Re: direct ethernet connection between computer and printer

[rlharris@oplink.net]

On Fri, October 16, 2015 2:30 am, Joe wrote:
> Yes, that should work. I believe your initial difficulty was in setting
> the IP address on your computer to one in the same network as the original
> printer's address.

That, and not understanding that the ip address reported by Windows was
assigned by the DHCP server of the ISP.

> Probably the router can pick up the outside address by DHCP, but if
> not, you know what it is.

If the router cannot pick up the outside address, I am in trouble.  The
day I was there, the address corresponding to the radio link happened to
be 192.168.100.3, but tomorrow it could be 192.168.100.123 or anything
else.

However, in another network about a year ago I plugged the WAN port of a
Wi-Fi router into the BLUE port of IPCop, and was using NAT and DHCP of
the Wi-Fi router together with a wired network on BLUE, so I am confident
that this setup is going to work.

For me, this has been an enlightening experience; and, from the standpoint
of time expended, expensive.

I am grateful to have received help from you and the others who frequent
this list.

Russ