Print Server Question

[Charlie]

Unfortunately I do not have access to high speed Internet and have to rely
on dial-up. I have 3 computers networked together (Win XP Home) using a
switch (not a router). All computers have a static IP address. Can I install
a print server without having a router? One of the setup parameters is the
IP address of the router. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[CWatters]

Unfortunately I do not have access to high speed Internet and have to rely
on dial-up. I have 3 computers networked together (Win XP Home) using a
switch (not a router). All computers have a static IP address. Can I install
a print server without having a router? One of the setup parameters is the
IP address of the router. Any help will be appreciated.

I think you would have to ask the manufacturer of the print server how the
IP is set up if you don't have DHCP.

Google found this page which explains how one HP server does it...

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00024941&locale=en_US

 

[NobodyMan]

Unfortunately I do not have access to high speed Internet and have to rely
on dial-up. I have 3 computers networked together (Win XP Home) using a
switch (not a router). All computers have a static IP address. Can I install
a print server without having a router? One of the setup parameters is the
IP address of the router. Any help will be appreciated.

Are you really using a network switch, or are you just using a simple
Hub? They are NOT the same thing. Hubs are usually very cheap;
switches tend to be pricey.

 

[Keith]

Unfortunately I do not have access to high speed Internet and have to rely
on dial-up. I have 3 computers networked together (Win XP Home) using a
switch (not a router). All computers have a static IP address. Can I install
a print server without having a router? One of the setup parameters is the
IP address of the router. Any help will be appreciated.

K, first off, let me just post this:

Product Description: The D-Link DSS-5+ unmanaged switch, with (5)
10/100BASE-TX ports, is one of the most popular switches in the Express
EtherNetwork® product line.



So I believe this is what Charlie is talking about. ..A switched hub. I
have one, (MOF that one), and it was cheap.

Ok Charlie,

What I suspect is that your print server is capable of remote printing.
Like printing to your home printer from work etc, and would be why it wants
the router IP. This only works well if you have a static, (constant) IP,
which I doubt you have with dial-up. So I wouldn't worry about that part of
the setup. I expect you should be able to continue on with the setup without
imputing that info. However, without knowing what brand and model hub you
have, it makes it hard to help you. I/we can only guess about what may be
needed. My print server has built in DHCP, (what assigns IP's), and in auto
mode, will either assign IP's to the computers if needed or will disable it
and the server will accept an IP from whatever active DHCP is on my network.
Yours may work the same, who knows at this point.

More confused now? Hope not, but here is where you should go to get this
sort of help:

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

....Or any of the networking groups.

Cheers!
Keith

 

[Keith]

imputing that info. However, without knowing what brand and model hub you

Oops, correction that should read, "what brand and model print server you
have"

Remember, the more information you can give, the better your chances for
help.

Cheers!
Keith

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Every other reply is "off-topic"! As long as you can connect a print server
to an available RJ-45 jack and assign an IP address to the print server, you
can install a print server. It does not matter if you use a hub, switch or
router.

 

[NobodyMan]

Yves,

What the hell are you talking about: "Every other reply is
'off-topic'?

 

[Keith]

LOL, I thought of asking the same question NobodyMan, but refrained. Not
everything is pure PnP! Even though my Hawking was a breeze, (for me anyway)
to set up, I still had to do Hawking's required setup and then some tweaking
to get it to work with all my networked computers. (with various OS's) I
had cruised the networking groups about another problem, but stopped by and
read some of the print server problems. ...And nope, they couldn't just plug
into any available RJ-45 jack, assign an IP, and magically have everything
work. Further, how else are you going to "share" your printer, via a print
server, amongst *3* computers, without a hub, or router, or switch,
connecting everything together??

LOL K, I'm done.

Cheers!