XP ICS works great but...

Thanks for the input! Really appreciate it.


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Seems everyone is taking this description quite
literally, I'm more
skeptical.

You mentioned a "DSL router", but are we really talking
about a "router"
here, or just a DSL modem? A router is typically a
separate device "to
which" you attach either a cable or dsl modem via its
WAN port. The router
itself either has an integrated hub/switch to which
client PCs are attached
via its LAN ports, or its a standalone router that's
attached to a separate
hub/switch (and of course, client PCs are attached to
the hub/switch). If
you don't have such "hard" router, but its simply a dsl
modem, then you need
to continue designating a PC as a "soft" router using
ICS. One NIC is
attached to the dsl modem, the other NIC to the hub.
Clients are routed to
the ICS PC and dsl modem for Internet access.

Second, I'm also not sure we're talking about
a "network" printer, i.e., one
w/ an installed network card. It wouldn't be unusual
for someone to call a
printer attached to a PC via USB or parallel cable
a "network printer". In
this context, the term is emphasizing the fact
its "shared", not that it's a
standalone, network-enabled, printer. A shared printer
off a Windows PC is
typically addressed by *name*, not IP (e.g.,
\\PC_A\Printer A ). So the
issue of the IP changing w/ DHCP is moot. It only
matters if a) clients
insist on addressing via IP (not advised for this
reason) or b) the printer
truly is a standalone, TCP/IP enabled printer (not
attached to a PC), thus
is doesn't support a Windows share name. It's this
latter case that the
manual is really warning about, the case where the
printer is only
addressable by IP (e.g., \\192.168.0.100\Printer_A ).

If I'm right about these two items, then you're worrying
over nothing.

HTH

Jim


"Volunteer" wrote
in message
news:5A1C4587-DA9D-4B49-A111-
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I volunteer in a small non-profit office and they just
got DSL in the
office.

The setup:

Three computers
Primary PC is connected to DSL router
Dual NIC cards on the primary PC
Secondary NIC goes to 10/100 hub
Other computers go to hub
All running Windows XP Pro

Problem:
There is a network copier/printer on the network. The
manual says that
DHCP
will mess up the printer each time it reboots.
Manufacturer recommends
fixing the IP of the printer.

Question:

I have read that I cannot block any range of IP
address from the ICS
DHCP
server. What will happen when the DHCP assigns the
same IP? I assume I
will
start getting network conflicts with two devices havin
the same IP or
is the
ICS thorough enough to do a ARP or RARP before
assigning the new IP.

If my solution is to disable the ICS, how do I do that
easily and what
series of menus do I access on each machine to set
the IP address.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


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Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
In article 5A1C4587-DA9D-4B49-A111-
,
Volunteer wrote:
I volunteer in a small non-profit office and they just
got DSL in the
office.

The setup:

Three computers
Primary PC is connected to DSL router
Dual NIC cards on the primary PC
Secondary NIC goes to 10/100 hub
Other computers go to hub
All running Windows XP Pro

Problem:
There is a network copier/printer on the network. The
manual says that
DHCP
will mess up the printer each time it reboots.
Manufacturer recommends
fixing the IP of the printer.

Question:

I have read that I cannot block any range of IP address
from the ICS
DHCP
server. What will happen when the DHCP assigns the same
IP? I assume I
will
start getting network conflicts with two devices havin
the same IP or
is the
ICS thorough enough to do a ARP or RARP before
assigning the new IP.

If my solution is to disable the ICS, how do I do that
easily and what
series of menus do I access on each machine to set the
IP address.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I agree with Allan Grossman's suggestion to connect
everything to the
router and stop using ICS.

However, if you want to use ICS, there shouldn't be a
problem. Assign
the printer a static IP address like 192.168.0.254.
Before ICS
allocates an IP address via DHCP, it checks to make sure
that the
address isn't already in use. Assuming that the printer
responds
properly when ICS checks addresses, everything will work.
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