cszeto
09-05-2009, 07:34 AM
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I am working with a Linksys WRT54G and an HP Officejet J6480 All-in-one. The printer loses communication with my laptop frequently and most recently permanantly. I have tried setting up my home network with a new name among many other things. I cannot seem to remove the name frome the network when I use the setup disk for the printer to enable the wireless feature it sees both linksys and the network I began setting up and says that the names are too similar even though connection strength is 0 and the names are different. I have gone into the settings for the printer and the router through the computer and I am worried at this point I am going to get in over my head with some of the menus that I am accessing and changing so I print and document everything in order to change back. I am now setting a static IP for the laptop and printer in hopes to lock in their communication. I have a desktop connected to the network with an ethernet cable and the printer is connected using the 802.11 wireless, these two work fine together. I still am having trouble getting the laptop to recognize the printer using wireless and have to plug in with usb to print which is the whole reason I got the wireless obviously to avoid having to do this. Are there settings which I should change in the router for the static IP on the printer? Any other advise?
I am working with a Linksys WRT54G and an HP Officejet J6480 All-in-one. The printer loses communication with my laptop frequently and most recently permanantly. I have tried setting up my home network with a new name among many other things. I cannot seem to remove the name frome the network when I use the setup disk for the printer to enable the wireless feature it sees both linksys and the network I began setting up and says that the names are too similar even though connection strength is 0 and the names are different. I have gone into the settings for the printer and the router through the computer and I am worried at this point I am going to get in over my head with some of the menus that I am accessing and changing so I print and document everything in order to change back. I am now setting a static IP for the laptop and printer in hopes to lock in their communication. I have a desktop connected to the network with an ethernet cable and the printer is connected using the 802.11 wireless, these two work fine together. I still am having trouble getting the laptop to recognize the printer using wireless and have to plug in with usb to print which is the whole reason I got the wireless obviously to avoid having to do this. Are there settings which I should change in the router for the static IP on the printer? Any other advise?