Wireless Printer setup

I've been asked to have a look at this fella's new Olivetti ANY_WAY wireless
printer, as he can't get it connected wirelessly. As I've no experience
with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on setting these up so that
I'm not going in (too!) blind.

I did ask him if he had WEP/WPA or MAC filtering enabled which may interfere
and his eyes just glazed over, so I suspect I'm on my own when I get there!!

TIA

"Nel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I've been asked to have a look at this fella's new Olivetti ANY_WAY
> wireless printer, as he can't get it connected wirelessly. As I've no
> experience with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on setting
> these up so that I'm not going in (too!) blind.
>

I've no direct experience with this printer, but I'd imagine you'll have
to hook up via the USB port first and use the wired setup to select
channel, IP group and suchlike.

I'd recommend disabling any firewalls initially, as they can often cause
problems.


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David ~ Lincoln UK
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Nel wrote:

> I've been asked to have a look at this fella's new Olivetti ANY_WAY
> wireless printer, as he can't get it connected wirelessly. As I've
> no experience with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on
> setting these up so that I'm not going in (too!) blind.
>
> I did ask him if he had WEP/WPA or MAC filtering enabled which may
> interfere and his eyes just glazed over, so I suspect I'm on my own
> when I get there!!
>
> TIA

Print-out a settings page on the printer. On that it should say what
the ip address is and whether it's using static or DHCP.

The printer will need to be on the same subnet as the wireless router
and the rest of the PC's onn the network.

Your friend should assign a static ip address to the printer using the
same subnet as the rest of the network for example 192.168.N.N /
255.255.255.0 or 10.0.0.N /255.0.0.0 or, if he/she wants to use DHCP,
get the router to assign a permanent ip address to the printer's MAC
address.

Ping the printer's ip address from one of the machines on the network,
you should get a return if the settings are correct.

HTH

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Paul-B

In message <drlrh.59697$(E-Mail Removed)>, Nel
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>I've been asked to have a look at this fella's new Olivetti ANY_WAY wireless
>printer, as he can't get it connected wirelessly. As I've no experience
>with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on setting these up so that
>I'm not going in (too!) blind.
>
>I did ask him if he had WEP/WPA or MAC filtering enabled which may interfere
>and his eyes just glazed over, so I suspect I'm on my own when I get there!!

In addition to all the other good advice, check it's easy to find the
Olivetti support website before you go. You might want to download
updated drivers, the manual and so on.
>
>TIA
>
>

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Surfer!
Email to: ramwater at uk2 dot net

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:50:17 GMT, "Nel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> As I've no experience
>with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on setting these up so that
>I'm not going in (too!) blind.

it has some sort of "search for networks" tool on the menu and is
fairly intuitive. Start with no wireless security (WEP / WPA) as the
user interface is a bit primitive.

The one I played with DHCP'd itself off the router and I could see its
IP and access it with a web browser. YMMV.

Phil

"Surfer!" <surfer@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> In message <drlrh.59697$(E-Mail Removed)>, Nel
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>I've been asked to have a look at this fella's new Olivetti ANY_WAY
>>wireless
>>printer, as he can't get it connected wirelessly. As I've no experience
>>with wireless printers I'd appreciate any advice on setting these up so
>>that
>>I'm not going in (too!) blind.
>>
>>I did ask him if he had WEP/WPA or MAC filtering enabled which may
>>interfere
>>and his eyes just glazed over, so I suspect I'm on my own when I get
>>there!!
>
> In addition to all the other good advice, check it's easy to find the
> Olivetti support website before you go. You might want to download
> updated drivers, the manual and so on.

Already had a look at the website and downloaded a manual - strangely, it
doesn't even mention wireless inside apart from the front cover!!

Phil Thompson wrote:
>
> The one I played with DHCP'd itself off the router and I could see its
> IP and access it with a web browser. YMMV.

A note about networked printers - dynamic IPs sometimes don't work well,
so it's a good idea to set the printer to a static IP before you set it
up on any PCs.


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John Jordan

John Jordan wrote:

> Phil Thompson wrote:
> >
> > The one I played with DHCP'd itself off the router and I could see
> > its IP and access it with a web browser. YMMV.
>
> A note about networked printers - dynamic IPs sometimes don't work
> well, so it's a good idea to set the printer to a static IP before
> you set it up on any PCs.

Agree, however most routers will allow you to allocate a specific ip to
the MAC address of the nic in the printer.

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Paul-B