We’ve had this printer for ages, and had it in the network before, accesible from laptop and desktop, but its stopped working. :
I’m guessingthat this may be a change of ISP, and the “new” router, but given we have an HP3392 all in one which just works, I am a bit lost as to what has happenned.
I’ve used ifconfig to find the gateway and subnet mask, assigned a fixed IP to the printer, but can’t get it to work on the net. USB still works fine, but, obviously this isn’t as convenient…
Could anyone walk me through this please?
TIA.
If you open your web browser and go to
http://localhost:631
then go to
Administration (tab)
and click on “Find New Printers”
is anything found ?
Thanks for the reply.
No new printers are found in CUPS on both the wireless connected laptop (P6), or the hardwired desktop running P6. ???
Was the printer turned on, and is it in the same IP range as the PC ?
What’s the IP and subnet of your printer ?
What’s the IP and subnet of your router ?
What’s the IP and subnet of your PC ?
Aye, the printer is turned on ! works fine over USB from the desktop…
IP and subnet of printer:-
192.168.1.245 subnet 255.255.255.0 ( I tried to use the top of the range after reading the FAQ on TalkTalks forum and reserving 240 to 255 out of the DHCP table - it didn’t work )
IP and subnet of router:-
192.168.1.1 subnet 255.255.255.0
IP and subnet of PC:-
sim@OCC ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:d4:35:e2:9c:85
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
I can’t even ping the dell!! process just sits there until I ctrl+Z it (!)
I have tried setting the IP to a fixed IP within the Huawei 633 router ( as above ) - no joy, then setting the IP to x.x.1.4 - still no joy, installed snmpwalk, and tried
sim@OCC ~ $ snmpwalk -Cc -v 1 -c public 192.168.1.4 | tee snmpwalk.log
Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.4
sim@OCC ~ $
same command directed to the HP’s IP works instantly
So I tried arp, which gives:-
sim@OCC ~ $ arp
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface
192.168.1.245 (incomplete) eth0
192.168.1.4 ether 08:00:37:2a:96:af CM eth0 <— supposedly the Dell
192.168.1.1 ether 58:7f:66:b1:52:77 C eth0 ← router
192.168.1.2 ether dc:d3:21:aa:7a:1f C eth0 <— ???
192.168.1.6 ether c4:85:08:e5:43:40 C eth0 <— set top box
192.168.1.7 ether 00:14:38:d1:e9:02 C eth0 <— HP3392
sim@OCC ~ $
The x.x.1.245 was deleted using arp -d - but remains in the list for some reason (?) the MAC address at x.x.1.4 is the Dell’s MAC
I’ve tried reseting the Dell, and more or less every permutation of protocol I can think of - still works fine over USB - would you like a test page : - i have “several” spares free to a good home!!
lost? you betcha!
TIA
Are you SURE you’ve told the Dell Printer not to get its IP via DHCP ?
Well, until you asked the question, I was sure - but now you ask the question, I can see why - resetting the thing will have reset that bit too. Ooops!
I’ll try and get it back to a fixed IP…
Any advice on the next steps please?
Sorry, :-[ and thanks
If you make SURE the printer is set to have a static IP of 192.168.1.245 I’d expect it would “just work” if that’s that’s the IP it had when you originally set up the printer.
otherwise either give the printer that IP then change the IP to match in the printer profile, or delete the printer profile and reset it up from scratch.
Have you got one of those routers where you can reserve an IP for a given MAC address, and have you implemented that and forgotten ?
I’ll set a static IP, and try to ping it - once I get that to work, I’ll see if it will play the rest of the game :