Is there a way to detect the ip of an old print server without software?
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October 16th, 2011
I have an old hp laserjet 5 that I am trying to set up using an old linksys print server. I had it running like 6–7 months ago, but some hardware changes were made to the network making the networked printer impossible. I now have new hardware and am trying to set it up again because it would be nice not having to pay 8 cents a page at school.
Here’s how i set it up originally: The print server was made for Windows XP and below. So, the software from linksys’ website wont run on windows 7. The software’s only real use to me is to tell me what the IP of the printserver is because windows 7 actually has its own drivers for this old stuff, only requiring an IP. I elected to install windows xp on a virtual machine and install the software there to get the IP, then go to windows 7 and manually add a printer. AND Done… printer worked.
I really don’t want to deal with installing XP again. It’s time consuming and a pain in the A$$, only for a use of about 5 minutes. I feel like this could be solved by less invasive means.
Does anyone know of a way to find out the IP of a printsever that windows 7 wont directly recognize? (yes i know i should’ve written it down lol)
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I havent tried that today, i feel like there was an issue last time with that… but if i can find a default IP ill try it.
its a linksys epsx3, but its the ORIGINAL lol my first google search returned a lot of version 2’s which im not sure if they’d have the same default… maybe?
The odds are pretty good that they are the same.
:( I actually cannot find a default ip online. I found user manuals for the epsx3 v2 but it just gives information on how to restore factory settings (using the proprietary software lolz).
I guess what i was hoping for was some third party utility that will scan my network and list every device attached and its corresponding IP… is something like that even possible? (i know your router has a list of devices connected, but it only displayed computers and phones)
Most likely the server will have an ip address assigned to it by the networks dhcp server, which is most likely your router and the same one that assigns the ipaddress to your computer.
You can find the ip-address of your dhcp server in the network settings in windows. Log into your dhcp server and look for an overview of the ip-addresses that it has assigned.
If you mean the dhcp client list in the router admin page its not listed there :(
I downloaded a utility that scans an ip range for devices but it couldn’t find the server
I got it working again with the XP route… just took a while… had to load the software and solve a vmware network problem, but it eventually discovered the server (the ip was xxx.xxx.1.200)
which i just entered as the networked printer and my laserjet is back online.
Thanks everyone for the help!
@nicky “I guess what i was hoping for was some third party utility that will scan my network and list every device attached and its corresponding IP…”
Try ZenMap. It’s kind of like swatting a fly with an ICBM, but it does what you’re asking and it’s free. The function you are looking for is called “port scanning”, and there are a great many programs that can do it. nmap is the one I use personally; ZenMap is a GUI for it.
ya that was the one i used hehe
It didnt find the server though lol this thing is pretty old
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