Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Cannot print when router is hooked up. Can Without. Why?

muggy · 01-17-2008, 09:55 AM

Hi,

I think it has something do with the printer being is a entirely different subnet and hence not mapped to your computer.

Usually corporate networks have static IPs assigned to printers and when you have the computer hooked via the network cable you are able to print because the IP your computer gets is in the same subnet as the printers'. When you include a router, the router assigns an IP to your computer via DHCP which could be hampering the communication.

I would recommended checking with your network admin about this

01-17-2008, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
muggy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 121 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Cannot print when router is hooked up. Can Without. Why? Hi, I think it has something do with the printer being is a entirely different subnet and hence not mapped to your computer. Usually corporate networks have static IPs assigned to printers and when you have the computer hooked via the network cable you are able to print because the IP your computer gets is in the same subnet as the printers'. When you include a router, the router assigns an IP to your computer via DHCP which could be hampering the communication. I would recommended checking with your network admin about this