PC without WiFi

Terrysdelight

debitcardmayhem said:

No no the printer needs its own IP address just put that in to the add printer dialogue

I did add the printer IP address in the section for adding a printer manually "TCP/IP" etc.
What I have discovered is my PC is NOT connected to the router which everyone else is on.  I am connected directly to something else.
EG - everyone including the printer is on 192.???.1, but my PC is connected to IP 217.42.???.   So, totally different!

debitcardmayhem

I would guess that your PC is connected to BT-Wifi not your friends router,connect to his wifi

debitcardmayhem

Oh and why are you adding the printer on your pc?

Terrysdelight

debitcardmayhem said:

Oh and why are you adding the printer on your pc?

It's my friends PC.  I am trying to help him get organised.  It is so that I can print his company documents.

debitcardmayhem

So why is his pc not on his own router?

Terrysdelight

I don't know.   I am sitting in his office.  For some reason, there are two internet connections.  I asked him why and he said he does not know.  For 19 years, his sister ran 'shambolically' his office.  They have now parted ways because she was cooking the books.   He has no idea how anything is run, totally relied upon his sister.  His sister use to enter hundreds of rows of figures in an excel spreadsheet and then use a calculator to add them up manually!!   It's been a strange going on.  I am literally trying to help get things organised so I can help him get an Administrator who knows what they are doing.

At the moment, if he employs someone, they will last a day and then probably walk out!

Jumblebumble

Terrysdelight said:

debitcardmayhem said:

No no the printer needs its own IP address just put that in to the add printer dialogue

I did add the printer IP address in the section for adding a printer manually "TCP/IP" etc.
What I have discovered is my PC is NOT connected to the router which everyone else is on.  I am connected directly to something else.
EG - everyone including the printer is on 192.???.1, but my PC is connected to IP 217.42.???.   So, totally different!

It is shambolic and if an ipconfig gives this 217.42 address then your PC is  open to being hacked unless it is well configured
( In the early days of XP and the old ADSL frog a PC would be compromised about 10 minutes after being connected to the internet
Much safer to use NAT
Best answer is to plug the PC into the same router as everything else

debitcardmayhem

ok where is his router , is it in the office, does he have another router for his business?

Terrysdelight

Sorry just had a thought!
The PC which I am trying to add to a printer, is owned by my friends business.  I insisted he bought a PC as both he and his sister used laptops and they are awful to use.  He was anti getting a PC but I persuaded him this would be best for him.  And also, I am helping out for free and I do not want to be tied to a cruddy laptop which is just awful to use.   I am much faster with a decent sized monitor, keyboard and a responsive mouse.

Terrysdelight

Jumblebumble said:

Terrysdelight said:

debitcardmayhem said:

No no the printer needs its own IP address just put that in to the add printer dialogue

I did add the printer IP address in the section for adding a printer manually "TCP/IP" etc.
What I have discovered is my PC is NOT connected to the router which everyone else is on.  I am connected directly to something else.
EG - everyone including the printer is on 192.???.1, but my PC is connected to IP 217.42.???.   So, totally different!

It is shambolic and if an ipconfig gives this 217.42 address then your PC is  open to being hacked unless it is well configured
( In the early days of XP and the old ADSL frog a PC would be compromised about 10 minutes after being connected to the internet
Much safer to use NAT
Best answer is to plug the PC into the same router as everything else

Everything here is shambolic - trust me!