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I am trying to help someone connect an engraver to their network and I am having no luck, I know I'm missing something but I cannot figure it out. The setup:

CenturyLink Modem --> Apple Airport Extreme --> Apple Extender Box --> Another Apple Airport Extreme --> Dlink DGS 108 --> Two PCs (Win7 and Win10, two engraver printers.

Just to make sure from the Airport Extreme I have an Ethernet cable connected from this <--> port to the dlink slot 1, 2 and 3 are the PCs, the gigabit switch slots 5,6 for the printers.

I just want to connect one printer (epilog fusion) to the Win 7 PC for now. I'm using crossover cables for the printers from the dlink as epilog told me I HAD to use them.

Someone previously came and tried to set up the printers, with no luck. This is what I see on the printer itself:

  • IP address: 192.168.0.5
  • Subnet is: 255.255.255.0
  • Gateway: 192.168.0.1

The printer was setup when installed using this:

  • LPR
  • IP address 192.168.0.5

When I type in ipconfig I get:

  • Gateway is 192.168.0.1 -- assuming this is the router its connected to
  • IPV4 192.168.0.19

Looking at the settings I also see that DHCP is disabled? For the life of me I cannot find the printer let alone get a connection. The settings do not look right to me at all, at this point I'm lost. Any help would be great.

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  • These are pretty specialised bits of kit, you may need to contact the manufacturer. When I had to set up lab equipment I installed a second NIC into the PCs.
    – Burgi
    Feb 13, 2017 at 0:00

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The way that Epilog recommends connecting the printer is to have it directly connected to a second NIC in the PC. That is why they tell you to use a crossover cable. However, it works perfectly fine to connect the printer to a hub or a switch. In that case, you should use a regular, straight-through cable, and treat it just like any other node on the network.

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  • easy enough. How about the settings I show for the printer etc, do those look correct? Feb 7, 2017 at 18:20
  • Yes, the settings look OK. Assuming you have the cabling done right, you should be able to ping 192.168.0.5 from any of the PC's on the same network. Feb 7, 2017 at 18:45

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