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NETGEAR WNDR3400v3 adding printer to network LAN connection
I have a WNDR3400v3 router. Instead of adding my printer to the wireless connection, can I add the printer to the LAN connection on the router and just assign it a static IP?
> [...] I was mainly asking [...]
Sometimes it's helpful to include your actual question in your
problem description.> [...] if the router would recognize the printer on the ethernet
> connection, or that it didn't matter because it is using IP protocol
> instead of the USB, since the router I have does not support any USB
> devices expect storage devices.Apparently, your (unspecified) "my printer" is networkable. It's
unlikely to care much which network interface you use, Ethernet or
wireless. When it's connected to the router using an Ethernet or
wireless interface, the router doesn't need to "recognize the printer"
as a printer; so far as the router's concerned, it's just one more
networked device. The computers/devices which talk to the printer need
to know more about it; the router doesn't.If you're not using the router's USB interface, then any limitations
of that USB interface wouldn't affect what you're doing.
Note, however, that the two different network interfaces of your
(unspecified) "my printer" are likely to have two different MAC
addresses, so the resulting IP addresses for the two interfaces would
normally be different, too. Thus, it might be best to use only one of
those interfaces, or else think of it as two printers with two different
IP addresses (because that's the way your computers/devices will see
it).
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> I have a WNDR3400v3 router. [...]
Ok.
> [...] Instead of adding my printer to the wireless connection, can I
> add the printer to the LAN connection on the router [...]Probably, if your (unspecified) "my printer" has a suitable Ethernet
port. With my weak psychic powers, I can't tell.> [...] and just assign it a static IP?
Terminology: A "static" address is configured on the device itself.
What you configure on a (DHCP server on a) router is a reserved dynamic
address, not a static address. Either one should fix the address of a
device, but some implications are different.Most likely, a reserved dynamic address would be a better choice.
(Less likely to suffer from user error.)
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number,
and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read.
Look for "Address Reservation".Yes it has an ethernet port. I only meant static IP because there where issues when I was using the wireless the IP address would sometimes change and cause the printer to not been seen by windows 10. I was able to correct it when I assigned it an IP in the router settings. I was mainly asking if the router would recognize the printer on the ethernet connection, or that it didn't matter because it is using IP protocol instead of the USB, since the router I have does not support any USB devices expect storage devices.
> [...] I was mainly asking [...]
Sometimes it's helpful to include your actual question in your
problem description.> [...] if the router would recognize the printer on the ethernet
> connection, or that it didn't matter because it is using IP protocol
> instead of the USB, since the router I have does not support any USB
> devices expect storage devices.Apparently, your (unspecified) "my printer" is networkable. It's
unlikely to care much which network interface you use, Ethernet or
wireless. When it's connected to the router using an Ethernet or
wireless interface, the router doesn't need to "recognize the printer"
as a printer; so far as the router's concerned, it's just one more
networked device. The computers/devices which talk to the printer need
to know more about it; the router doesn't.If you're not using the router's USB interface, then any limitations
of that USB interface wouldn't affect what you're doing.
Note, however, that the two different network interfaces of your
(unspecified) "my printer" are likely to have two different MAC
addresses, so the resulting IP addresses for the two interfaces would
normally be different, too. Thus, it might be best to use only one of
those interfaces, or else think of it as two printers with two different
IP addresses (because that's the way your computers/devices will see
it).
zog53 wrote:
I have a WNDR3400v3 router. Instead of adding my printer to the wireless connection, can I add the printer to the LAN connection on the router and just assign it a static IP?
You don't say what printer you own, but most of the printers I have come across – especially HP and Canon – have their own utility that you can us to set up a networked printer.
These may well allow you to control how the printer gets an IP address.
Probably best to start with the printer's manual.
> These may well allow you to control how the printer gets an IP
> address.I can't remember ever seeing any device which does _not_ allow the
user to control how it "gets an IP address", one way or another. I'd
expect any wireless-capable printer to default to using DHCP, so "how
the printer gets an IP address" was never the problem.Again, the critical fact here is that "the printer" does not have "an
IP address"; each network _interface_ on the printer can have an IP
address.> Probably best to start with the printer's manual.
Probably couldn't hurt. In this case, it might not help much.
Reading the problem description might be helpful, however. But thanks
for the distraction.
