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Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.

Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.

Thanks
Gib

On 21/09/2012 7:31 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
> be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
> router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
> but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
> spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
> support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
> myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>
> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
> plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
> wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>
> Thanks
> Gib

Autodetection doesn't always work.

I think your router has a cups print server so what you do on the client
device you want to print from is use "add network printer" with the url
http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/myprinter where myprinter is the name of
the printer you enter in the share printer page of the router web ui.

On 21/09/2012 8:05 p.m., victor wrote:
> On 21/09/2012 7:31 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
>> be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
>> router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
>> but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
>> spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
>> support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
>> myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>>
>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
>> plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
>> wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gib
>
> Autodetection doesn't always work.
>
> I think your router has a cups print server so what you do on the client
> device you want to print from is use "add network printer" with the url
> http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/myprinter where myprinter is the name of
> the printer you enter in the share printer page of the router web ui.

Yes, that's what Vodafone says. I've done that (a few times) and the
Vodafone tech support gal did it too. I've also tried following this
guy's procedure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7v5VGO6SAg
(but with 192.162.1.1:631). All such attempts lead nowhere.

Interestingly with the current situation when I try to print something
it doesn't give an immediate error, the print queue status is
"Printing", but the printer doesn't react - no lights flash, nothing -
and after a while the status changes to "Error-Printing". It looks as
if the router thinks it is sending data to the printer, but the printer
doesn't receive anything. I've tried a couple of different USB sockets
on the router - it isn't clear which should be used, or if there is a
difference.

Do you think any USB printer should work?

On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
<> wrote:

>Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
>be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
>router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
>but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
>spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
>support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
>myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>
>Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
>plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
>wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>
>Thanks
>Gib


Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.

I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does support
Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi and the PC not
running, just the other day grabbed all the latest stuff to try it..

From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?

On 21/09/2012 8:35 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
> <> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
>> be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
>> router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
>> but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
>> spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
>> support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
>> myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>>
>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
>> plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
>> wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gib
>
>
> Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.
>
> I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does support
> Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi and the PC not
> running, just the other day grabbed all the latest stuff to try it..
>
> From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?
>

According to the Vodafone docs a printer can be connected (as I said).

On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:06:02 +1200
Gib Bogle <> wrote:

> On 21/09/2012 8:35 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it
> >> should be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my
> >> Vodafone ADSL router. I can set up the router with the Canon
> >> PIXMA iP3000 connected, but there seems to be no way to get
> >> Windows 7 to detect the printer. I spent a couple of hours trying
> >> every avenue, then a Vodafone tech support person spent another
> >> half hour. I've now pretty much convinced myself that it will not
> >> work, but I'd like to know why.
> >>
> >> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work
> >> when plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the
> >> printer wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be
> >> awake.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Gib
> >
> >
> > Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.
> >
> > I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does
> > support Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi
> > and the PC not running, just the other day grabbed all the latest
> > stuff to try it..
> >
> > From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?
> >
>
> According to the Vodafone docs a printer can be connected (as I said).
Hi
Is the printer configured for wireless and have an IP address? Firewall
on the windows machine blocking the ipp port?

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It is commonly assumed that the access to the router is 192.168.1.x

My Belkin router requires 182.168.2.x
All the network identities require 192.168.2. x or xx or xxx.

Run > cmd > ipconfig /all and look at the default gateway value.

This may be your problem.

On 22/09/2012 8:29 a.m., Lindsay.Rollo@paradisedotnetdotnz wrote:
> It is commonly assumed that the access to the router is 192.168.1.x
>
> My Belkin router requires 182.168.2.x
> All the network identities require 192.168.2. x or xx or xxx.
>
> Run > cmd > ipconfig /all and look at the default gateway value.
>
> This may be your problem.

The Vodafone docs specify 192.168.1.1:631

On 22/09/2012 12:44 a.m., Malcolm wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:06:02 +1200
> Gib Bogle <> wrote:
>
>> On 21/09/2012 8:35 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it
>>>> should be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my
>>>> Vodafone ADSL router. I can set up the router with the Canon
>>>> PIXMA iP3000 connected, but there seems to be no way to get
>>>> Windows 7 to detect the printer. I spent a couple of hours trying
>>>> every avenue, then a Vodafone tech support person spent another
>>>> half hour. I've now pretty much convinced myself that it will not
>>>> work, but I'd like to know why.
>>>>
>>>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work
>>>> when plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the
>>>> printer wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be
>>>> awake.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Gib
>>>
>>>
>>> Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.
>>>
>>> I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does
>>> support Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi
>>> and the PC not running, just the other day grabbed all the latest
>>> stuff to try it..
>>>
>>> From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?
>>>
>>
>> According to the Vodafone docs a printer can be connected (as I said).
> Hi
> Is the printer configured for wireless and have an IP address? Firewall
> on the windows machine blocking the ipp port?
>

Since the printer is connected to the router via a cable I don't see the
significance of wireless. As to the printer having an IP address,
according to Vodafone it is accessed via 192.168.1.1:631, where the
router address is 192.168.1.1. I confess that I don't understand the
:631. If a firewall were blocking the port I presume I wouldn't see the
router.

On 22/09/2012 9:14 a.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
> On 22/09/2012 12:44 a.m., Malcolm wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:06:02 +1200
>> Gib Bogle <> wrote:
>>
>>> On 21/09/2012 8:35 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it
>>>>> should be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my
>>>>> Vodafone ADSL router. I can set up the router with the Canon
>>>>> PIXMA iP3000 connected, but there seems to be no way to get
>>>>> Windows 7 to detect the printer. I spent a couple of hours trying
>>>>> every avenue, then a Vodafone tech support person spent another
>>>>> half hour. I've now pretty much convinced myself that it will not
>>>>> work, but I'd like to know why.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work
>>>>> when plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the
>>>>> printer wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be
>>>>> awake.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Gib
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.
>>>>
>>>> I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does
>>>> support Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi
>>>> and the PC not running, just the other day grabbed all the latest
>>>> stuff to try it..
>>>>
>>>> From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?
>>>>
>>>
>>> According to the Vodafone docs a printer can be connected (as I said).
>> Hi
>> Is the printer configured for wireless and have an IP address? Firewall
>> on the windows machine blocking the ipp port?
>>
>
> Since the printer is connected to the router via a cable I don't see the
> significance of wireless. As to the printer having an IP address,
> according to Vodafone it is accessed via 192.168.1.1:631, where the
> router address is 192.168.1.1. I confess that I don't understand the
> :631. If a firewall were blocking the port I presume I wouldn't see the
> router.

If the router is detection the printer and showing it in the web ui that
end should be OK
In Windows 7 you may have to go to the control panel programs and
features select windows features, print services and turn on lpd print
service monitor and lpr port monitor.