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DHCP on Netgear WGT624 router not recognising JetDirect 175X print server
The JetDirect 175X print server is recognised by an earlier D-Link router and picked up an IP address using DHCP. Replaced the D-Link with the Netgear WGT624 but the Netgear does not allocate an IP address to the JetDirect. I have cold reset the JetDirect and restored factory settings to the Netgear but to no avail.
Pete Long
why not dowload JetAdmin and give it a static addres?
as suggested by petelong, as a good practice(and i think recommended as well) your printer should have a static ip. Netgear WGT624 is a wireless device..right? which port you are using to connect it to the jetdirect?
A static IP could be the better solution but your problem with Netgear, could be that the router is not giving BOOTP, and that could be the problem. Your must review your documentation and see what about BOOTP. And if thats not possible you should try Static IP.
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Excellent suggestions and much appreciated.
why not dowload JetAdmin and give it a static addres? I ended up effectively doing this by setting up an address using the D-Link and then Telnet'ing to the JetDirect and setting it to Manual...but I'd not heard of this utility which sounds much easier.
as suggested by petelong, as a good practice(and i think recommended as well) your printer should have a static ip. Netgear WGT624 is a wireless device..right? which port you are using to connect it to the jetdirect? I'm just using one of the Ethernet ports
A static IP could be the better solution but your problem with Netgear, could be that the router is not giving BOOTP, and that could be the problem. Your must review your documentation and see what about BOOTP. And if thats not possible you should try Static IP. Could be..but JetDirect is supposed to work with DHCP, I think, but I will check...
why not dowload JetAdmin and give it a static addres? I ended up effectively doing this by setting up an address using the D-Link and then Telnet'ing to the JetDirect and setting it to Manual...but I'd not heard of this utility which sounds much easier.
as suggested by petelong, as a good practice(and i think recommended as well) your printer should have a static ip. Netgear WGT624 is a wireless device..right? which port you are using to connect it to the jetdirect? I'm just using one of the Ethernet ports
A static IP could be the better solution but your problem with Netgear, could be that the router is not giving BOOTP, and that could be the problem. Your must review your documentation and see what about BOOTP. And if thats not possible you should try Static IP. Could be..but JetDirect is supposed to work with DHCP, I think, but I will check...
<<The JetDirect 175X print server is recognised by an earlier D-Link router and picked up an IP address using DHCP>>
i think your jetdirect was ok with getting ip from a dhcp when you had dlink, the problem started when you got netgear.
i think your jetdirect was ok with getting ip from a dhcp when you had dlink, the problem started when you got netgear.
ASKER
Yes, I know. I want to know why the NetGear isn;t allocating an address to the JetDirect. I can set up a static address as suggested..and have done so...but I'd still like to know why the Netgear isn;t doing what it should. Are there different versions of DHCP out there?
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