A switch and router between the printer and PC that want to print but cannot

networking router printer dhcp

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It seems that you connect Linksys router to the switch because you want to have wireless accesspoint. IP 192.168.1.5 would be a laptop that has wireless connected to Linksys router. Is it correct? The printer is directly connected in wire to the Switch.

Your problem is obvious. Your printer is connected to a network of 192.168.0.X and your laptop is on 192.168.1.X network.

Have you try this? Connect the printer to Linksys router instead of the Swtich. This will work.

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Robert Memo

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Robert Memo over 1 year
IP 192.168.1.5 has a wireless connection to a Linksys router (192.168.1.1) which then is connected to a switch. The switch is connected to a server (192.168.0.2). My printer has IP address of 192.168.0.8. Internet connection is fine on 192.168.1.5.
- Problem 1: IP 192.168.1.5 can not print using printer 192.168.0.8.
- Problem 2: IP 192.168.1.2 can not access a shared folder on the the server.
The reason for connecting this way is that, the server does not release wireless signal. In order to get wireless signal the Router is connected to the switch. The server is a computer server that only has one outgoing LAN port. Plus, due to inconvinience physical locations, I do not have option to change the physical locations and the way it is connected already.

I just want the labtops that only have wireless connection to communicate with the printer and the server.

I have tried to change the router IP address to 192.168.0.x like the server and printer. It caused problem for the laptop. The router no longer release internet signals.

The router does have IP address from the server 192.168.0.5.
- DMA57361 almost 12 years
  
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- tiki almost 12 years
  
  To print your documents your printer and Pc should be on the same network i.e either on 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x network. either connect the Pc to the switch or the printer to the wireless router.
- 100rabh almost 12 years
  
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Robert Memo almost 12 years

@Guru.. thanks for your answer. My problem is that there are a couple of PCs directly connected to the switch in wire connection. And I want them to stay the same condition because when I move printer from the switch and connected it to the router, the two computers can not print any more. I even tried this, I changed the router IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.9, it does not work. Please help me out.
Robert Memo almost 12 years

@ Bon .. Thanks for this answer. I still have problem. The internet come through the server --> switch > router > laptops (two laptops). The diagram is like this {Internet} -> (Server) --> [16 ports Dlink Switch]-->(printer)(PC1, PC2)|(Router)-->(laptop1, laptop2) I have set the same subnet. 255.255.255.0 the server also has this subnet, so as the printer. - When I disable DHCP, will this effect as internet connection problem to my second labtop? And I want both of laptops, that are connected internet only via the Linksys router, have ability to print in the printer 192.168.0.8. I am still hav
Bon Gart almost 12 years

If the Linksys router is given an IP address that would normally be handed out by the server (assuming that it passes out DHCP to whatever is connected to the switch), it should then work as a pass-thru, allowing that server to also give IP addresses to the laptops. This would mean the laptops wouldn't be 192.168.1.5 and whatnot, but rather 192.168.0 x, thus on the same subnet (255.255.255.0 is a subnet mask). This also assumes that the server is handling DHCP for everything connected to it. If it isn't, then you would have to also put in DNS settings into the router.