[PLUG] Networking & HP-Printer Probs ... Building Community; Tekies & End-Users ... (... Remote Desktop & Virtual Network Connections ...)

wes plug at the-wes.com
Sat Nov 28 04:36:01 UTC 2015


do you have skype or any other video calling capability?

-wes

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Charles <charles at gov1.us> wrote:

> Wes;
>
> Sorry for the delayed reply,
> but i have been wrestling with my HP-Printer problem,
> & taking careful notes from your video, here:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJvNbBbrsgU
>
> For some strange reason,
> my printer is not responding in
> the same manner as the one in your video,
> even tho they both appear to be the same model.
>
> More specifically;
> in your video near the 1:15 mark,
> you are shown changing to "Yes" the settings
> for: "CFG-Network=Yes".
>
> I can get my machine to do that; ... but,
> when i go on to the other settings in your video,
> & i then come back to this setting,
> it is some-how Changed back to "No".
>
> I pushed "Select", & i got the "*" (star) sign next to it,
> before i went on & then came back to see it changed to "No".
>
> But that does not seem the worst problem.
>
> I can get "CFG TCP/IP=Yes" properly set,
> but then i press the 2 right-clicks shown in your video
> to where "IP Byte" is supposed to be,
> & it is not there.
>
> And i see other good fellas here
> have made some good suggestions also;
> but i spent a lot of time/energy on attempting to follow
> the instructions in your video;
> & i dont know if you fellas comprehend how difficult & frustrating
> these sorts of problems can be for
> newbies who do not have your skill-sets.
>
> And this gets to broader-issues,
> concerning our linux & open-source community.
>
> I am an "end-user", with some modest economic-recourses;
> & i can pay some of you to get on the phone with me
> or to let me bring my machines & router to you,
> or else pay you to drive out here to sandy,
> & help me with these sorts of problems.
>
> But ive been with-out a printer now for over 3-weeks.
> I do social-justice related legal-work
> which is all suffering because i cant print simple documents.
>
> I am good at what i do;
> but i cant be both a legal genius & a computer genius.
> I simply do not possess that many brain-cells.
>
> I really want to throw some money out here,
> & at least pay some-one to get on the phone with me,
> & help me cure this printer & networking problem.
>
> I can pay $50.00 for any-one who will spend
> up to an hour on the phone with me
> in honest efforts to at least try to
> cure this printer/networking problem.
>
> Maybe more.
>
> I am desperate.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Charles Stewart.
> 38788 Barlow Parkway,
> Sandy Oregon.
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> On 11/06/2015 01:59 AM, wes wrote:
>
>> I agree that this is an issue with the printer's IP address. I have a few
>> of these. I'm too lazy to write down all the steps to deal with this, but
>> I
>> made a video of how to view and set the IP.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJvNbBbrsgU
>>
>> You can find the IP address your internal network uses by running the
>> "ifconfig" command on the command line:
>>
>> $ ifconfig
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:40:72:FD:A5:B0
>>            inet addr:192.168.1.59  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>            inet6 addr: fe80::4240:72ff:fefd:a5b0/64 Scope:Link
>>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>            RX packets:163214907 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>            TX packets:223887222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>            RX bytes:12206629277 (11.3 GiB)  TX bytes:193416766812 (180.1
>> GiB)
>>            Interrupt:24
>>
>> note the line stating "inet addr:" - this is the IP you should emulate.
>> don't use the same one for your printer, use one that won't ever be used
>> elsewhere on your network. 254 is a good bet because it's the highest, and
>> most networks don't reach the highest number. but it's not guaranteed.
>>
>> You seem an intrepid type, so hopefully this gives you the right direction
>> to pursue.
>>
>> You should be able to ping the IP address once it's set properly:
>>
>> $ ping 192.168.1.254
>> PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=62.8 ms
>> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=61.5 ms
>> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=62.3 ms
>> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=60.8 ms
>> ^C
>> --- 192.168.1.254 ping statistics ---
>> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 60.873/61.901/62.810/0.749 ms
>>
>> If you can't, you're still having a network problem, don't bother messing
>> with your printer configs until this is resolved and you get ping
>> responses.
>>
>> -wes
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Charles <charles at gov1.us> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/05/2015 07:06 PM, John Bartley K7AAY john at 503bartley.com wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> Charles, a Penguinista could also remotely access your system and, with
>>>> you at the system to unplug/replug if needed, help you solve your issue
>>>> without schlepping out 26.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really like these
>>> remote screen connections & "virtual network connections", John.
>>>
>>> I have used them before;
>>> & with a good teckie on the other end,
>>> frequently problems can quickly be remedied.
>>>
>>> But, under such a set-up, i think i would need
>>> one of the fellas here to agree to try to
>>> work with me in solving my printer-problem with it.
>>>
>>> And this technology is great for curing probs in a single-computer;
>>> but when networking & printers are involved,
>>> it frequently seems that live-people need to be in the room.
>>>
>>> Here's a list of remote access apps
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software and
>>>> there are free remote client and server apps for Linux.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Very nice.
>>> I would be happy to install one of these
>>> if any-one here was willing to
>>> dive more deeply in-to the difficulties of my system.
>>>
>>> Cz ...
>>>
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