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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: unlucky mark mv6 on 15 January 2010, 17:35:40
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Just bought an hp photosmart c309g-m printer,and want to set it up so that its wireless,problem is the laptop has a virgin mobile dongle(which is shit),can it be done and how.Tried doing it by wi-fi,and wireless,but nothing,so at the moment i have to use the lead,and by the way the instructions arent worth the paper they are printed on. :-/
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If the printer can do wifi, and you have an Access Point, yes.
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Access Point not required if printer can do Ad-hoc, but not all can.
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Access Point not required if printer can do Ad-hoc, but not all can.
Printer can do that,but just dont understand all the computer jargon,and dont have access point,just the dongle on pay as you go. :-/
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Access Point not required if printer can do Ad-hoc, but not all can.
Printer can do that,but just dont understand all the computer jargon,and dont have access point,just the dongle on pay as you go. :-/
Ignore the dongle. utterly irrelevent.
I presume laptop has wifi, if so, HP docs should say how to set it up this way
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OK Mark, try this.....
Make sure the printer is on, click start then devices and printers (or printers if you're on Windows shitbox XP), click add a printer then when asked select network printer and then try browsing the network for the printer. Make sure the printer is set to connect wirelessly first though ;)
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OK Mark, try this.....
Make sure the printer is on, click start then devices and printers (or printers if you're on Windows shitbox XP), click add a printer then when asked select network printer and then try browsing the network for the printer. Make sure the printer is set to connect wirelessly first though ;)
Tried all that lee,but the display on the printer keeps saying it cannot find it,and picks half the street up instead. ::) :y
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OK Mark, try this.....
Make sure the printer is on, click start then devices and printers (or printers if you're on Windows shitbox XP), click add a printer then when asked select network printer and then try browsing the network for the printer. Make sure the printer is set to connect wirelessly first though ;)
That isn't going to work if the OP isn't connecting to an access point of some description, because the Wi-Fi card will be assigned an internal IP address by Windows.
What the OP needs to do is set a static IP on the laptop Wi-Fi card, same again for the printer.
Of course the above will only work if the printer can do Ad-Hoc.