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Networking a printer
I am about to setup my 2 PCs with Wanadoo Livebox which gives me a faster
Broadband connection with the ability of running 2 PCs independently.One is connected by wireless and the other by Ethernet cable At present one of the PCs is connected to my printer via a USB connector What is the cheapest method to allow access to the printer by both PCs? Blair |
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Networking a printer
"Blair" wrote in message ... I am about to setup my 2 PCs with Wanadoo Livebox which gives me a faster Broadband connection with the ability of running 2 PCs independently.One is connected by wireless and the other by Ethernet cable At present one of the PCs is connected to my printer via a USB connector What is the cheapest method to allow access to the printer by both PCs? Blair Depends on the printer and the software. Are you running Win XP, Unix or ??? That makes it simple. If it is a standard printer it just has to be hooked to the computer and the other can use it. (both computers must be on) Other printers are network friendly and can be plugged into a hub and be accessed by the network. You don't give enough information for a better answer. What PC has the printer? What printer? |
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Hi Blair
As others have noted, the easiest path is to share out the USB-connected computer on the network. Only negative: the computer it is connected to has to be turned on. If you want to print no matter which computers are turned on, you can attach a wired or wireless print server device to the network. Then connect the printer to that device. Linksys and D-Link both make devices to do this that I've used for clients and had satisfactory results. Cost is roughly $50 to $100, depending on which device you get, plus time andor money to get it installed. -- stan |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message news "Blair" wrote in message ... I am about to setup my 2 PCs with Wanadoo Livebox which gives me a faster Broadband connection with the ability of running 2 PCs independently.One is connected by wireless and the other by Ethernet cable At present one of the PCs is connected to my printer via a USB connector What is the cheapest method to allow access to the printer by both PCs? Blair Depends on the printer and the software. Are you running Win XP, Unix or ??? That makes it simple. If it is a standard printer it just has to be hooked to the computer and the other can use it. (both computers must be on) Other printers are network friendly and can be plugged into a hub and be accessed by the network. You don't give enough information for a better answer. What PC has the printer? What printer? I will be running XP on both PCs The printer is Epson Stylus COLOR 880 The Livebox supplied by Wanadoo is a modem and phone device which has a spare Ethernet connection. I wondered if I could use that Ethernet connection for the printer? Otherwise the network should include the printer with the proviso that both PCs are turned on Blair |
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"zakezuke" wrote in message ups.com... Broadband connection with the ability of running 2 PCs independently.One is connected by wireless and the other by Ethernet cable At present one of the PCs is connected to my printer via a USB connector What is the cheapest method to allow access to the printer by both PCs? [start] {settings} {printers and faxes} Rightclick on the printer you wish to share {sharing...} (Printer Properties) ( ) Do not share the printer (*) Share the printer Share Name ["whatever-you-like"] [OK] ----------------- It may or may not be "as" simple as all that... but the cheapest way is to share the printer under windows... presuming you are running windows. You may be running a firewall, or you might be given ip addresses from your ISP that are simply not on the same subnet. But since both PCs are already on a network, you already have the stuff. A good way to check is the following commands (quotes denote what to type, don't type them) [start]{run}"cmd" c:\whatever "ipconfig" ---- Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : whatever.com IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : x.x.x.y Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : whatever Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : whatever --- If x.x.x.y = something like 192.168.0.something on both PCs your good to go, or basicly any sequence of numbers where only the y value is different. ----- On the PC you wish to use the printer use this command [start]{run}"file://x.x.x.y" Where x.x.x.y = the address shown on the PC that has the printer. You may also browse the network (my network places entire network) but i'm told that "XP home" is tweeky in that regard and i'd rather give instructions that work on anything win98 and above. You should be able to see the host system in an file explorer window, and the printer "whatever" you named it, and you should be able to install it... provided that you don't have pesky firewall software in the way. Thanks for your help. Once I Install the Livebox I will carry out the checks you listed Blair |
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"Stanley Krute" wrote in message . com... Hi Blair As others have noted, the easiest path is to share out the USB-connected computer on the network. Only negative: the computer it is connected to has to be turned on. If you want to print no matter which computers are turned on, you can attach a wired or wireless print server device to the network. Then connect the printer to that device. Linksys and D-Link both make devices to do this that I've used for clients and had satisfactory results. Cost is roughly $50 to $100, depending on which device you get, plus time andor money to get it installed. -- stan Thanks for your reply The Livebox has a spare Ethernet connection. Is this any good for connecting the printer? Blair |
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Thanks for your help. Once I Install the Livebox I will carry out the checks
you listed I should add that XP has some oddball wizard I can't access as i've already run it... selecting "shut the hell up". But I believe you will encounter this step while following my walkthough. Also in another responce you asked about the spare ethernet connection being good for the printer. I don't have any details about "Livebox", I can only guess as to it's technical details, so the best responces I can offer are odds are, should, and ask technical support to be sure. Near as i'm aware the Epson Stylus COLOR 880 does not have an ethernet connection onboard, so unless you employ some form of print server you would not be hooking up the Epson to the LiveBox. However if your printer "did" have such a connection it shouldn't be a problem. However I think you mean something to the effect of can you jack the PC into the livebox and share the printer... where this should not be required. From my understaniding Livebox is a sorta combo service of internet (modem), home networking (wifi hub/router), and phone (VoIP). It's not an issue sharing a printer from one pc attached to a hub/switch/router which I assume that's what the livebox is, and another pc attached to the same device over wireless ethernet AKA wifi. Presuming that the livebox is your standard issue router with nat to share an IP address... not an issue. An old rule of thumb was PC is attached to the planet, other PC is also attached to the same planet... your shared printer is shared with the plaent. This was before firewalls were standard fair and before ISPs thought it was a good idea to disable file and printer sharing between the customers and planet earth. But with this thingie they provide, you have a network, each PC can see the planet, each pc can see eachother. Unless there is some weirdness they installed... and unless your firewall gives you trouble, you are golden. |
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"zakezuke" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for your help. Once I Install the Livebox I will carry out the checks you listed I should add that XP has some oddball wizard I can't access as i've already run it... selecting "shut the hell up". But I believe you will encounter this step while following my walkthough. Also in another responce you asked about the spare ethernet connection being good for the printer. I don't have any details about "Livebox", I can only guess as to it's technical details, so the best responces I can offer are odds are, should, and ask technical support to be sure. Near as i'm aware the Epson Stylus COLOR 880 does not have an ethernet connection onboard, so unless you employ some form of print server you would not be hooking up the Epson to the LiveBox. However if your printer "did" have such a connection it shouldn't be a problem. However I think you mean something to the effect of can you jack the PC into the livebox and share the printer... where this should not be required. From my understaniding Livebox is a sorta combo service of internet (modem), home networking (wifi hub/router), and phone (VoIP). It's not an issue sharing a printer from one pc attached to a hub/switch/router which I assume that's what the livebox is, and another pc attached to the same device over wireless ethernet AKA wifi. Presuming that the livebox is your standard issue router with nat to share an IP address... not an issue. An old rule of thumb was PC is attached to the planet, other PC is also attached to the same planet... your shared printer is shared with the plaent. This was before firewalls were standard fair and before ISPs thought it was a good idea to disable file and printer sharing between the customers and planet earth. But with this thingie they provide, you have a network, each PC can see the planet, each pc can see eachother. Unless there is some weirdness they installed... and unless your firewall gives you trouble, you are golden. Thanks again for your very full explanation. It is much appreciated. Before I have the Livebox live I am having to replace my old desktop which ran 98 with a new PC running XP as the Livebox does not support 98 I was about to replace it anyway but this has brought it forward Will let you know how I get on Blair |
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Before I have the Livebox live I am having to replace my old desktop which
ran 98 with a new PC running XP as the Livebox does not support 98 Does not support 98? The people or the box? Odds are... so long as your machine has ethernet, it'll work. Usually when "they" say we don't support win98 it means we won't touch old machine cause they are so dang slow our support personal will be out in the field for days rather than hours. The keystrokes would be very much the same on a win98 machine, though you'd need the win98 driver... oh and you have to dig through your network properties. Sharing a printer "from" a win98 box would require a few different keystrokes. The only way it wouldn't is if they were doing something totally weird, and weird tends to cost more money. |
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Networking a printer
"zakezuke" wrote in message ups.com... Before I have the Livebox live I am having to replace my old desktop which ran 98 with a new PC running XP as the Livebox does not support 98 Does not support 98? The people or the box? Odds are... so long as your machine has ethernet, it'll work. Usually when "they" say we don't support win98 it means we won't touch old machine cause they are so dang slow our support personal will be out in the field for days rather than hours. The keystrokes would be very much the same on a win98 machine, though you'd need the win98 driver... oh and you have to dig through your network properties. Sharing a printer "from" a win98 box would require a few different keystrokes. The only way it wouldn't is if they were doing something totally weird, and weird tends to cost more money. I checked on Wanadoo web site and they list 98SE as acceptable but when I phoned their "technical help line" I got the message that 98SE would not work with Livebox. I am not impressed with Wanadoo help However I still get the fault report which says I must remove all firewalls. I have done that but of course this is a fault which probably has nothing to do with a firewall Blair |
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