to what I'm trying to do. Has anyone successfully done this? If so, can you give me some advice to make it work please? Cheers |
schvankus (17320) | ||
| 1389541 | 2014-12-04 08:40:00 | All I can say is that with our Snap Fritzbox router, the straight forward plug and play doesn't work ... and we had to install a software feature to work around it which Frizbox linked to in the router setup. Have you tried it with other printers? Maybe a big ask for it to support all kind of printers. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1389542 | 2014-12-04 18:45:00 | I have tried two different printers, both with the same result. As I've set-up other routers to do this, I know it should work. But on this model, unlike others I've used, there is no place to enable USB printing and define the printer name (which I would think would be used by Windows to locate the printer). On the Huawei there is none of that. |
schvankus (17320) | ||
| 1389543 | 2014-12-04 18:54:00 | Did you read the manual :eek: (hope this link works) its a PDF, page 29 onwards, the way they describe the setup is ever so slightly different to what you were told in post #1, static.telecom.co.nz OR go to the following , select user Guide help.spark.co.nz Ive set up plenty of Netgear Routers with printers connected, and it was as simple as installing the software for the printer first on the computer, then plug in the printer to the router, run netgears setup Software, detected and away it went. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1389544 | 2014-12-05 06:03:00 | Thanks for your reply. Yes, I followed the instructions in the User Guide you linked to and it simply does not work. | schvankus (17320) | ||
| 1389545 | 2014-12-05 06:33:00 | Basically you are trying to connect to a Network printer. "Sometimes" they can be a real PITA ;) Had one today that was doing that ( networked PITA) Had to do it a different way. Make sure the printer is connected to the router and turned on. Give this a go, see if it works --open the advanced network settings -- Open the control Panel / network and sharing center / On left - Change Advanced sharing settings / (these may differ slightly depending on how you have assigned the network) - Under home and Work, make sure Network Discovery and Printer sharing are enabled, scroll down, make sure password protected sharing is OFF (that's important) reboot for the hell of it and to make sure the settings have taken. :) Now the work around -- open the network, if you dont have an icon already, right click the desktop, Personalize, top left change desktop Icons - tick network - Apply/Close from the network icon on the desktop, look to see if the printer is showing, if it is, right click it / Install, a wizard will open, it may ask for location of the drivers so if it does make sure you have the CD available or if its available the printer list may open, select your printer OR it may automatically duck off to windows update and look for its self - dont stop it. IF the printer is not showing under the network then its not being shared Via the Router - thats the problem. IF you have your network setup Via HOMEGROUP and not standard networking , that usually can cause problems as well. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1389546 | 2014-12-05 07:10:00 | My Canon IP4700 would not work on a Vodafone router, tried absolutely everything. Switched to Snap plugged it into the fritzbox ran the software that automatically popped up and away went the printer. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1389547 | 2014-12-06 02:13:00 | I also called Huawei support. They said they would email me directions for port forwarding. I received them but can't see how this is relates to what I'm trying to do. It doesn't. But most people calling router tech support have problems with not knowing how to set up port forwarding so I guess it's their default response... My Canon IP4700 would not work on a Vodafone router, tried absolutely everything. Switched to Snap plugged it into the fritzbox ran the software that automatically popped up and away went the printer. Indeed, it may just be incompatible. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1389548 | 2014-12-07 08:58:00 | Thank you for all your responses. I've tried three printers: Brother HL-1250, HL-2040 and Canon IP2000. All with the same result. I was hoping someone was using this router successfully to share their USB printer, but maybe I'm the only one foolish enough to want to do this :-) |
schvankus (17320) | ||
| 1389549 | 2014-12-07 19:04:00 | Those USB ports on Routers, not all of them are capable of working with a Printer. Even though the instructions say its printer able, you may find its only a very select number of printers. Some routers have a USB port and will only work as a storage attachment. | wainuitech (129) | ||
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