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Anonymous   07-09-2001 at 09:22:18 PM

Is it possible to connect a PC with a 10 Base-T card to a Printer with an ethernet card? If so how do you do it? My knowledge of networking is very basic, but I assumed that connecting via 2 RJ-45 cables and a hub should do for the hardware, but how do you configure the software?

The printer (Tectronix 550) produces its configuration report with IP address etc, but can’t be detected on the network. I have configured the card in the PC to all the various protocols listed: IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP all of which the printer supports, but still nowt!

To be honest I am stabbing in the dark hoping to somehow produce the right result! All the things I have tried are from the near useless help files in 98SE. I have downloaded the various printer and network applications, utilities and drivers from the manufactures site but they all seem to assume that the network can see the printer, so some help would be greatly appreciated!!

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Anonymous   07-10-2001 at 06:16:01 PM
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The PC and the printer must be on the same subnet for things to work properly. Assuming your PC's TCP/IP address is 192.168.1.12, the printer must be 192.168.1.xxx where xxx is any number between 1-255 (and not 12, that's already in use). Notice how the first 3 bits are set the same... this means they're on the same network basically. Set the mask to 255.255.255.0 and the gateway can be itself (192.168.1.xxx) (on the PC, set the mask to 255.255.255.0 and the gateway blank). I'm not sure how you set that printer's TCP/IP to the specific address, but the manual should tell you how (it's either through the control panel on the printer, or there's software you can download to do it). If it is via software, you generally have to just have booted up the printer recently before running the software on the PC for it to detect the printer (the bootp protocol only runs for the first few minutes the printer is turned on). Hope this helps...

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