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XP network setup nightmare
I have a new Win XP machine, replacing an older one, trying to use the
same IP address. I can get it connected to the internet by using Assign IP Address Automatically. It then can't find the printer which is on another PC on the Network. In the past I've found I had to assign an IP address in order to find and share the printer (amongst other reasons), but this time it won't find the printer that way, and it looses it's connection to the net. I've gone thru this many times before, replacing or re-setting up a PC on this same network, and I go thru this every time. I always get it to work, but can never figure out exactly what I did to fix it. XP seems to have this little game that needs to be played. Install Windows, go thru the network setup wizard - connect to net - assign IP which then finds printer but looses net connection - tweak with it endlessly, try other addresses, reboot, scream, etc, and eventually it just starts working. Is there something I'm missing? I've tried 2 different Network Wizard options, the only 2 that could apply (can't remember them now, I'm not at the same network). I just can't get this one working. |
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Go to add printer, network printer then click browse. just click search and
it will bring up all the printers. wrote in message oups.com... I have a new Win XP machine, replacing an older one, trying to use the same IP address. I can get it connected to the internet by using Assign IP Address Automatically. It then can't find the printer which is on another PC on the Network. In the past I've found I had to assign an IP address in order to find and share the printer (amongst other reasons), but this time it won't find the printer that way, and it looses it's connection to the net. I've gone thru this many times before, replacing or re-setting up a PC on this same network, and I go thru this every time. I always get it to work, but can never figure out exactly what I did to fix it. XP seems to have this little game that needs to be played. Install Windows, go thru the network setup wizard - connect to net - assign IP which then finds printer but looses net connection - tweak with it endlessly, try other addresses, reboot, scream, etc, and eventually it just starts working. Is there something I'm missing? I've tried 2 different Network Wizard options, the only 2 that could apply (can't remember them now, I'm not at the same network). I just can't get this one working. |
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HI,
If you know the IP address of the PC you want to share the printer with, just go to startRunPC IP address click on the printer, right click on it, select connect and there you go. You don`t need to use the printer wizard. As long as the network printer you want is shared, that works. That is faster and easier. Now if the PC keeps loosing its net connection, check the settings on the NIC or try another NIC. Sometimes the onboard one can be bad, even on a new machine. It shouldn`t keep connecting and disconnecting, that is more like a hardware problem. Jeff "Timothy Cassels" wrote in message ... Go to add printer, network printer then click browse. just click search and it will bring up all the printers. wrote in message oups.com... I have a new Win XP machine, replacing an older one, trying to use the same IP address. I can get it connected to the internet by using Assign IP Address Automatically. It then can't find the printer which is on another PC on the Network. In the past I've found I had to assign an IP address in order to find and share the printer (amongst other reasons), but this time it won't find the printer that way, and it looses it's connection to the net. I've gone thru this many times before, replacing or re-setting up a PC on this same network, and I go thru this every time. I always get it to work, but can never figure out exactly what I did to fix it. XP seems to have this little game that needs to be played. Install Windows, go thru the network setup wizard - connect to net - assign IP which then finds printer but looses net connection - tweak with it endlessly, try other addresses, reboot, scream, etc, and eventually it just starts working. Is there something I'm missing? I've tried 2 different Network Wizard options, the only 2 that could apply (can't remember them now, I'm not at the same network). I just can't get this one working. |
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But the problem is when I search for a printer, it can't find it.
Strange, it's set up the same way all the others are, and the same way that the one it replaced was set up. I don't know what's wrong. And actually my comments about it having either the printer or the ineternet was referring to past experiences, it turns out that this time it can't find the printer either way, and can only get to the net if I don't assign it a static IP. Timothy Cassels wrote: Go to add printer, network printer then click browse. just click search and it will bring up all the printers. wrote in message oups.com... I have a new Win XP machine, replacing an older one, trying to use the same IP address. I can get it connected to the internet by using Assign IP Address Automatically. It then can't find the printer which is on another PC on the Network. In the past I've found I had to assign an IP address in order to find and share the printer (amongst other reasons), but this time it won't find the printer that way, and it looses it's connection to the net. I've gone thru this many times before, replacing or re-setting up a PC on this same network, and I go thru this every time. I always get it to work, but can never figure out exactly what I did to fix it. XP seems to have this little game that needs to be played. Install Windows, go thru the network setup wizard - connect to net - assign IP which then finds printer but looses net connection - tweak with it endlessly, try other addresses, reboot, scream, etc, and eventually it just starts working. Is there something I'm missing? I've tried 2 different Network Wizard options, the only 2 that could apply (can't remember them now, I'm not at the same network). I just can't get this one working. |
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I finally got it to work, but once again I have no idea why. I tried
the Add Printer wizard, couldn't find it, went to look at the IP & network settings, scratched my head and changed nothing, went back to Add Printer, still nothing, and kept repeating this until one time it finally did find the printer. I really don't understand computers. |
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Hi,
Sorry for the late response, was off since 29 Dec. If its having problems seeing computers on the network, have you tried restarting the browse master on the server. I had a problem for a while when computers couldn`t see other computers, unless I refreshed the IP address. Its only a shot in the dark though. But usually for me when I setup network printers, I don`t bother with the printer wizard, I just type in the IP address of the computer or printer then right click on it, select connect, let it do its thing, then the printer is connected. Jeff wrote in message ups.com... I finally got it to work, but once again I have no idea why. I tried the Add Printer wizard, couldn't find it, went to look at the IP & network settings, scratched my head and changed nothing, went back to Add Printer, still nothing, and kept repeating this until one time it finally did find the printer. I really don't understand computers. |
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