Win 98 print problems - dial up keeps popping up!!

Hi, can anyone help out ?

Since adding a network printer (TCP/IP and LPR Spooler)
to our network of three Win 98 machines, when you print
from any app, the Dial Up Networking dialog appears (and
trys to connect you to the internet).

You can choose cancel, and the print continues anyway -
but is there something I have not set correctly as I do
not want this annoying box popping up!

There is no DHCP server (at present), and the network is
a Microsoft Netbeui jobby.

Thanks for any help! jon ;-)

Under Internet Options in your control panel, click the Connections tab and
tell it to NEVER DIAL OUT

Carey

"Jon Cooper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:025a01c3b6d2$4bca4380$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, can anyone help out ?
>
> Since adding a network printer (TCP/IP and LPR Spooler)
> to our network of three Win 98 machines, when you print
> from any app, the Dial Up Networking dialog appears (and
> trys to connect you to the internet).
>
> You can choose cancel, and the print continues anyway -
> but is there something I have not set correctly as I do
> not want this annoying box popping up!
>
> There is no DHCP server (at present), and the network is
> a Microsoft Netbeui jobby.
>
> Thanks for any help! jon ;-)

In article <025a01c3b6d2$4bca4380$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jon Cooper"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi, can anyone help out ?
>
>Since adding a network printer (TCP/IP and LPR Spooler)
>to our network of three Win 98 machines, when you print
>from any app, the Dial Up Networking dialog appears (and
>trys to connect you to the internet).
>
>You can choose cancel, and the print continues anyway -
>but is there something I have not set correctly as I do
>not want this annoying box popping up!
>
>There is no DHCP server (at present), and the network is
>a Microsoft Netbeui jobby.
>
>Thanks for any help! jon ;-)

The dial-up attempt could be because a computer on the network is
trying to do a DNS lookup and its DNS server is on the Internet.

I'm not sure why printing would do a DNS lookup. Does the LPR Spooler
have an IP address and a name? If so, put them in the Hosts file on
each computer.

Since the network uses NetBEUI, un-binding sharing from TCP/IP on all
computers might fix the problem, too. Go to Control Panel | Network |
TCP/IP->network adapter | Properties | Bindings and un-check all of
the boxes.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

have you ever noticed that most of your answers are wrong?

Nope. 28,300 hits says otherwise

http://groups.google.com/groups?num=...ey&sa=N&tab=wg

Carey

"Tarapia Tapioco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) x.it...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> have you ever noticed that most of your answers are wrong?
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

LOLOL. You show me posts from newsgroup for endometriosis, quilting, mariah
carey, pregrancy loss, EROTIC movies(???), professional wrestling to name a
few and I'm to believe you're reputable? Three-quarters of these sites have
nothing to do with networking. You have proven my point for me. If only you
could spell "amateur photographer" on your own website, you might have a
smidge more credibility.

I have a company do my web-site, and I will make them aware of the typo.

Thank you,
Carey

"Tarapia Tapioco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) x.it...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> LOLOL. You show me posts from newsgroup for endometriosis, quilting,
mariah
> carey, pregrancy loss, EROTIC movies(???), professional wrestling to name
a
> few and I'm to believe you're reputable? Three-quarters of these sites
have
> nothing to do with networking. You have proven my point for me. If only
you
> could spell "amateur photographer" on your own website, you might have a
> smidge more credibility.
>