Re: Major Netgear annoyance

leo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<HnS$IPEnMzA$(E-Mail Removed)>...

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> I have two items of Netgear kit,

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> Current top of the list problem for the FR114P is
> that the print server does not function correctly.

Hmmm...sounds like MY problem, mate!

Unfortunately, I seemed to have inducted mine, as I unplugged
EVERYTHING prior to going on vacation for ~5 days. I came back,
plugged verything back in; powered up & had configuration issues with
getting the router to even communicate. A reboot of the router for
good measure seems to have gotten this on-line; just haven't yet got
the print server on-the-air (have a LaserJet 2100 on this end...)

> I have installed the Netgear driver on the various PCs on my home
> network (all Windows 98 SE) and in every case it finds the FR114P port.

Only difference this end is I'm using the orig edition of Win98...

> Just changing the properties of the printer (an HP Deskjet 1220) to use
> the FR114P port did not work for any PC. I eventually found that
> uninstalling *all* HP software (ie the HP toolbox etc), deleting all
> installed printers and then reinstalling a Generic / Text printer and
> *then* the bare driver for the 1220 allows the various PCs on the
> network to print. I also found that RIP had to be enabled for both the
> DG814 and the FR114P.

I'm running straight from cable modem into the router, outputs of
router go to two machines.

> That worked for a day or so. It has now stopped working. My query with
> Netgear technical support has been booted up to second level technical
> support but, after an hour or so listening to some *very* scratchy
> Vivaldi, and with blood pressure levels dangerously high, I decided that
> it would probably be more productive to ask this question of an informed
> newsgroup. So, there you have it. Any ideas?

I'm not as far along as you are; I'll see what happens on my end.

Thanks..

--kw

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Ken
Thompson <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>> Current top of the list problem for the FR114P is
>> that the print server does not function correctly.
>
>Hmmm...sounds like MY problem, mate!
>
>Unfortunately, I seemed to have inducted mine, as I unplugged
>EVERYTHING prior to going on vacation for ~5 days. I came back,
>plugged verything back in; powered up & had configuration issues with
>getting the router to even communicate. A reboot of the router for
>good measure seems to have gotten this on-line; just haven't yet got
>the print server on-the-air (have a LaserJet 2100 on this end...)
>
>> I have installed the Netgear driver on the various PCs on my home
>> network (all Windows 98 SE) and in every case it finds the FR114P port.
>
>Only difference this end is I'm using the orig edition of Win98...
>
>> Just changing the properties of the printer (an HP Deskjet 1220) to use
>> the FR114P port did not work for any PC. I eventually found that
>> uninstalling *all* HP software (ie the HP toolbox etc), deleting all
>> installed printers and then reinstalling a Generic / Text printer and
>> *then* the bare driver for the 1220 allows the various PCs on the
>> network to print. I also found that RIP had to be enabled for both the
>> DG814 and the FR114P.
>
>I'm running straight from cable modem into the router, outputs of
>router go to two machines.
>
>> That worked for a day or so. It has now stopped working. My query with
>> Netgear technical support has been booted up to second level technical
>> support but, after an hour or so listening to some *very* scratchy
>> Vivaldi, and with blood pressure levels dangerously high, I decided that
>> it would probably be more productive to ask this question of an informed
>> newsgroup. So, there you have it. Any ideas?
>
>I'm not as far along as you are; I'll see what happens on my end.
>


Ken - I found out that it is sensitive not only to having RIP switched
on but also to which version of RIP you are using! Needs version 2 .....





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leo