Printing from laptop on wireless network

lilmack · 01-18-2008, 02:02 PM

I have a desktop computer running Windows XP Home with a printer connected directly to this computer. In the printer properties on the sharing tab, the dial is selected for "Share this printer". This computer is connected to a Linksys wireless router. I'm connected to the wireless network from my laptop and I'm trying to add this printer to print from my laptop but it can't seem to locate the printer on the network. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? Thanx...

**johnwill** · 01-18-2008, 03:51 PM

Can you share files and folders on the same machine?

For each of the machines, please do this.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following two commands:

nbtstat -n

ipconfig /all

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

01-18-2008, 02:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
lilmack Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Printing from laptop on wireless network I have a desktop computer running Windows XP Home with a printer connected directly to this computer. In the printer properties on the sharing tab, the dial is selected for "Share this printer". This computer is connected to a Linksys wireless router. I'm connected to the wireless network from my laptop and I'm trying to add this printer to print from my laptop but it can't seem to locate the printer on the network. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? Thanx...

01-18-2008, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,654 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Printing from laptop on wireless network Can you share files and folders on the same machine? For each of the machines, please do this. Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt: Type the following two commands: nbtstat -n ipconfig /all Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter. Paste the results in a message here. If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience