Re: printer with static ip address inaccessible from lan

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 2/28/2018 1:37 AM, Thomas George wrote:
> On 02/27/2018 01:24 PM, john doe wrote:
> > On 2/27/2018 7:07 PM, Thomas George wrote:
> > > The Samsung CLP-320 printer's static ip 192.168.1.139 was set about 
> > > 10 years ago to work on a lan using 192.168.1.x addresses. Last week 
> > > the lan's router failed and was replaced with a Netgear r6700 router 
> > > using 192.168.2.x addresses. The printer is now inaccessible from the 
> > > lan.
> > >
> > > Cups Administration says the printer address can be set using its MAC 
> > > address:
> > >
> > >
> > >       Configuring the IP Address Using DHCP
> > >
> > > The DHCP protocol is the usual way of setting the IP address of a 
> > > printer on a managed network. Using the standard dhcpd(8) program 
> > > supplied with UNIX you simply need to add a line to the 
> > > /etc/dhcpd.conf file:
> > >
> > > host/hostname/  {
> > >    hardware ethernet/mac-address/;
> > >    fixed-address/ip-address/;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Make sure that the hostname you use is also listed in the /etc/hosts 
> > > file or is registered with your DNS server.
> > >
> > > apt-cache search dhcpd finds udhcpd. My pc's system is Debian 
> > > Stretch. There is a file /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf but no file /etc/dhcpd.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to access the printer and change  its address to one 
> > > in 192.168.2.x or to reset it to use dhcp?
> >
> > The daemon 'dhcpd' is package 'isc-dhcp-server'.
> >
> > Can't you change the IP of your ISP router to use the subnet 192.168.1.*?
> This is certainly the simplest solution but the Netgear Genie does not 
> have this option even as an advanced setting option. I will contact 
> Netgear by phone to discuss this possibility.
> >

From a web browser if you try to access 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.2.254 do 
you get a web interface?

If resetting the printer is an option I would do that.
Then you simply change the IP address given by the dhcp server in cups.

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John Doe