Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s with are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is conected as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it prints fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot be seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall disabled, no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to the system.

Regards

Ray

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot be seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall disabled, no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the printer is
connected, on.

"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot be seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall disabled, no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the printer is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the correct
cable.

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

This is not possible, sorry.

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it
prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot
be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall
disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to
the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a
patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should
solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC
to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the
printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of
printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the
printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet
card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

This is not possible, sorry.


Why not?

"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it
prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question cannot
be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall
disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to
the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a
patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should
solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main PC
to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the
printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of
printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the
printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet
card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

This is not possible, sorry.


Why not?

Dur to the layout of the building and where the printer needs to be sited.

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other
pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it
prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running
Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question
cannot
be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have
file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall
disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to
the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a
patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect
the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should
solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main
PC
to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the
printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of
printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the
printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet
card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

This is not possible, sorry.


Why not?

Dur to the layout of the building and where the printer needs to be
sited.


I think you might be able to connect the printer direct to a WAP (wireless
access point - set up as a bridge I think). They are quite cheap too....
This is the cheapest I could find - £23
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132431

"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...


"Gordon" wrote:

"Ray Kilham" wrote in message
...
Try to help my wifes boss who has the following set up:

Main pc (running Vista Business) connected to the internet with a
ethernet
cable in to a BT hub, this hub sends out a signal which 2 other
pc`s
with
are
running XP.

On one of these two pc`s is connected a Brother printer, this is
conected
as
is asked for by a network cable, on the pc ot is connected to it
prints
fine,
we need to be able to access it also from the machine running
Vista.

In Vista when you install a printer the printer in question
cannot
be
seen
in a search or even by putting in its IP address, all pc`s have
file
and
printer sharing turned on.

I have also tried to connect to the printer was all firewall
disabled,
no
luck here.

Checked the the settings on the hub, all pc`s have full access to
the
system.

Regards

Ray


I'm assuming that as the printer is connected to the machine by a
patch
cable that it is a proper network-enabled printer?
Is there a spare Ethernet port on the BT Hub? If so, just connect
the
printer there and you will have a TRUE network printer which should
solve
all the problems at a stroke...
Or, buy a three-port switch and connect your hub, printer and main
PC
to
that....
Those are the easy solutions, which in addition to solving the
printing
problem from the Vista machine, will also give you the option of
printing
from any machine without having to turn the machine to which the
printer
is
connected, on.

Their is no spare port on the hub, the printer is conected with the
correct
cable.



So this Brother printer is a proper Networked Printer with an Ethernet
card
in it.
Your EASIEST solution is to buy a three-port switch, like I said..

Here's one for £9.99....
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132456

This is not possible, sorry.


Why not?

Dur to the layout of the building and where the printer needs to be
sited.


I think you might be able to connect the printer direct to a WAP (wireless
access point - set up as a bridge I think). They are quite cheap too....
This is the cheapest I could find - £23
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132431



Thank you.

sounds like you need to set up the drivers in the vista machine for the
printer. then set the URL address of the printer properties.
I had to do this with my HP printer sharing it in the network. once I
set all my computers to the same address of the printer they could all
access it.
if you go into the control panel and look in the printers, you should
see if it's even seen by the computer. if it is, you can configure the
settings/propeties of the printer.

use the same url etc that the xp machines have. then the vista machine
should see the printer on the network.
I had to set my printer to a static ip address so it wouldn't change
and then not be able to be seen by the computer.

also, sometimes, (I don't know how or why) the printer gets set on "use
printer offline". if that happens it won't print until I uncheck it.


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