Cant find Printer Through a Linksys Router.

Yes it is posted as shared. I have done everything i dont know whats wrong.

"JW" wrote:

> Is it set up as a shared printer on your XP system?
>
> "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A53EAD4E-E848-4308-80D4-2093C4E7EC3A@microsoft.com...

> > This is NOT a wirless router. I use a Belkin (Blue) Wire to connect my
> > vista
> > premium to my xp.
> > I cant find my Helwett Packard Deskjet 930c Printer (connected to xp) from
> > my Vista.
> > I dont know how i can find it, please help;

>
>
>

Ross,

Perhaps you can get some insight from this post from another forum:

http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?messageID=783585

Every little bit helps.
--
freddy


"Ross" wrote:

> Yes it is posted as shared. I have done everything i dont know whats wrong.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>

> > Is it set up as a shared printer on your XP system?
> >
> > "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A53EAD4E-E848-4308-80D4-2093C4E7EC3A@microsoft.com...

> > > This is NOT a wirless router. I use a Belkin (Blue) Wire to connect my
> > > vista
> > > premium to my xp.
> > > I cant find my Helwett Packard Deskjet 930c Printer (connected to xp) from
> > > my Vista.
> > > I dont know how i can find it, please help;

> >
> >
> >

Make sure you are in the same workgroup. XP defaults to MSHOME and Vista
defaults to something else I cant think of at the moment. Set your Vista
workgroup to whatever the XP machine is set at.

Kurt

"freddy" <fkirschen@tidalwave.net> wrote in message
news:C0290812-F155-4829-9D0D-54E9CD4A9BE0@microsoft.com...

> Ross,
>
> Perhaps you can get some insight from this post from another forum:
>
> http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jspa?messageID=783585
>
> Every little bit helps.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Ross" wrote:
>

>> Yes it is posted as shared. I have done everything i dont know whats
>> wrong.
>>
>> "JW" wrote:
>>

>> > Is it set up as a shared printer on your XP system?
>> >
>> > "Ross" <Ross@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:A53EAD4E-E848-4308-80D4-2093C4E7EC3A@microsoft.com...
>> > > This is NOT a wirless router. I use a Belkin (Blue) Wire to connect
>> > > my
>> > > vista
>> > > premium to my xp.
>> > > I cant find my Helwett Packard Deskjet 930c Printer (connected to xp)
>> > > from
>> > > my Vista.
>> > > I dont know how i can find it, please help;
>> >
>> >
>> >