Networking with vista

magilla1181 · 02-18-2008, 09:48 AM

I have a local lan setup at home my PC is a Copy of 64-bit Vista Home Premium. What I'd like to do now is to plug my new printer via a second ethernet connection into my pc and then have my printer pull an ip address from my router and then be routable from any computer on the network. I just have to get vista to create a switch between its self and the printer. Is this ethernet bridging, all the articles refer to sharing an internet connections, which I don't think is quite what I want to do. Thanks for the help.

Lead3 · 02-18-2008, 03:00 PM

Why not just connect the printer directly to the router if it is network capable. What type printer is it?

magilla1181 · 02-18-2008, 05:53 PM

Mostly because with where I need the printer/the devices on the lan already, and the fact that my 802.11n doesn't work cause of all the over lapping networks. Bridging did in fact work and it did grab an IP address, It just took me a little with Vista being so different to get it properly configured.

~~His Technicion~~ · 02-19-2008, 06:54 AM

This sounds more like "Networking" rather than "Vista", and the quality of responses might be better if the thread were moved.

Lead3 · 02-19-2008, 07:32 AM

magilla1181: I'm glad it worked out.

02-18-2008, 09:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
magilla1181 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 22 OS: Windows XP	Networking with vista I have a local lan setup at home my PC is a Copy of 64-bit Vista Home Premium. What I'd like to do now is to plug my new printer via a second ethernet connection into my pc and then have my printer pull an ip address from my router and then be routable from any computer on the network. I just have to get vista to create a switch between its self and the printer. Is this ethernet bridging, all the articles refer to sharing an internet connections, which I don't think is quite what I want to do. Thanks for the help.

02-18-2008, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lead3 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 884 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP1	Re: Networking with vista Why not just connect the printer directly to the router if it is network capable. What type printer is it? __________________

02-18-2008, 05:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
magilla1181 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 22 OS: Windows XP	Re: Networking with vista Mostly because with where I need the printer/the devices on the lan already, and the fact that my 802.11n doesn't work cause of all the over lapping networks. Bridging did in fact work and it did grab an IP address, It just took me a little with Vista being so different to get it properly configured.

02-19-2008, 06:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~His Technicion~~ Troubled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 28 OS: Vista Freeware	Re: Networking with vista This sounds more like "Networking" rather than "Vista", and the quality of responses might be better if the thread were moved.

02-19-2008, 07:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lead3 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 884 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP1	Re: Networking with vista magilla1181: I'm glad it worked out. __________________