Wireless printer goes 'offline'

I need help in where to start looking for the problem.
Linksys wireless-G WRT54G router v4.21.1
HP PSC 2510 printer
Toshiba Satellite Laptop Vista

Everything works well for a period of time (always a different length of
time).
Then one day I try printing and the document just doesn't print. It can be
viewed in the printer queue display.
I go to control panel, printers and the printer shows 'Offline'.
I have to go through the install steps to get the printer back 'Online' or
Ready. And off we go for another period of time.

I don't know if the problem is router, vista, cable, printer.

Where would an expert advise me to start looking?

thanks

Your printer may be getting it's IP address (network address) from the
router using a service called the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP).

With DHCP the router "leases" IP addresses to various network nodes
(laptops, printers, etc.) for a period of time (maybe 24 hours).

Ordinarily network nodes renew the same address. But there could be a mix-up
sometime.

Your router probably has a setup feature called "DHCP reservation". This can
be used to tell the router to reserve a particular IP address for a node
like a printer. Try using that feature.

There could be other problems, but using DHCP reservation would eliminate at
least one potential gotcha.

Thomas F. Divine



"JohnA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I need help in where to start looking for the problem.
> Linksys wireless-G WRT54G router v4.21.1
> HP PSC 2510 printer
> Toshiba Satellite Laptop Vista
>
> Everything works well for a period of time (always a different length of
> time).
> Then one day I try printing and the document just doesn't print. It can
> be viewed in the printer queue display.
> I go to control panel, printers and the printer shows 'Offline'.
> I have to go through the install steps to get the printer back 'Online' or
> Ready. And off we go for another period of time.
>
> I don't know if the problem is router, vista, cable, printer.
>
> Where would an expert advise me to start looking?
>
> thanks

Hi
As said above in simple way. Devices thta are static on the Network and used
by the Network computers should be configured with a Static IP.
In addition log to the Router and make sure that there is a Valid Wireless
connection between the Router and the Printer.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

"JohnA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I need help in where to start looking for the problem.
> Linksys wireless-G WRT54G router v4.21.1
> HP PSC 2510 printer
> Toshiba Satellite Laptop Vista
>
> Everything works well for a period of time (always a different length of
> time).
> Then one day I try printing and the document just doesn't print. It can
> be viewed in the printer queue display.
> I go to control panel, printers and the printer shows 'Offline'.
> I have to go through the install steps to get the printer back 'Online' or
> Ready. And off we go for another period of time.
>
> I don't know if the problem is router, vista, cable, printer.
>
> Where would an expert advise me to start looking?
>
> thanks