Re: Laser printer connection puzzle!

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:05:19 -0500, Woody wrote
(in article <vl6gsctnre9g$.vt6ics7qw96y$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>):

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:57:01 GMT, Ian Cargill wrote:

In article <1cd7s8a6jeaax.wxdehrwfc8gp.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Woody <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:22:52 +0000, Chris Ridd wrote:

snip

Open a command prompt. Type "ping " and an IP address or hostname. Hit
return. Berate your colleague :-)

Maybe this is a shot in the dark, but are you sure that an XP machine will
ping a 169.254.x.x address? This is the automatic private autoassigned IP
range that machines give themselves when they fail to find a DHCP server
when, set to use one. I would be rather suspicious of any machine with this
address.

The printer is a Xerox Phaser 6360DX. It gives the following TCP/IP
details about itself. As far as I know, the printer came with these
settings. Surely they should work with a PC!

Host name: 169.254.164.199
Host name requested: test-13863
IP Address: 169.254.164.199
Network Mask: 255.255.0.0
Router/Gateway: 0.0.0.0
DHCP/BOOTP: Enabled
IP Address Source: Self-assigned
DDNS: Enabled

Any use?

Yes, it says that your printer is expecting to be assigned an IP address by
a DHCP server, and it isn't happening.
Regardless of any other point of working or not, this seems like a problem
straight away.
How do your other machines get addresses? are they assigned manually or are
they using DHCP?

I notice on a previous message you say that the macs are on 10.0.1.x
addresses, so I assume the PC is too. If they are manual, can you not set
the printer to a manual address in a similar range too?



If there's a problem with the cable plant or the NIC that won't help.

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