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Just a quick question, I'm thinking of getting a cheap wireless printer (HP for about £50) so we can print homework from the desktop and two laptops. At the moment we have a printer attached to the desktop and move files around on a USB stick.

Are they pretty painless to set up?

Having failed miserably to use the home wireless to find the printer

Cheers


Shaun

boxst

They are okay. But it should be easy to set up using what you have: In windows on the desktop, you should be able to share the printer (right click on it and 'share') and on the laptop just type:

\\desktop_computer_name and then a list of printers attached to that computer should appear.

Steve

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Thanks steve

I'll fire up the main PC and look again

Cheers

Shaun

Midlife......

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OK, Been on the Desktop upstairs and enabled sharing of the printer

Vista on the desktop says the printer is password protected but can't turn that off !

Downstairs using XP on the laptop it gives me a dialogue box when connecting to the Desktop with the "User" being a little icon of a head and asking for a password.

I don't have the Desktop password protected......

Any ideas

Cheers


Shaun

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Just tried XP's "Browse for a printer" but can't get any further than the name of the desktop PC Upstairs

Shaun

LostUser

This article gives you a pretty good guide on how to turn on printer sharing in Vista. Make sure you've switched on printer sharing AND shared the printer. 2 separate steps.

Then, as long as you can browse to the Vista machine from your XP laptop, you should see the printer and it should let you add it to the laptop

Vista Printer Sharing How to

Midlife......

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Lostuser.......thanks for that

Sorted

Cheers


Shaun

stevebt

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I have a wireless printer and the only way I can get mine to print from all the laptops is to take them to the printer and plug them in I have tried laods for them to wireless up and they won't and thats with an epson sx600

Midlife......

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I had almost given up on printing through the network............I was at staples today looking at the HP Jobbies at £49.77.

Saved me fifty quid

Shaun

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Boxst........(Steve)

Just to save me typing a new thread My 3 Years old netgear router is starting to play up a bit...

Whats a good replacement ?

How easy is it to swap routers ?

Have a good weekend

Shaun

boxst

Is it a router and ADSL modem? Or Cable modem?

Steve

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Steve

It's a netgear DG843G wireless router that's plugged into a phone socket

Shaun

boxst

It depends how much money you want to spend: I have a Draytek 2820 but only because I wanted some of the extra features.

I also have a Netgear DG834N that I don't use anymore, but was pretty good -- strong wireless signal and got a high up/down speed from Be*.

Steve

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Hi Steve

Thanks for the reply.................Sod's law but the Netgear was perfect today !

PC (using a USB dongle), two laptops, Mariocart on the Wii and the I pod touches all worked flawlessly

I just wonder if it gets too hot or if the BT line gets flakey, or if something is on it's last legs on the PCB ?

How much for your Netgear router if you don't need it anymore?

Cheers


Shaun

FX02

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Just a quick thought.... I Have a netgear router which can lay flat or stand upright with some detachable feet. If I leave it lying flat, which seems to give better wireless coverage, then the router gets really hot and eventually switches off. If left upright it stays on and works constantly.

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FX02.......

I wondered if it was a "getting hot" problem

I have put the router on some spacers and now unplug it every night to cool down..........fingers crossed LOL

Cheers

Shaun

Iain Young

They shouldn't get that hot. My netgear has been switched on 24x7 for the last 2 years and it never really even gets warm. Sounds like you may have a slightly defective unit...