Network Printer no longer detected (works when I connect it using USB)

[PW]

Hi,

I have Brother HL-5250DN network printer hooked up to a four port
LinkSys switch which is attached to a LinkSys router. It's been
working great except all of a sudden the printer is no longer
recognized by any of our two computers. In fact, when I try to
reinstall the drivers from the CD the setup program can not detect any
network printers.

Any ideas? Why would this stop working all of a sudden? I have tried
switching the connections. The green light on the ethernet port on
the printer is on as are all the ones on the router and switch.

I'd rather not go back to hooking it up to my PC via USB as I don't
want my wife to have to boot up my computer just to print something.

Someone suggested this in the Windows hardware NG and my response:

Check the configuration of the printer to make sure IP address is still the same and there isn't a
conflict there.

How do I do that David? When I initially set it up on the network to
the switch I just ran the software that came with the installation CD
from Brother and selected either Peer-To-Peer or Network (I forget).

Now that you mention the IP address, my Internet Service Provider tech
guy came out here a couple days ago to replace a board in their
router/firewall outside the house (I have wireless) and to check out
why my speeds aren't up to snuff. He ended up moving the ethernet
cable from their box to the "Internet" port on my LinkSys router and
then reconfiguring both our PCs to obtain IP addresses automatically.
Previous to his visit, I had specified IP address for their router and
our PCs and was not using that "Internet" port on the router.

Any ideas? That change must have caused the problem!

-paul

 

[Kurt]

Hi,

I have Brother HL-5250DN network printer hooked up to a four port
LinkSys switch which is attached to a LinkSys router. It's been
working great except all of a sudden the printer is no longer
recognized by any of our two computers. In fact, when I try to
reinstall the drivers from the CD the setup program can not detect any
network printers.

Any ideas? Why would this stop working all of a sudden? I have tried
switching the connections. The green light on the ethernet port on
the printer is on as are all the ones on the router and switch.

I'd rather not go back to hooking it up to my PC via USB as I don't
want my wife to have to boot up my computer just to print something.

Someone suggested this in the Windows hardware NG and my response:


How do I do that David? When I initially set it up on the network to
the switch I just ran the software that came with the installation CD
from Brother and selected either Peer-To-Peer or Network (I forget).

Now that you mention the IP address, my Internet Service Provider tech
guy came out here a couple days ago to replace a board in their
router/firewall outside the house (I have wireless) and to check out
why my speeds aren't up to snuff. He ended up moving the ethernet
cable from their box to the "Internet" port on my LinkSys router and
then reconfiguring both our PCs to obtain IP addresses automatically.
Previous to his visit, I had specified IP address for their router and
our PCs and was not using that "Internet" port on the router.

Any ideas? That change must have caused the problem!

-paul

It's possible that your printer retained an IP address on whatever IP
network it was previously on. Check the owner's manual (and/or
manufacturer's web site) to see if there is a "reset to factory
settings" method for the printer.

....kurt

 

[Zadok]

Hi,

Attach the printer directly to a PC and configure it for your network.

-- Zadok

 

[Zadok]

Attach the printer directly to a PC and configure it for your network.

-- Zadok

Sorry,,, After you configure your printer with an I/P address in the
same range as the ones your router is giving out then you can put it
back in the port.

-- Zadok

 

[PW]

It's possible that your printer retained an IP address on whatever IP
network it was previously on.

That makes sense to me!

Thanks,

-pw

 

[PW]

Sorry,,, After you configure your printer with an I/P address in the
same range as the ones your router is giving out then you can put it
back in the port.

-- Zadok

Thanks. Assign an IP address before plugging it in. Will do. Right
now I have it hooked up to my PC via USB.

-pw