On 9/10/2012 12:20 PM, Rohan McLeod wrote:
I say 'largely'; because occasionally its IP address seems to change as a result of me adding and subtracting Ethernet cables.So I have just stuck an identical printer on five near by IP addresses,so that on the rare occasion when it doesn't work I consult the printer to see where it thinks it is and use a printer at that address instead.
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Why not have a static IP lease with DHCP ? Using DHCP keeps things easier, just add a fixed lease to whatever is otherwise providing DHCP for your network. Otherwise, if you can set the printer itself up directly with static IP, then that would be better. Are you using an Ethernet print server? If so, that's what you'll need to set a static IP for. Ping it and then do "arp -a" without the quotes so that you can get the MAC address for the DHCP setup. Cheer A.