Printing to a networked printer

I used to have my printer connected to the wifi router/4-port switch
and was able to print from my laptop (with wifi) to it. Last week we
switched from phone line DSL to fiber optic bundled TV/phone/DSL
system, and the DSL 2WIRE modem was placed in a diffferent room. Now
my printer is no longer directly on the home network. The fiber
installer hooked the ethernet connection of the printer to the
ethernet jack of my desktop PC. The desktop itself is now wired as
wifi client to the router via a USB WIFI adapter. How can I restore
the printer back as a networked printer? I don't want to use the
"printer sharing" mode of the desktop, as it is usually powered off
when not in use. Thanks.

PS: my printer is an HP6310 Offfice Jet.

On May 14, 12:03 pm, cmdrdata <cmdrd...@mail.com> wrote:
> I used to have my printer connected to the wifi router/4-port switch
> and was able to print from my laptop (with wifi) to it. Last week we
> switched from phone line DSL to fiber optic bundled TV/phone/DSL
> system, and the DSL 2WIRE modem was placed in a diffferent room. Now
> my printer is no longer directly on the home network. The fiber
> installer hooked the ethernet connection of the printer to the
> ethernet jack of my desktop PC. The desktop itself is now wired as
> wifi client to the router via a USB WIFI adapter. How can I restore
> the printer back as a networked printer? I don't want to use the
> "printer sharing" mode of the desktop, as it is usually powered o
> when not in use. Thanks.
>
> PS: my printer is an HP6310 Offfice Jet.

Such network printing is almost certainly directed to IPort; you'll
find
that in your logical (client) printer config. Your printer should have
an
ethernet adapter, which has an IP; to get output there, such traffic
must be routed there.

You'll want to check your address assignment, and see that routing
can and will work. Not "plug-and-pray"- gotta dig below the surface,
and understand how IP works- DHCP, switching, "same" network-
IP & netmask. Your current WAP likely has bridged switch ports,
which printer can be connected to, either directly or via daisy-
chained
switch(es), but its address may not be in the range assigned to
your clients by the WAP. (Make them "same.")

Absent any details on such from you, best I can do.

J

cmdrdata <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I used to have my printer connected to the wifi router/4-port switch
> and was able to print from my laptop (with wifi) to it. Last week we
> switched from phone line DSL to fiber optic bundled TV/phone/DSL
> system, and the DSL 2WIRE modem was placed in a diffferent room. Now
> my printer is no longer directly on the home network. The fiber
> installer hooked the ethernet connection of the printer to the
> ethernet jack of my desktop PC. The desktop itself is now wired as
> wifi client to the router via a USB WIFI adapter. How can I restore
> the printer back as a networked printer? I don't want to use the
> "printer sharing" mode of the desktop, as it is usually powered off
> when not in use. Thanks.

> PS: my printer is an HP6310 Offfice Jet.


The router used to be where it was convenient to wire the Desktop and the
printer to it. Now the router is somewhere far away, and neither the PC
nor the printer can be conveniently wired to it.

Poor planning. Who let the installer put the router in the wrong place?

If it's a DSL router, you should be able to move it to a convenient
telco jack located in the room with the PC and the printer.

Does the printer even work from the one PC, or did the tech plug the cable
into a port that had the right shape, so it looked like it was connected
somewhere, but doesn't actually work?


--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

On May 14, 7:36 pm, d...@14.usenet.us.com wrote:
> Poor planning. Who let the installer put the router in the wrong place?

I agree, however, I was at work when they did the install and the
wife,
although I left an instruction haven't got a clue what they were
doing.

> If it's a DSL router, you should be able to move it to a convenient
> telco jack located in the room with the PC and the printer.

Nope, not the typical telco DSL (was that way) but this is the new ATT
U-Verse package via their fiber optic distribution like Verizon FIOS
which include digital TV.

> Does the printer even work from the one PC, or did the tech plug the cable
> into a port that had the right shape, so it looked like it was connected
> somewhere, but doesn't actually work?

Yep, it worked with the desktop just fine. Clarence, I know it is
pugged to
the ethernet port. Thats how the printer was setup initially too, and
with the previous network it was plugged into the wifi router switch
(an Airlink MIMO G).

cmdrdata <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > Does the printer even work from the one PC, or did the tech plug the cable
> > into a port that had the right shape, so it looked like it was connected
> > somewhere, but doesn't actually work?

> Yep, it worked with the desktop just fine. Clarence, I know it is
> pugged to
> the ethernet port. Thats how the printer was setup initially too, and
> with the previous network it was plugged into the wifi router switch
> (an Airlink MIMO G).

I have no doubt that the HP printer worked when plugged in to a router. I
have one set up that way. But plugging that etherenet cable into the
ethernet port of a PC isn't quite the same. It might not work at all,
unless this were a crossover cable or auto-sensing port in the PC. I don't
think the HP adapter would be auto-sensing.

If the cable were usable, showing a link, you'd still have to configure
appropriate IP addresses, or maybe not, there is a DirectJet protocol that
I haven't used in a long time. That just seems like more work than the
AT&T guy would do. Does the printer work?


But you said the PC was now wireless. Maybe the installers are doing more
work than I thought. Maybe you should call and complain about the current
setup, that you don't want printer sharing from the PC, you want a
networked printer like you had before.

Did the installation include the wireless adapter(s) for the PCs? Maybe it
should have included one more wireless adapter for the printer.

You could install a bridge, usually a gaming adapter. Someone
just suggested the Zoom adapter http://tinyurl.com/2fm8rz in another
posting in this group. What about that Airlink that used to be your
router? Does it have a "client mode"?



--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

> But you said the PC was now wireless. Maybe the installers are doing more
> work than I thought. Maybe you should call and complain about the current
> setup, that you don't want printer sharing from the PC, you want a
> networked printer like you had before.

Yes the PC is now wireless. It got its connectivity via a USB wifi
receiver which
they supplied ( I suppose instead of running an e-net cable from the
router in
another room, they chose the easy way out. They didn't do that for
the printer
since they probably weren't able to access the printer setup to enable
WEP/WPA
connectivity using similar setup, thus when they got tired of trying,
they
just plugged the printer to my PC's e-net port. I can print to it from
the PC
for sure, but I haven't had the time to check and see if the cable is
a crossover.

>
> Did the installation include the wireless adapter(s) for the PCs? Maybe it
> should have included one more wireless adapter for the printer.

see my comment above.

> You could install a bridge, usually a gaming adapter. Someone
> just suggested the Zoom adapterhttp://tinyurl.com/2fm8rzin another
> posting in this group. What about that Airlink that used to be your
> router? Does it have a "client mode"?

I navigated the airlink web page setup, but have not seen the keyword
client.
I can disable its DHCP server mode. Someone mentioned that
Buffalo has an e-net bridge that might do the job (WLI-TX4-G54HP). .

I might try this unit if I can get one cheaply.