Re: direct ethernet connection between computer and printer
On Thu 15 Oct 2015 at 03:45:24 -0500, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Thu, October 15, 2015 3:18 am, Joe wrote:
>
> > I'd expect one with an
> > Ethernet port to run a simple web server for configuration.
>
> I have not yet found mention of one regarding the hp2100tn.
nmap <IP address of printer>
> > Best not go there... you shouldn't need to disturb anything. If the
> > router is indeed running DHCP, and that would be expected in this sort of
> > network, then you do really need to know its IP address range, for which
> > you will need to login with the admin password, but you don't need to see
> > it physically.
>
> I am beginning to regret that I got into this. The modem or modem-router
> is supplied by a small ISP which serves a rural region. The ISP may not
> allow the customer to change the configuration.
Fit the printer to the router - not the router to the printer.
> > If this password is unavailable, ...
> > then try
> > setting the printer to the address adjacent to the router's.
>
> I though that likely is the case; the computer is 192.168.100.3, so the
> router likely is 192.168.100.1, so my plan was to try 192.168.100.2 for
> the printer.
The factory defaults for the printer will use DHCP. Let it and the
router sort out an address. This involves much less expenditure of
time.
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