Re: How do I connect a network printer to my XP system?
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 10/02/04
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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 07:27:27 -0700
Larry Woods wrote:
> O.K., here is "the rest of the story."
>
> There are TWO other computers on the network. The network is centered
> in a Linksys Wireless Hub, with the two other computers, both Win 2000
> Pro,
> connected into the hub via wire. The XP is wirelessly connected. The
> hub
> also connects to a cable modem. The login name on the XP is NOT the
> same as the login of either of the other two Win 2000 computers, but
> all
> computers have administrative privileges. I have no problems with the
> XP communicating with the Internet.
Are you sure this is a hub and not a router? There is a big difference.
If a hub, then I assume you have assigned static ip's on everything. If
a router, you are probably getting ip's with dhcp from the router.
Again, you need to make sure that you have added user accounts to the
Win2k box that match the ones on other computers. Again, are all
computers in the same workgroup and on the same subnet? Can all the
computers see each other in My Network Places/Neighborhood? Can they
all ping each other? To which machine is the printer connected locally?
What result do you get on the Win2k box when you run ipconfig /all? On
the XP boxen? That's the sort of thing I mean when I say you haven't
described your network.
This is not an XP issue - you've got something set up wrong. I have an
ethernet network with 4 XP boxen, 2 Linux boxen, Win98, and Win2k and a
wirelessly connected laptop all sharing 3 printers - a
network-connected laserjet and two inkjets connected locally to two of
the XP boxen.
Either spend some time reading at the networking links I gave you (and
here they are again for your convenience), or post back with some real
details about network setup so I can help you, or have a local pro come
over and set you up properly.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
http://www.wown.info/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
Malke
-- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!"
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