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I do have a router page and was looking at it earlier trying to figure out what was what (it listed my ipad and my iphone...and two things I didn't recognize (I'm hoping/assuming the printer and the work computer)...but not my laptop I was looking at it from!). I'll try the IP address thing!
It's currently USB to the WinXP computer, because I needed to print lots of work things. But it's also hooked in to the ethernet.
But that way you have to know what the MAC address of your printer is to work out which one it is, or click on all the MAC addresses if your DHCP server software does a lookup...
Printing a network setup page should only be a few clicks deep. And the printer control software might have a discovery function on it--the software that came with my HP finds it on the network and reports its IP address.
It's currently USB to the WinXP computer, because I needed to print lots of work things. But it's also hooked in to the ethernet.
It might be best to unplug the USB before you start troubleshooting the network.
I can't get the "I accept" button to come up on Tumblr. The panel ends at the tickybox, and I can't move the page up or down to scroll the button up to click it. I have a help ticket in to the support email, but so far no reply, other than they got it. I'd be grateful for a clue.
Okay, ne'mind. I used Explorer, logged in, the accept button came up, and I'm in. Sometimes oblique is better.
I have that problem too,Bev, and I don't have explorer!
I don't know what to tell you, Sophia--if the helpdesk gets back to me, I'll pass on their advice--best I can do. Sorry!
I don't have explorer!
What do you have?
Safari and firefox.
But that way you have to know what the MAC address of your printer is to work out which one it is, or click on all the MAC addresses if your DHCP server software does a lookup...
Well, okay. I mean, I have a little list with all the MAC addresses of all my devices, and they're named anyway, so I'd just have to look at the one without the LoTR theme, but I realize everyone is not me.
Printing a network setup page should only be a few clicks deep.
And yes. Fine, this is probably simpler. Heh.
But yes, since it is also possible to share a printer that's hooked up to a computer that's on your network, but that's not the way you will prefer to do it in the future, when you're troubleshooting, hook it up only to the the ethernet.