From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:25 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1848 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 15 August 2009 Number 1848 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Network printer : Peter Moylan **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:43:53 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Re: Network printer Peter L Allen wrote: > Printer needs to be set to???? > For instance? > IP address 192.168.1.40 > Subnet 255.255.255.0 > and would Gateway be IP of the router? > eg 192.168.1.1 > > This stuff makes my head hurt - plan to get it going on doze first - then the real stuff. > Don't forget to look at the documentation for your router. For some, the gateway address is at 10.0.0.1. For others, it is 192.168.0.1. The one I'm using now (a Billion router) has its address set at 192.168.1.254. The rules do change from one manufacturer to another, so it's important to check what addresses your router is using. If your router is genuinely at address 192.168.1.1, then 192.168.1.40 is certainly a plausible address for the printer. As a general rule, if the router has address 192.168.A.B, then addresses of the form 192.168.A.x will be part of your LAN. A lot of confusion can be resolved by using the "ping" command. [C:\TCPIP\java]ping 192.168.0.1 PING 192.168.0.1: 56 data bytes ----192.168.0.1 PING Statistics---- 8 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% pack [C:\TCPIP\java]ping 192.168.1.254 PING 192.168.1.254: 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms This tells me that address 192.168.1.254 is responding, therefore it must be an address on our LAN. -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===