I have a HP officejet K-550dtn. New wireless n router. I can't get the router to see the printer.

This printer used to work properly as a network using Actiontec or Linksys printer b/g router.  I upgraded my network for a 802.11n system and I cannot get the new router to see the printer.  After several hours of fighting, I find that the printer configuration page shows its IP address as 192.168.1.103.  Unfortunately, the DHCP server on the new router uses address 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.200 only.

The disc that came with the printer does not work in one of my computers, because the BONE is newer than Win XP.

Any ideas on how I can change the internal IP address of the printer to something the router will recognize?

I wouldn't get rid of this printer, since it is always does a great job.

(I can still print to the printer with a computer server network address to which it is connected by a USB cable, but requiring everyone goes up to this computer before making the print command in order to ensure that it is not hibernation.)  If I can't print directly via the router, I think I will return the router and go slowly until I can't take it anymore.

Thank you

Dweezel

I finally understood that.  Here's how, in case someone else meets this.

I don't mention that there is a Verizon FIOS router behind the wireless-n router, and it uses the model of 192.168.1.XXX.

On a hunch, I ping the FIOS router, and there was a response.  The K-550 ethernet cable was plugged into the wireless n router and I tried it ping 192.168.1.103.  No response.  I then connected the ethernet printer cable in one of the connectors of the FIOS router replacement.  He ping again and got 4 beautiful quick returns.

I moved to one of the computers on the wireless network and checked to see if the printer was there.  Joy!  There were two cases.  One was the connection recently configured via the USB port on the server computer.  The second was through the previously used x.x.x.103 port.  I can print using this forum, and I made it the default printer.

It had not occurred to me to use a port across the wireless n router.

Dweezel

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