"Laphan" wrote in message
news:1264n1undm70ccc@corp.supernews.com
> Hi All
>
> I know this probably isn't a router/modem issue, but can
> somebody
> assist me on networking 6 or 7 WinXP machines, which are using
> safecom USB wireless adaptors to connect to a safecom 125mbs 4
> port
> ADSL modem/router.
>
> Because the print server part of it doesn't support my HP2550
> printer, I've plugged this USB printer into a WinXP machine and
> shared this printer through this PC. This PC is actually hard
> wired to the router so all that is fine, but I need to get the
> other PCs (laptops actually) to see this printer.
>
> They are all set on simple networking and I used the networking
> wizard to set them up so that the printer is shared.
>
> I then went to Add Printer on the machines, let it browse and
> prayed for it to see the HP printer. I''m also setting up a
> shared
> docs on each machine, but this is not vitally important. The
> printer sharing is paramount though.
>
> I've just done the same 'setup a home/office network' wizard on
> each
> machine, but the shared docs and printer seem to be
> intermittanly
> 'appearing' as I search on each machine.
>
> For example, the first laptop I setup saw the shared docs on
> the
> 'printer' pc, but not the printer. The 2nd laptop saw the
> printer,
> but not the shared docs and so on. I just done understand the
> erratic behaviour of it. When I restarted the 2nd laptop and
> left
> it a while it then showed the shared docs.
>
> Is there a belts and braces way to get each machine to see the
> printer and shared docs? Does anybody have a guide/checklist I
> could use?
>
> When I finish the network wizard, it says that I could create a
> network disk and so on, but I don't really need to do this do
> I?
>
> Thanks
>
> Laphan

Did you go to Control Panel------>Add Hardware on each of the
PC's?

If all the PC's are XP there is no need for the network dics.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

Try this for a check list
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2004/0...fix/page2.html

From Microsoft "How to troubleshoot home networking in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308007

"Laphan" wrote in message
news:1264n1undm70ccc@corp.supernews.com...
> Hi All
>
> I know this probably isn't a router/modem issue, but can somebody assist
> me
> on networking 6 or 7 WinXP machines, which are using safecom USB wireless
> adaptors to connect to a safecom 125mbs 4 port ADSL modem/router.
>
> Because the print server part of it doesn't support my HP2550 printer,
> I've
> plugged this USB printer into a WinXP machine and shared this printer
> through this PC. This PC is actually hard wired to the router so all that
> is fine, but I need to get the other PCs (laptops actually) to see this
> printer.
>
> They are all set on simple networking and I used the networking wizard to
> set them up so that the printer is shared.
>
> I then went to Add Printer on the machines, let it browse and prayed for
> it
> to see the HP printer. I''m also setting up a shared docs on each
> machine,
> but this is not vitally important. The printer sharing is paramount
> though.
>
> I've just done the same 'setup a home/office network' wizard on each
> machine, but the shared docs and printer seem to be intermittanly
> 'appearing' as I search on each machine.
>
> For example, the first laptop I setup saw the shared docs on the 'printer'
> pc, but not the printer. The 2nd laptop saw the printer, but not the
> shared
> docs and so on. I just done understand the erratic behaviour of it. When
> I
> restarted the 2nd laptop and left it a while it then showed the shared
> docs.
>
> Is there a belts and braces way to get each machine to see the printer and
> shared docs? Does anybody have a guide/checklist I could use?
>
> When I finish the network wizard, it says that I could create a network
> disk
> and so on, but I don't really need to do this do I?
>
> Thanks
>
> Laphan
>
>

Hi Lathan,

IMHO you need to install the printer's driver's on each pc, using the cd
provided. Otherwise, it won't work.It will ask you to detect the printer
connected to your "main" unit through the network (it sometimes seems too
long). When you try to print from an application, it wil use the shared
printer as the default one. Be sure if no printing occurs that the file is
not "lost" in a last default printer. Delete the wrong printer if it's not
connected to the pc you're using,and choose the right default printer. You
sometimes have to mark the shared printer for each new application.

Tha'ts thhe way it works on my HP 2575 from sevral pc's and a mac, even on
a pc with a knoppix linux distro for this on, I h'd to choose the nearest
name in the printer install.

Please, let me knnow if this works.

Georges


On Thu, 11 May 2006 16:08:00 +0200, xyz wrote:

> Try this for a check list
> http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2004/0...fix/page2.html
>
> From Microsoft "How to troubleshoot home networking in Windows XP"
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q308007
>
> "Laphan" wrote in message
> news:1264n1undm70ccc@corp.supernews.com...
>> Hi All
>>
>> I know this probably isn't a router/modem issue, but can somebody assist
>> me
>> on networking 6 or 7 WinXP machines, which are using safecom USB
>> wireless
>> adaptors to connect to a safecom 125mbs 4 port ADSL modem/router.
>>
>> Because the print server part of it doesn't support my HP2550 printer,
>> I've
>> plugged this USB printer into a WinXP machine and shared this printer
>> through this PC. This PC is actually hard wired to the router so all
>> that
>> is fine, but I need to get the other PCs (laptops actually) to see this
>> printer.
>>
>> They are all set on simple networking and I used the networking wizard
>> to
>> set them up so that the printer is shared.
>>
>> I then went to Add Printer on the machines, let it browse and prayed for
>> it
>> to see the HP printer. I''m also setting up a shared docs on each
>> machine,
>> but this is not vitally important. The printer sharing is paramount
>> though.
>>
>> I've just done the same 'setup a home/office network' wizard on each
>> machine, but the shared docs and printer seem to be intermittanly
>> 'appearing' as I search on each machine.
>>
>> For example, the first laptop I setup saw the shared docs on the
>> 'printer'
>> pc, but not the printer. The 2nd laptop saw the printer, but not the
>> shared
>> docs and so on. I just done understand the erratic behaviour of it.
>> When
>> I
>> restarted the 2nd laptop and left it a while it then showed the shared
>> docs.
>>
>> Is there a belts and braces way to get each machine to see the printer
>> and
>> shared docs? Does anybody have a guide/checklist I could use?
>>
>> When I finish the network wizard, it says that I could create a network
>> disk
>> and so on, but I don't really need to do this do I?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Laphan
>>
>>
>
>
>



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