TerenceC
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Cannot connect to shared printer connected to wireless computers.
I have a windows 2000 network that has sections of it that are wireless. I have a lab of 6 computers that are connected to the network through wireless connections. 2 of those machines have printers directly connected to them and they are shared out. The issue I have the others computers when they browse to those computers to install those printers , those computers do not show a connected printer. They dont even show a plus sign next to them or sometimes if I wait long enough i meight see the printer but still wont be able to insall it. And these are new computers running XP pro when we had 2000 machines there we had no printing issues.
Thank You for any info
Thank You for any info
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The network in 2k and those machines are new computers running XP pro
ok, so as I understand it you have a TCP/IP network, you have 2 XP machines with printers attached and file & print sharing enabled, you have 4 2K machines with 2000 that you are unable to connect to the shared printers.
if this is correct then the first question is can you see the shared printers on the XP machines
if this is correct then the first question is can you see the shared printers on the XP machines
ASKER
Everything in that lab is xp pro , the other machines trying to access those printers are also windows xp boxes. Eveything worked fine when the lab was all 2000 machines now since replacing those computers those are problems i am having.
can you print ok on the machines with the printers?
do you have the latest drivers?
can you share files on the network?
do you have the latest drivers?
can you share files on the network?
Are you in a domain enviroment? Windows NT 4, 2000, 2003
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yes domain enviroment 2000 these 6 machines access the network through wireless connections
Have you checked you Access Point Configuration, verify that mu-mu(Mobile Unit to Mobile Unit) communication is not disabled
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YEah all the obvious is checked out, and the stuff worked before we went to XP, XP always seems to give me a headache in wireless mode.
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Been done already :)
have you tried publishing the printer in active directory, then installing it from there?
check to make sure simple file sharing is disabled too
So are the printers on the XP machines or on the 2K machines?