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How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 11:29 AM
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I've just connected to Plusnet as my ISP, and wifi is now working - I can browse etc wirelessly with my laptop.
Now I need to connect my printer to the network.
So, I've got the Technicolor TG582n router provided by Plusnet, and my printer is a Samsung CLP-300N.
Previously (with AOL) I had a Netgear DG834G router, and the printer was connected by wire to the router. Anyone connected to the network could use the printer. I want to do the same now, but if I just plug the printer into the router exactly as before, apparently it's not being recognised.
Technical support at Plusnet can't even suggest how to do this! Bizarre. So much for customer support. Anyway they've referred me here. Can anyone help? I imagine it's straightforward, but sadly not to me!
Thanks,
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Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 11:37 AM
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If the printer is set to obtain an address via DHCP you should see the printer in the list of devices on the router or you can find the address on the printer itself (perhaps by printing out a status sheet?) You'll need to reconfigure you PCs to use the printer on it's new address.
If the printer was previously set with an IP address entered manually, you'll need to reset it to an address outside the router's DHCP range and again re-configure your PCs to suit.
HTH?
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 11:42 AM
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But the above post should enable you to do it.
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 11:50 AM
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Then there are some useful articles, that was passed my way
http://beusergroup.co.uk/technotes/index.php?title=Printer_sharing_TG582n
http://help.demon.net/files/2013/03/TG582n-User-Guide.pdf
Some questions I asked that were answered in the above links
http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,124165.0.html
Hope they help
If Wireless
Then the above mentioned should see you on the right path, (Providing the Samsung CLP-300N has WiFi capabilities)
I could not see reference in the Specs from http://www.samsung.com/ae/support/model/CLP-300N/XSG-techspecs to inform if it is WiFi or not
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 12:06 PM
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But I chose my username quickly; maybe I should have chosen 'ignorantnad' or something like that! I really need an idiot's guide, because I don't understand what is meant by DHCP, I don't know how to find the list of devices on the router etc etc, can't print a status sheet as printer not working etc
So if an idiot's guide can be cooked up, that would be great. In the meantime, I'll follow the links.
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Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 12:11 PM
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Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 12:25 PM
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Goto
PROFILE in the gray banner above
Then Account Related Settings
Change username
Scroll down
Click Change Profile
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 12:30 PM
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Note that despite what was posted above you can't change your username only the display name
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 12:56 PM
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Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 2:36 PM
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oldjim's link to reveal the connected devices does not show the printer on the list. The only thing on the ethernet port list is the laptop I first connected to the router (Plusnet advise you to connect the router to your computer by wire when first setting up). Despite the laptop now being connected to the netowrk wirelessly, the list still shows that port as being connected to that laptop. i've even put the printer's wire into that port, but it makes no difference.
I've run SetiP, but no printer is listed automatically, and pressing the 'Refresh' button produces nothing. Trying to add the printer's address manually produces the pop-up 'Cannot receive any response.....'
I've tried 'adding a network printer' in windows (windows 7 btw) but that makes no difference. It thinks there's one there, but there's no communication with the printer when it tries to send a test page.
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 2:42 PM
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12-03-2014 2:53 PM
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12-03-2014 3:01 PM
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Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 3:13 PM
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SetiP asks for four things:
MAC address
IP address
Subnet mask
Default gateway
These are all provided from the configuration sheet, and I've typed them into SetiP.
If the IP adress given is wrong, what's right?
Re: How to connect printer to new ISP connection/router
12-03-2014 3:50 PM
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I don't have this printer or a PN router but I think the settings (assuming your PC IP address is 192.168.1.xxx) should be:
MAC address = Printer MAC
IP address = 192.168.1.250
Mask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.1.254
This should put the printer on 192.1681.250
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