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Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

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I think this should work. For the present I have moved on to other 
tasks. The printer has a usb connection to the pc so I can print as 
needed. Others on the lan cannot use the printer.


On 03/01/2018 05:08 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote:
> Can't you just plug the printer locally to a PC, change manually the PC's
> network-address to 192.168.1.x, connect to the printer and change its IP to
> 192.168.2.x. Then, of course, you will loose the connection, but the printer
> will be in the desired network. Don't forget to change IP-configuration of
> your PC, and connect to the router.
> Bernd
>
>
> Thomas George wrote:
>
>> The Samsung CLP-320 printer's static ip 192.168.1.139 was set about 10
>> years ago to work on a lan using 192.168.1.x addresses. Last week the
>> lan's router failed and was replaced with a Netgear r6700 router using
>> 192.168.2.x addresses. The printer is now inaccessible from the lan.
>>
>> Cups Administration says the printer address can be set using its MAC
>> address:
>>
>>
>>        Configuring the IP Address Using DHCP
>>
>> The DHCP protocol is the usual way of setting the IP address of a
>> printer on a managed network. Using the standard dhcpd(8) program
>> supplied with UNIX you simply need to add a line to the /etc/dhcpd.conf
>> file:
>>
>> host/hostname/  {
>>     hardware ethernet/mac-address/;
>>     fixed-address/ip-address/;
>> }
>>
>> Make sure that the hostname you use is also listed in the /etc/hosts
>> file or is registered with your DNS server.
>>
>> apt-cache search dhcpd finds udhcpd. My pc's system is Debian Stretch.
>> There is a file /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf but no file /etc/dhcpd.
>>
>> Is it possible to access the printer and change  its address to one in
>> 192.168.2.x or to reset it to use dhcp?
>
>

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printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-02-27 19:10 +0100
  Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-02-27 19:30 +0100
    Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-02-28 01:40 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-02-28 08:30 +0100
  Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-02-27 19:30 +0100
    Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-02-27 22:30 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2018-02-27 22:40 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-02-27 22:40 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-28 02:10 +0100
        Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-02-28 02:30 +0100
        Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-02-28 03:50 +0100
          Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-02-28 04:30 +0100
            Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-02-28 10:00 +0100
              Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-02-28 13:50 +0100
                Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-02-28 18:50 +0100
  Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Bernd Gruber <begruber@mnet-online.de> - 2018-03-01 11:30 +0100
    Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-03-02 02:10 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-03-02 06:30 +0100
      Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-02 11:20 +0100
        Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan Thomas George <lists@tomgeorge.info> - 2018-03-03 02:20 +0100

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