Maybe it would help if I put names with the two neighbors so it is clearer. Jerry has the laptop that has WiFi and a printer that is also capable of being wireless. Jerry does not have a router and has connected to Sam's router (with permission) and does go on the internet just fine. Now Jerry wants to also go to his printer thru the router. Sam will not use Jerry's printer as he has his own. I think this is all possible but am not sure how to program the Sam's router to Jerry's printer. I think it would be done by taking the printer to Sam's house using an Ethernet cable and then (here is where I am not sure.) load the printer software on Sam's computer so it can set the router up? After that is done can we then remove Jerry's printer software from Sam's computer? (also does Sam's cable modem play a role in this setup? Thanks Larry
----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Turner<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 6:27 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Wireless Still trying to completely understand what you are talking about here. I am interpreting the message as your friend has his own printer, but wants to keep it in his house WITHOUT a router but using it as a wireless printer. There is such a thing, but I am suspicious you don't have it. If it is what I think it is, the printer is intended to work with a wireless router ONLY. You could possibly run the printer from the WiFi computer, but unless someone who knows a lot more about networks than I do can step in with a correction here, I am afraid your friend will have to choose between setups. The connection to the neighbor's router is one network to the computer's WiFi. The printer is another network in this case, and not even the same sort of setup, as it constitutes a direct wireless link. Now if the wireless printer has the strength to connect to Sam's router from your friend's house, and Sam's router has the channel capacity, the two neighbors could simply use the one network in common. Your friend's printer would be accessible to anyone on the network WHO HAS THE PRINTER INSTALLED ON THEIR COMPUTER. In other words, the network would contain the friend's printer in one house, and Sam's printer in the other. If the HP wireless computer is set up to find a router without first having a Ethernet cable connection, then all he has to do is turn it on, have it find the IP of the router, then install the printer on his own computer which has already found that router. The trick here is to go into the printer setup/controls and lock the IP of the printer, choosing a high last digit in the IP address manually. Then manually choose and lock the same printer IP address in the printer software in the computer. Otherwise, every time the printer is turned on, you may have a different printer IP address, and that is a major hassle. On the other hand, if the wireless HP printer requires a cat5 connection to program it to the router before it works wirelessly, then as you suggest, he will have to take it next door to set it up. Not a big deal. But do the same thing with the printer IP address as I mentioned above. I use my laptop wirelessly on several wireless routers, including internet connections. The network card (a Netgear) used to give me fits each time I switched, but for some time now, it has given up contacting me (yes, I prefer to assign personalities to some computers and some gear because that is the simplest explanation I have for them learning certain things over time) and just quietly locates the nearest router whenever I turn it on, and does its job. But having two wireless routers within reach is always a problem. Short-winded Mike > Mike, sorry about that I should have known. No he is not stealing and he does > have permission from Sam the neighbor. The printer is in the house without the > router only WiFi. I assume I have to take the printer to Sam's house and plug > an ethernet cable in to program it. How would I accomplish this? > Thanks > Larry ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
