D-Link Printer server help
 

Hi

I have a windows xp pro pc & windows xp pro laptop, a belkin 4 port wan router & an epson stylus c62 printer. i got my hands on a d-link dp101 print server and tried setting it up, followed d-links instructions and installed the admin program, neither pc will print from printer nor will the software see it.

both pc's use dhcp and netbeui (to see each other, couldnt get the 'wonderful' xp network wizard to work!)

the router sees the 3 things are connected, but apart from power and seeing the cat5 cabled plugged into it the print server isnt seeing much else :mad:

any ideas?

Thanks
hackedoff

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

have got one of these myself, i have a lexmark z33 and all it needed was a reboot and it worked.

If the print server is getting an ip, can you telnet this or not?

It may be that your printer is not supported... but i am just checking that now.

oh and btw :welcome: to cableforum! :D

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

oops... just looked at my server, it is actually a dp301u, but seems similar enough.

Have you set the print server up to obtain its ip using dhcp? and what happens when you try to add the printer one one of your machines?

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

The ip side is probably where im going wrong, set it up in printers with an ip same range to what router 'gives out' rather than dhcp

set it up in printers as d-link say no error messages just it dont print test pages!

thanks

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

when you say it doesn't print test pages, is that from the print server control panel or from one of pcs? if it is from the server cp, don't worry because i have never been able to do this either! printing is fine though, if you get any more probs, let me know! ;)

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

cant print from pc and cant try from server software cus it doesnt see the printer! how do i set the ip to dhcp?

this is link i used...

http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.as...20DP-311U_revB

what settings should i put in, if this is they way to go?

thanks for your help

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

does the server have the psadmin tool with it, or is it a browser based configuration?

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

I only have the server, power lead and cat5 cable, ive downloaded and installed psadmin, but it cant see the server, and i cant get anything on the pc to see the server/printer. im thinking that the problem is ip/network address details are wrong, but thn again i could be way off................

thanks

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

By default, the ip address of the print server should be 192.168.0.10,with subnet 255.255.255.0. You should be able to check this in your routers config page.

To set the server to dhcp, type the ip address of the server into your brower and it should give you a configuration page, here select 'configuration', then 'tcp/ip protocol'. Then chose the option under ip assignment of automatically assign and ip address using dhcp. Then save the settings and you should then be able to go through the installation as you have done again and it will then recognise the print server.

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

maybe im missing something here...
cant get to the server through I.E, but on my router info is as follows:

LAN DHCP Settings
With the Belkin Gateway Router, you can specify an internal IP address. You may also turn the DHCP service on and off. We recommend using DHCP service for the easiest setup of your network. Making changes to this screen will require you to re-configure your networked PC's.
IP address :. . . IP Subnet Mask :255.255.255.0 DHCP Service : Enabled Disabled Lease Time (sec) : Half hourOne hourTwo hourHalf dayOne dayTwo dayOne weekTwo weekForever IP address pool http://192.168.2.1:88/image/PIXEL.GIFStart IP : . . . End IP :. . . Domain Name :

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

sorry that didnt copy well

IP 192.168.2.1
Subnet 255.255.255.0
DHCP enabled
lease time forever
ip address pool start 192.168.2.2
end 192.168.2.40
domain name workgroup

the dhcp client log only shows the 2 pc's as well....

thanks

Re: D-Link Printer server help
 

trying pinging 192.168.0.10, if the server is not getting the ip by dhcp, which it seems like it is not, then it should have this one. If you get request timed out, check all your documentation to find any idication of what the ip might be instead, but i am sure it defaults to manually assigning this one.