AA Smith
December 5th 03, 07:38 AM
Ooops! I failed to mention the obvious. Yes, I have a 7-port hub plugged
into one of the ports in my router and 3 computers plugged into the hub.
--
With kindest regards,
Dick Smith
"Shadow of James" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> You say you are running 6 identical computers off a 4 port router? That
> leaves two more PC's thatn ports. Are the odd two wired through a hub
> somewhere?
> "AA Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In a 6-computer (all running WindowsXP Pro SP1) network connected by a
> > LinkSys 4-port router, I have one HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer connected
to
> > one computer. It works fine as a local printer on the computer it's
> > attached to. It also works fine on 4 other computers in this network.
I
> > had no trouble Adding it as a network printer on those 4 computers, and
it
> > works fine on all of them. However, as it now stands, one computer will
> not
> > let me add it because it keeps insisting that "The printer name is
> invalid.
> > Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer
> has
> > lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help"
As
> > usual Help is not helpful because it doesn't even address the subject of
> > network printers. The error message is very strange because the printer
> > name was GENERATED BY THE Add Printer Wizard, Browse for Printer
dialogue
> on
> > the other 4 computers--not by me typing it.
> >
> > Out of utter frustration, I finally reinstalled WindowsXP Pro on the one
> > computer that would not let me add the printer and had the WinXP
> > installation delete the only partition on that hard drive, add a new
> > partition for WinXP, then format the entire hard drive (not the quick
> > format) before reinstalling XP Pro. The first thing I tried to do after
> the
> > reinstallation finished was to install the printer (which is attached to
> > another computer on this LAN.) However, to my utter amazement, I got
the
> > very SAME ERROR MESSAGE after the format and reinstallation of XP Pro
that
> I
> > got beforehand. Yet, the computer IS properly networking in every other
> > regard. It sees (through My Network Places,) all other computers on the
> LAN
> > AND it can access files and folders on all of them.
> >
> > Moreover, I find that this computer can't access any data on that
> computer's
> > hard drive either, regardless of the fact that it's setup to share files
> > with users on the network and my User Name is listed on that computer's
> > remote access entries. At the same time, this computer CAN access data
on
> > all other computers on this LAN.
> >
> > I shall very greatly appreciate your help on this frustrating problem.
> >
> > With kindest regards,
> >
> > Dick Smith
> >
> >
> >
>
>
into one of the ports in my router and 3 computers plugged into the hub.
--
With kindest regards,
Dick Smith
"Shadow of James" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> You say you are running 6 identical computers off a 4 port router? That
> leaves two more PC's thatn ports. Are the odd two wired through a hub
> somewhere?
> "AA Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In a 6-computer (all running WindowsXP Pro SP1) network connected by a
> > LinkSys 4-port router, I have one HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer connected
to
> > one computer. It works fine as a local printer on the computer it's
> > attached to. It also works fine on 4 other computers in this network.
I
> > had no trouble Adding it as a network printer on those 4 computers, and
it
> > works fine on all of them. However, as it now stands, one computer will
> not
> > let me add it because it keeps insisting that "The printer name is
> invalid.
> > Either the printer name was typed incorrectly, or the specified printer
> has
> > lost its connection to the server. For more information, click Help"
As
> > usual Help is not helpful because it doesn't even address the subject of
> > network printers. The error message is very strange because the printer
> > name was GENERATED BY THE Add Printer Wizard, Browse for Printer
dialogue
> on
> > the other 4 computers--not by me typing it.
> >
> > Out of utter frustration, I finally reinstalled WindowsXP Pro on the one
> > computer that would not let me add the printer and had the WinXP
> > installation delete the only partition on that hard drive, add a new
> > partition for WinXP, then format the entire hard drive (not the quick
> > format) before reinstalling XP Pro. The first thing I tried to do after
> the
> > reinstallation finished was to install the printer (which is attached to
> > another computer on this LAN.) However, to my utter amazement, I got
the
> > very SAME ERROR MESSAGE after the format and reinstallation of XP Pro
that
> I
> > got beforehand. Yet, the computer IS properly networking in every other
> > regard. It sees (through My Network Places,) all other computers on the
> LAN
> > AND it can access files and folders on all of them.
> >
> > Moreover, I find that this computer can't access any data on that
> computer's
> > hard drive either, regardless of the fact that it's setup to share files
> > with users on the network and my User Name is listed on that computer's
> > remote access entries. At the same time, this computer CAN access data
on
> > all other computers on this LAN.
> >
> > I shall very greatly appreciate your help on this frustrating problem.
> >
> > With kindest regards,
> >
> > Dick Smith
> >
> >
> >
>
>