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When I connect my SG800 printer (used for dye sublimation) to any of the ethernet ports I get an amber light and the printer reports an IP address of 192.168.000.200. However, when I ping that address it just times out. If I try to print to that printer nothing happens and eventually the print manager times out because of no response. Am I missing something fundamental that needs to be set in order to make a printer work wired?
AC1900 ia a speed, not a model number. (Netgear's package labeling does not make this clear.)
> [...] I get an amber light and the printer reports an IP address of > 192.168.000.200.
The light should indicate a good physical connection. Is 192.168.0.200 consistent with other addresses on your network? How does the printer get that address?
If the printer has a static address which is not on the same subnet as the router's LAN (and other devices on the LAN), then it will be unreachable from other devices, even with a good physical connection. If the printer is getting that address from the (DHCP server on the) router, then it should be ok.
Sorry, the model # is R7000. The how's and what's of this hardware is way out of my league. I do graphics and engraving, how things work I don't know. I connected an ethernet cable to a port on the back of the router and then into the ethernet port on my printer. The display on the printer has an IP address on 192.168.000.200 and a Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.000. I just moved my computer and this printer from my shop to my house. In my shop I had a router sitting 20' from the printer so I ran the cable from an ethernet port on the router to the printer, it had the same IP address and Subnet Mask. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look or how to change anything in this area. If you could give me a little direction it would be greatly appreciated.
> [...] I just moved my computer and this printer from my shop to my > house. [...]
So, it's now (at home) connected to a different router/network from before (at the shop)?
If you can point a Web browser at the R7000 (normally: http://routerlogin.net), then the ADVANCED tab should get you to a page ("ADVANCED Home") which shows the router's IP address, under "Router Information". If that's 192.168.0.1, then things should work with a printer at 192.168.0.200. If the router's IP address is 192.168.1.1 (likely), or anything other than 192.168.0.X, then the printer is configured improperly for your home network.
I don't know how to configure the network address stuff on your printer, but I assume that there's a manual for it somewhere.
What is "my computer"? Some kind of Windows system, or something else?
When I check the router, it reports it's IP address as 10.0.0.1 ( I think that may be the issue?) There are a couple of places I can change this to 192.168.1.1, or something similar. Should I, or should I just change my printer? I've already changed that to 192.168.1.200.
When I check the router, it reports it's IP address as 10.0.0.1 ( I think that may be the issue?)
That's actually another of the default IP addresses that Netgear's kit picks in some circumstances, for example, when the modem router detects a conflict with a WAN IP address. Maybe that's why your R7000 decided to avoid 192.168.1.1.
You are probably on the right track.
The printer needs to be on the same network. 10.0.0.something
What else is on this network? What's the modem?
Just another user with a set of boilerplate macros.
Okay, I changed the router to 192.168.1.1, with the printer at 192.168.1.200. Now everything seems to work and the printer shows on the NETGEAR System Map. Thanks everyone for the help.
> [...] the printer reports an IP address of 192.168.000.200.
> Doesn't look like a valid IP address.
It does to some of us. It's a sign of a simple program which doesn't suppress leading zeros. "192.168.000.200" = "192.168.0.200". Not a cause for concern.
> When I check the router, it reports [its] IP address as 10.0.0.1 ( I > think that may be the issue?) There are a couple of places I can change > this to 192.168.1.1, or something similar. Should I, or should I just > change my printer? I've already changed that to 192.168.1.200.
If your router's address is 10.0.0.1, then both 192.168.0.200 and 192.168.1.200 should fail, because they're on different subnets from 10.0.0.X.
You have options. If the printer can be told to use DHCP, then it'll ask the router for an address, which should always be on the right subnet. If the printer must be assigned a fixed/static address then you can either change the printer to a 10.0.0.X address to match the router (and everything else on your LAN), or you can change everything else to match the 192.168.0.X address of the printer.
> I don't know how to configure the network address stuff on your > printer, but I assume that there's a manual for it somewhere.
Still true.
Telling the printer to use DHCP, or changing your home network to use 192.168.0.X addresses, should let you haul the printer back and forth between work and home without fiddling with it every time. If it'll never move again, then it doesn't matter which one you change, but everyone on your subnet must have an address where the leading "AAA.BBB.CCC." part is the same. (That's for a netmask of
255.255.255.0, also known as "/24", which is the norm for small
