I'm gonna be that guy and mention that the manual describes exactly how to set the network settings using the physical buttons. https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/dell-c1760nw/docs
Page 39 of the "user guide". Seems more tedious than difficult. First hit when searching for the model of your printer. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 9:09 PM Derek Loree <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 4, 2019, at 8:39 PM, Michael Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 5:12 PM Galen Seitz <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> On 11/4/19 3:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > >>> I think that I've discovered why I cannot communicate with the Dell > >> C1760nw > >>> printer. Using the printer's control panel I printed out a page of its > >>> settings and noticed that it has an apparently hard-wired IP address of > >>> 169.254.98.111. No wonder I can't ping it using the LAN IP address > >> > >> FYI, the 169.254 address is a link-local address. > >> > >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address> > > > > Far from an expert here, but in my experience, most 169.254.x.x type > > addresses indicate the DHCP client in the printer was unable to pull an > > address, so it assigns one of these "dummy" addresses. While some > printers > > can have a static address assigned, every one I have personally dealt > with > > used DHCP and a dynamic address. Pseudo "fixed" addresses were actually > > assigned by the DHCP server based on the printer (or other peripheral) > MAC > > address. > > If the printer is giving itself a 168.254.x.x address, I would check the > > network connections and be sure the printer can see the DHCP server to > > request an IP address lease. > > I agree with Michael, this address range is used automatically if there is > no reply from a DHCP server. The printout should have a line showing the > network mode or something like that. It might not say “DHCP", but > “Automatic” or similar. If it is a hard-wired address, the mode would say > “Manual” or something similar. > > Your linux distribution may also automatically set the IP address of your > laptop to something in the range of 169.254.x.x if it can’t find a DHCP > server. > > Good Luck, > > Derek Loree > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
