Can't set up the HP Printer on DSL Box on the Shared Print..

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Honkeytonk Man wrote:
> Hi Group,
> Maybe wrong group, but there seems to be a wealth of knowledge here.
> I feel a bit of a berk that I can't repeat on my own machine but I
> did on the girlfriends!
>
> We have a Draytek Wireless G router and it's got a USB port on the
> back to enable 'network printing'. We've both got Windows XP and I'm
> going bonkers. The driver is installed on my machine, and the IP of
> the router is 192.168.1.1 (which is the printer).
>
> I've added a TCP\IP port in the Ports Tab, and ticked it. When I
> unplug the printer locally from the USB and plonk it in the router,
> the printer vanishes off my Printers list(!)
>
> It doesn't with the other machine and I can't understand why.
>
> Any clues guys ?
>
> Cheers,
> Paul

The port address is OK, but you haven't any device address.
http://www.draytek.com/english/sup [...] ver/01.php

Q

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

"Honkeytonk Man" <honkmyhorn@honky.com> wrote in message
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> Q,
> Thanks m8ty, it worked a treat. :-)
>
> Paul
>
> "Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net> wrote in message
> news:FbmdnSuLEs0uMPjcRVn-gA@comcast.com...
>> Honkeytonk Man wrote:
>>> Hi Group,
>>> Maybe wrong group, but there seems to be a wealth of knowledge here.
>>> I feel a bit of a berk that I can't repeat on my own machine but I
>>> did on the girlfriends!
>>>
>>> We have a Draytek Wireless G router and it's got a USB port on the
>>> back to enable 'network printing'. We've both got Windows XP and I'm
>>> going bonkers. The driver is installed on my machine, and the IP of
>>> the router is 192.168.1.1 (which is the printer).
>>>
>>> I've added a TCP\IP port in the Ports Tab, and ticked it. When I
>>> unplug the printer locally from the USB and plonk it in the router,
>>> the printer vanishes off my Printers list(!)
>>>
>>> It doesn't with the other machine and I can't understand why.
>>>
>>> Any clues guys ?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Paul
>>
>> The port address is OK, but you haven't any device address.
>> http://www.draytek.com/english/sup [...] ver/01.php
>>
>> Q
>>
>
>

Kewl, yr wlkm.

Q