Pls help with my NETGEAR RP614 router to set-up printer sharing

Pearl31 · 03-19-2005, 07:14 PM

I am lost. I am trying to share one printer & 4 PC through the Cable/DSL web safe router, but unable to find any documentation as to how to do it. NETGEAR claims it is possible but does not give any instructions. Internet sharring is O.K. working fine, but can't get the printing going.
Any suggestion? Pls help!!!!
Thank you in advance.
Main PC has ME, the others XP prof & home edition.

**AppleDude** · 03-19-2005, 08:45 PM

There is a known Microsoft Windows problem (means Microsoft knows about it but has no fix to date) when trying to share a printer between a Windows ME machine and a Windows XP Pro machine. This behavior can occur if the ME computer has cached domain credentials and Windows XP cannot verify that the computer is in a secure domain environment. Windows 98 and Windows Me cannot provide a secure domain environment for Windows XP. I am not sure if this is what you are experiencing, but if you have not had a chance to visit Microsoft's Knowledge Base on this subject, give it a try. Unfortunately, I traded my NetGear Router in for a Lynksys because I had too many problems with the NetGear. I have not had a single problem with my Lynksys Wireless Router and I have 2 PC's hard wired through it and 2 w/wireless connections sharing 4 different printer. All the PCs have Windows XP Home or Pro SP 2. Windows ME is more unstable than 98 was and does not handle networking very well between ME and XP. Hope this helps out. If not, maybe someone else has a fix.

johnwill · 03-20-2005, 10:33 AM

Is the printer attached to one of the machines, or do you have a print server? What is the make/model of the printer? If you have a printer that uses the Windows GDI to generate the pages, it must be attached to a Windows machine, and won't work on a print server.

03-19-2005, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pearl31 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canada/Toronto Posts: 1 OS: XP	Pls help with my NETGEAR RP614 router to set-up printer sharing I am lost. I am trying to share one printer & 4 PC through the Cable/DSL web safe router, but unable to find any documentation as to how to do it. NETGEAR claims it is possible but does not give any instructions. Internet sharring is O.K. working fine, but can't get the printing going. Any suggestion? Pls help!!!! Thank you in advance. Main PC has ME, the others XP prof & home edition.

03-19-2005, 08:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
AppleDude I helped the forums. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 71 OS: WinXP Pro	There is a known Microsoft Windows problem (means Microsoft knows about it but has no fix to date) when trying to share a printer between a Windows ME machine and a Windows XP Pro machine. This behavior can occur if the ME computer has cached domain credentials and Windows XP cannot verify that the computer is in a secure domain environment. Windows 98 and Windows Me cannot provide a secure domain environment for Windows XP. I am not sure if this is what you are experiencing, but if you have not had a chance to visit Microsoft's Knowledge Base on this subject, give it a try. Unfortunately, I traded my NetGear Router in for a Lynksys because I had too many problems with the NetGear. I have not had a single problem with my Lynksys Wireless Router and I have 2 PC's hard wired through it and 2 w/wireless connections sharing 4 different printer. All the PCs have Windows XP Home or Pro SP 2. Windows ME is more unstable than 98 was and does not handle networking very well between ME and XP. Hope this helps out. If not, maybe someone else has a fix. __________________ Give somebody a fish, all they have is a meal....... Teach somebody how to fish, they can eat forever!

03-20-2005, 10:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 32,535 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Is the printer attached to one of the machines, or do you have a print server? What is the make/model of the printer? If you have a printer that uses the Windows GDI to generate the pages, it must be attached to a Windows machine, and won't work on a print server. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience