LouB wrote:
> Ret. wrote:
>> I've raised this issue previously - but still haven't managed to
>> resolve it.
>>
>> I have a simply home network using a Medion laptop with draft n
>> wireless LAN capability. I use this with a Linksys WAG160n router
>> and this part of the network works perfectly.
>>
>> A few months ago I bought an Epson SX600FW wireless printer to use
>> with the network. I set the printer up ok - and was able to print
>> wirelessly to it without problem. A short time later, however, I
>> found that the printer had 'vanished' from the network and I was
>> unable to print to it. The only way I could get it back was by
>> re-booting the router -
>> but once again, within a matter of hours, the printer went AWOL
>> again. I first spoke to Epson tech support but they claimed it must be a
>> router problem.
>>
>> I have now had three on-line chats with Linksys tech support about
>> the problem. The first two times my firmware was out of date by a
>> single version and the they merely told me to update to the latest
>> firmware and try it out. Neither of these solutions worked.
>>
>> During the latest chat with Linksys, a couple of days ago, they
>> suggested creating a static ip address for the printer. I did this,
>> following their instructions, but once again, within a matter of
>> hours, the printer had vanished from the network and I was unable to
>> print to it. Pinging the printer from both the laptop and the router,
>> following
>> the loss of connection, fails.
>>
>> This problem is driving me nuts!
>>
>> Anyone *any* ideas to help me with this?
>>
>> Ret.
> No, but a Q. Why not just get an inexpensive wired printer?

Because I use my laptop down in my lounge, and the router and printer are
upstairs in an unused bedroom. It is inconvenient to have to keep taking the
laptop upstairs and plugging it into the printer whenever I want to print
off document! (Although, currently, I have to keep going upstairs and
re-booting the router whenever I want to print something off!!)

Ret.