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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
I have a friend (some distance away from me) who is trying to connect
up a LAN consisting of three computers and two printers with accessibility to the internet and the printers from all three computers. His two printers have cat5 ports, as do his external modem and all three computers. He says he has the following with the idea that expansions would be simpler: Windows XP PRO SP2 on all computers Verizon DSL Modem: Westell, model 6100 Router: SMC Barricade, model SMC7008ABR (8-Ethernet ports + uplink port on front; parallel, WAN port + parallel & serial sockets) Switch: Netgear, model FS116 (16-ports; port 16 is convertible from normal to uplink) He says he has tried cat5-connecting the printers and the router to the switch and the computers and modem to the router. all to no avail. He says he has tried skipping the router altogether by connecting the modem and the computers to the switch, again to no avail. Does anyone out there have any experience with this router and switch? If so, can you advise how best to hook things up? Thanks Gecko |
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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
On 26 Sep, 16:28, gecko wrote:
I have a friend (some distance away from me) who is trying to connect up a LAN consisting of three computers and two printers with accessibility to the internet and the printers from all three computers. His two printers have cat5 ports, as do his external modem and all three computers. He says he has the following with the idea that expansions would be simpler: Windows XP PRO SP2 on all computers Verizon DSL Modem: Westell, model 6100 Router: SMC Barricade, model SMC7008ABR (8-Ethernet ports + uplink port on front; parallel, WAN port + parallel & serial sockets) Switch: Netgear, model FS116 (16-ports; port 16 is convertible from normal to uplink) He says he has tried cat5-connecting the printers and the router to the switch and the computers and modem to the router. all to no avail. He says he has tried skipping the router altogether by connecting the modem and the computers to the switch, again to no avail. Does anyone out there have any experience with this router and switch? If so, can you advise how best to hook things up? Thanks Gecko I guess the way would be to connect each to the switch and 'search for a network printer' in win xp. your terminology is good, but what is missing here is troubleshooting. Can he access the internet, can he ping each device, e.t.c. Where is he hitting a wall. Is he getting an error when he tried to search for a network printer a specific error message from that would be a common problem i'm sure. |
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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:53 GMT, gecko
wrote: I have a friend (some distance away from me) who is trying to connect up a LAN consisting of three computers and two printers with accessibility to the internet and the printers from all three computers. His two printers have cat5 ports, as do his external modem and all three computers. He says he has the following with the idea that expansions would be simpler: Windows XP PRO SP2 on all computers Verizon DSL Modem: Westell, model 6100 Router: SMC Barricade, model SMC7008ABR (8-Ethernet ports + uplink port on front; parallel, WAN port + parallel & serial sockets) Switch: Netgear, model FS116 (16-ports; port 16 is convertible from normal to uplink) He says he has tried cat5-connecting the printers and the router to the switch and the computers and modem to the router. all to no avail. He says he has tried skipping the router altogether by connecting the modem and the computers to the switch, again to no avail. Does anyone out there have any experience with this router and switch? If so, can you advise how best to hook things up? Thanks Gecko Start with the simplest configuration. Hook one PC up to the router over the lan port and login to the router. Configure as needed, if needed. Instructions should be in the router manual, IF the broadband is DSL then you may need to enable PPoE on the router, and will not need software installed on the PC (which an ISP might've provided), should uninstall any software that might have been installed. Observe whether the network adapter link lights are lit appropriately on the two connected devices. Don't proceed to the next step until this much can be done, and handle each further step the same way that it should work before adding more items (or at least a step by step focus systematically in this order). Next hook the cable modem up to the router's WAN port and get that working. The one PC should have internet access. Don't move on to other devices until it does. Next hook the other PCs up to the router, or to the switch connected to a router LAN port. The router and switch should be power cycled when each new thing is added. Confirm the networked PCs see each other in Network Neighborhood, that they have same workgroup (they would be default, but if such settings have been changed then they may need changed back). They should all now have internet access. Finally hook the printers up. If they have a control panel and manual IP number assignment, you might need to change that to an IP number in the same range as the rest of the LAN, or set them to DHCP so the router can assign the IP number. A static IP number is preferred because the printer driver may need that input and you wouldn't want it subject to change. The router configuration screens might allow the router to designate a fixed IP address that is still served up by DHCP function, it is another alternative to the IP address being fixed on the printer control panel. Some printers now also have a browser webpage interface, if that is the case you can instead configure them through this but the system and printer still have to have the same IP address range, whether that occurs by configuring the client system to the range of the printer, or the router IP range to be the same as the printer (which through DHCP then issues the client PC a number in the same range). |
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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:40:24 -0400, kony wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:28:53 GMT, gecko wrote: I have a friend (some distance away from me) who is trying to connect up a LAN consisting of three computers and two printers with accessibility to the internet and the printers from all three computers. His two printers have cat5 ports, as do his external modem and all three computers. He says he has the following with the idea that expansions would be simpler: Windows XP PRO SP2 on all computers Verizon DSL Modem: Westell, model 6100 Router: SMC Barricade, model SMC7008ABR (8-Ethernet ports + uplink port on front; parallel, WAN port + parallel & serial sockets) Switch: Netgear, model FS116 (16-ports; port 16 is convertible from normal to uplink) He says he has tried cat5-connecting the printers and the router to the switch and the computers and modem to the router. all to no avail. He says he has tried skipping the router altogether by connecting the modem and the computers to the switch, again to no avail. Does anyone out there have any experience with this router and switch? If so, can you advise how best to hook things up? Thanks Gecko Start with the simplest configuration. Hook one PC up to the router over the lan port and login to the router. Configure as needed, if needed. Instructions should be in the router manual, IF the broadband is DSL then you may need to enable PPoE on the router, and will not need software installed on the PC (which an ISP might've provided), should uninstall any software that might have been installed. Observe whether the network adapter link lights are lit appropriately on the two connected devices. Don't proceed to the next step until this much can be done, and handle each further step the same way that it should work before adding more items (or at least a step by step focus systematically in this order). Next hook the cable modem up to the router's WAN port and get that working. The one PC should have internet access. Don't move on to other devices until it does. Next hook the other PCs up to the router, or to the switch connected to a router LAN port. The router and switch should be power cycled when each new thing is added. Confirm the networked PCs see each other in Network Neighborhood, that they have same workgroup (they would be default, but if such settings have been changed then they may need changed back). They should all now have internet access. Finally hook the printers up. If they have a control panel and manual IP number assignment, you might need to change that to an IP number in the same range as the rest of the LAN, or set them to DHCP so the router can assign the IP number. A static IP number is preferred because the printer driver may need that input and you wouldn't want it subject to change. The router configuration screens might allow the router to designate a fixed IP address that is still served up by DHCP function, it is another alternative to the IP address being fixed on the printer control panel. Some printers now also have a browser webpage interface, if that is the case you can instead configure them through this but the system and printer still have to have the same IP address range, whether that occurs by configuring the client system to the range of the printer, or the router IP range to be the same as the printer (which through DHCP then issues the client PC a number in the same range). WOW! Thanks a meg. I have e-mailed your instructions to my friend, and I thank U. Gecko |
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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
He's missing the needed Print Server to connect to his Router and THEN
connect the two printers to the Print Server. Print Servers are not too expensive. -- --------------------- DaveW --------------------- "gecko" wrote in message ... I have a friend (some distance away from me) who is trying to connect up a LAN consisting of three computers and two printers with accessibility to the internet and the printers from all three computers. His two printers have cat5 ports, as do his external modem and all three computers. He says he has the following with the idea that expansions would be simpler: Windows XP PRO SP2 on all computers Verizon DSL Modem: Westell, model 6100 Router: SMC Barricade, model SMC7008ABR (8-Ethernet ports + uplink port on front; parallel, WAN port + parallel & serial sockets) Switch: Netgear, model FS116 (16-ports; port 16 is convertible from normal to uplink) He says he has tried cat5-connecting the printers and the router to the switch and the computers and modem to the router. all to no avail. He says he has tried skipping the router altogether by connecting the modem and the computers to the switch, again to no avail. Does anyone out there have any experience with this router and switch? If so, can you advise how best to hook things up? Thanks Gecko |
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Need Help With Modem-Router-Switch
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:45:56 -0700, "DaveW"
wrote: He's missing the needed Print Server to connect to his Router and THEN connect the two printers to the Print Server. Print Servers are not too expensive. A printer with ethernet (RJ45) port already has a network adapter built in, has no need for an add-on, separate print server. |
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