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by rsarvis

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I have just installed a cable Modem, to that I attached a Linksys BEFSR11 DSL router, to that a Synoptics 16 port hub. I attached 8 computers and 1 HP laserJet lllD printer which is attached to a HP JetDirect 500X print server. I have been able get all of the comuters connected to that network but I have not been able to connect the printer and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Everything that I have tried so far has given me the error message that it can not see the printer connected to the network. While installing the print server I used the hardware ID or MAC address but the network still can not see the print/server connected to the hub. What am I missing here.
Thanks in advance for your help.

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by vinnyd

This sounds like an IP address problem.

I bet your DSL router has a DHCP server in it giving IP addresses to the differnet computers.

I would check the IP address of the JetDirect! I most likly is not in the address range of your computers.Change the Jet Direct to get an IP address automatically (from the DHCP server) or put in a fixed IP address in the same range that the computers are using.

You can use WINIPCFG to see what addreses the computers are on!

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