Sorry it is a Samsung CLX-6210FX Laser. It did not have a way in the printer
configuration utility or the panel to set for static, but your hint to look
at the web server solved the issue. After going through all of the network
tabs of the web server I found the option. All is good now.

Many Thanks,

Bc (before time, i.e. before computers anyway)

"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message
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Bearcat Bc wrote:
I forgot to mention the Linksys router

"Bearcat Bc" wrote in message
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I have a home network setup with 1-XP Pro SP3, 1-XP Home SP3, 1-Vista
Home Premium SP2 and a network printer. Everything works great - sharing
in all and has since last years setup. From time to time the printer
randomly changes IP address requiring manual changes to the port
configuration. The computers never change. How can it be changed to a
static IP?

Thanks,
Bc


You change the printer to a static IP address (which is a good idea, for
the reason you have observed) in the printer's own configuration utility.
Depending on the printer (which you haven't identified), you may be able
to do this from the printer's front panel or through an embedded web
server.

Note that if you have an HP printer that uses the special HP tcp/ip port,
there may be an option on the "configure port" screen to automatically
find the printer when its IP address changes. I suspect that you don't
have this, or you would have noticed it by now. In any case, I usually
ignore that option and set hp printers to use a static IP address.

--
Lem

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