printer sharing

14 Mar 2005 11:42 AM

me

hi,

if i have two computers in a room both having 802.11G bekin adapters will i
be able to share a printer or do i need an access point?

thanks

me

14 Mar 2005 11:53 AM

Richard Perkin

"me" <m*@home.com> wrote in
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> if i have two computers in a room both having 802.11G bekin
> adapters will i be able to share a printer...
Yes
>...or do i need an access
> point?
No

Set the adapters to Ad Hoc mode and the same Channel.

Windows resource sharing relies on communication on channels 137,
137, 138. Ensure that no software firewall (including Windows
Firewall or ICF) is blocking communication on these ports - there's
usually an option somewhere for 'allow others to share my files and
printers' or similar.

If you mark the printer as shared on the directly connected PC, then
use Add Printer on the other and browse for a network printer,
everything should work just fine.

Hope this helps

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14 Mar 2005 12:45 PM

Barry OGrady

On 14 Mar 2005 11:53:13 GMT, Richard Perkin <f000nur***@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>"me" <m*@home.com> wrote in
>news:6NeZd.690$JN1.386@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net:
>
>> if i have two computers in a room both having 802.11G bekin
>> adapters will i be able to share a printer...
>Yes
>>...or do i need an access
>> point?
>No
>
>Set the adapters to Ad Hoc mode and the same Channel.
>
>Windows resource sharing relies on communication on channels 137,
>137, 138.

There are only 14 channels.

Ensure that no software firewall (including Windows
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>Firewall or ICF) is blocking communication on these ports - there's
>usually an option somewhere for 'allow others to share my files and
>printers' or similar.
>
>If you mark the printer as shared on the directly connected PC, then
>use Add Printer on the other and browse for a network printer,
>everything should work just fine.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>--
>
>Richard Perkin
>To email me, change the AT in the address below
>richard.perkinATmyrealbox.com
>
>It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
>is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's.
>It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
>-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News

Barry

14 Mar 2005 1:23 PM

Hiram Hackenbacker

Barry OGrady wrote:

>>Set the adapters to Ad Hoc mode and the same Channel.
>>
>>Windows resource sharing relies on communication on channels 137,
>>137, 138.
>
>
> There are only 14 channels.

I think the poster meant ports when referring to Windows resource sharing.

14 Mar 2005 11:41 PM

Richard Perkin

Hiram Hackenbacker <"dcolled***@interquad.com> wrote in

news:1110806639.7510.0@sabbath.news.uk.clara.net:

> Barry OGrady wrote:

> I think the poster meant ports when referring to Windows resource
> sharing.

Apologies, a typo - I did indeed mean ports.
Must learn to engage brain before applying fingers to keyboard :(

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It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's.
It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
-- Oxford University Press, Edpress News