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Re: usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer -- SOLVED

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On Thu, September 15, 2016 11:52 am, Henning Follmann wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:01:10AM -0500, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to use the ethernet port of a laptop to feed a printer
>> while the laptop is connected to the Internet via a usb-tethered
>> verizon/netgear airpack 791L?
>>
>> Network manager appears unable to find the printer.
>
> I guess that should be possible. However this could be tricky.
> Usually the verizon devices put you into 192.168.1.0/24 network. This is
> also the network most home routers put you in. It might be possible that
> those two network collide. Most likely you also get your network settings
> via dhcp. Here also the two different network collide. Most likely the
> later connection will overwrite the first and screw things up. I would
> recommend setting up one network manually making sure that they have non
> colliding networks.

Thanks, Henning.  The solution I used was:

- configure the printer for ip address 192.168.3.201
  with gateway 192.168.3.1
- add connection 192.168.3.1 in network manager
- plug the ethernet cable from the printer into the laptop ethernet port

RLH

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usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer rlharris@oplink.net - 2016-09-15 17:30 +0200
  Re: usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-15 17:50 +0200
  Re: usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2016-09-15 19:00 +0200
    Re: usb-tethered verizon/netgear airpack + ethernet printer --  SOLVED rlharris@oplink.net - 2016-09-16 19:20 +0200

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