D Link print server help needed!
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I have just bought a D Link DPR 1260 and can't get it to work.
I have connected it cat 5 to my router. The lights on the front show it is connected, but I can't acsess the config program.
I just get " Timed out" errors.
I have tried everything I can think of.
The lights flicker on the front when trying to connect via 192.168.0.10 but it times out.
Can anyone help?
Anyone near Bourton on the water who wants to earn some beer money?
I have connected it cat 5 to my router. The lights on the front show it is connected, but I can't acsess the config program.
I just get " Timed out" errors.
I have tried everything I can think of.
The lights flicker on the front when trying to connect via 192.168.0.10 but it times out.
Can anyone help?
Anyone near Bourton on the water who wants to earn some beer money?
Flick through the manual and make sure it doesn't need a specific port to access it (i.e. http://192.168.0.10:8080).
Really straightforward - assuming a standard setup, just change a PC's IP to 192.168.0.9, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - the rest of the boxes dont matter for now. Go to internet explorer, the internet won't work but you'l be able to connect to 192.168.0.10. Do so, then in the print server config change it's IP to 192.168.1.10. You'l loose contact with it as soon as you do. Now change the PC's IP back to auto, and you should be able to connect to both tinternet and the print server on 192.168.1.10 at the same time.
Should take about one minute start to finish! Shout if you need help with the details.
Ps, to finish the job off go to the router config and make sure that you add 192.168.1.10 as an exclusion in the lan or dhcp setup, or just change to range so that it doesn't take in this address. This is just so that at some point in the future the router doesn't try to give a PC or laptop the same address as the print server is squatting on.
pps. assuming you're router is 192.168.1.x here.
ppps, I like the d-link print servers, they seem to work quite well!
Should take about one minute start to finish! Shout if you need help with the details.
Ps, to finish the job off go to the router config and make sure that you add 192.168.1.10 as an exclusion in the lan or dhcp setup, or just change to range so that it doesn't take in this address. This is just so that at some point in the future the router doesn't try to give a PC or laptop the same address as the print server is squatting on.
pps. assuming you're router is 192.168.1.x here.
ppps, I like the d-link print servers, they seem to work quite well!
SneakyNeil said:
Really straightforward - assuming a standard setup, just change a PC's IP to 192.168.0.9, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - the rest of the boxes dont matter for now. Go to internet explorer, the internet won't work but you'l be able to connect to 192.168.0.10. Do so, then in the print server config change it's IP to 192.168.1.10. You'l loose contact with it as soon as you do. Now change the PC's IP back to auto, and you should be able to connect to both tinternet and the print server on 192.168.1.10 at the same time.
Should take about one minute start to finish! Shout if you need help with the details.
Ps, to finish the job off go to the router config and make sure that you add 192.168.1.10 as an exclusion in the lan or dhcp setup, or just change to range so that it doesn't take in this address. This is just so that at some point in the future the router doesn't try to give a PC or laptop the same address as the print server is squatting on.
pps. assuming you're router is 192.168.1.x here.
ppps, I like the d-link print servers, they seem to work quite well!
Should take about one minute start to finish! Shout if you need help with the details.
Ps, to finish the job off go to the router config and make sure that you add 192.168.1.10 as an exclusion in the lan or dhcp setup, or just change to range so that it doesn't take in this address. This is just so that at some point in the future the router doesn't try to give a PC or laptop the same address as the print server is squatting on.
pps. assuming you're router is 192.168.1.x here.
ppps, I like the d-link print servers, they seem to work quite well!
Right, thanks so far, so good. I have comms with the server. I have followed your directions and all seems fine, but I can't print from the desktop. The jobs just get stuck.
The network settings are..
IP address mode Static
IP address 192.168.1.10
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 192.168.0.1
Wireless settings..
Wireless On/Off ON
Wireless Network Name (SSID) d-link
Wireless Mode Infrastructure
Security Mode None
Status..
Server Name: dlinkps-bd3947
IP Address: 192.168.1.10 (static)
MAC Address: 0015E9BD3947
Firmware: 1.00
Attached Devices
USB Port 1: hp deskjet 5550
Printer Status: Ready
Raw TCP port: 9100
LPR Queue Name: deskjet5550
As far as I can see the printer is now default on the "hp deskjet 5550 series on dlinkps-bd3947 USB Port_1"
It just won't print!!!!
AGGGGHHHHH
Edited by stamp on Sunday 13th May 22:10
Right, I now have this thing communicating to my pc, and wirelessly too.
I still can't get my desktop printing but I have the laptop wirelessly printing, although it takes around 3 - 4 mins at the end of the print to clear ready for the next print. Can I get this fixed?
How do I get my desktop printing?
This is connected cat 5 to the main wireless router. I then presume I need the main router to transmit to the wireless print server?
Thanks guys...
I still can't get my desktop printing but I have the laptop wirelessly printing, although it takes around 3 - 4 mins at the end of the print to clear ready for the next print. Can I get this fixed?
How do I get my desktop printing?
This is connected cat 5 to the main wireless router. I then presume I need the main router to transmit to the wireless print server?
Thanks guys...
Edited by stamp on Sunday 13th May 22:06
I assume there were instructions re. creating the tcp/ip port for the printer to print to? In the printer properties, ports tab make sure that's the one thats ticked. try unticking the 'enable bidirectional communications' box, clear any outstanding print jobs from the queue, reboot, reboot the print server and the printer and try printing again. If still no joy try hitting 'configure' in the same place and configuring it using LPR rather than raw printing as per the details in the config from earlier. HTH!
eta, if the router is wireless and the print server is cat5'd to the router then you can turn the wireless off on the d-link, just to simplify things a little bit!
eta, if the router is wireless and the print server is cat5'd to the router then you can turn the wireless off on the d-link, just to simplify things a little bit!
Edited by SneakyNeil on Sunday 13th May 22:29
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