Netgear Print Server Problems

studentdave

Hi,

I'm using a NETGEAR Mini Print Server PS121, which I installed onto every computer in the house using Add Printer Port Wizard.

My Printer is Brother HL2030 laser printer

The network gateway is Linksys WAG364G ADSL Home Gateway

The printer/print server remain on 24/7,

Anyways after some time the printer chnages its port IP for some reason and everyone is unable to print until they run add printer to port wizard again. When anyone tries to Print it says printer spooling then document failed to print.

It changes to IP to the next occuring one,

For example,

192.168.1.67 to 192.168.1.68

I hate having to run the Add Port Wizard every so often, how do I make sure the IP stays fixed to one address and stops faffing around

scheming_gypsy

you need to access the network config utility on the printer. If it's got a display and menu options on the front then flick through till you get to network options and reconfigure the IP to a static.
Once you've done that change the DHCP range on the router so that IP address isn't in the DHCP range and won't get issued to another system.

Option 2 is to change the lease period on IP addresses on the router.