LAN internet access & Wireless printing with Vista
I'm having problems with 3 of my Vista Ultimate SP1 workstations. 3 of them are connected to the LAN for Internet with no firewalls blocking and printing to a Canon copier connected via wireless access point.The problems is that I can't print to the Canon copier. Tried pinging the Canon copier and access point also request time out.When I disable the LAN adapter. I can print and ping the Canon copier.LAN is set to grab IP address from the DHCP and the wireless is set with a static IP range different from the LAN.This was working on XP before we switch to Vista. Please advice.Regards,Jeremy
March 31st, 2008 4:49am
Hi Jeremy,
Before we go further, I would like to confirm the following information with you:
1. Are the IP addresses for wired and wireless connection located in different subnets?
2. Do wired and wireless connections connect to the printer through the same Router/Switch?
Meanwhile, please reproduce the issue and export the Windows IP Configuration (ipconfig /all) and Route Table (route print) for further research.
I look forward to your reply.
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April 2nd, 2008 12:09pm
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I managed to fix the issue. The solution is to change the network range of the wifi adapter to Class C : 192.168.0.xxx Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0. I think the previous IP address range was not compatible.Thank you.
April 4th, 2008 4:48am