assigning manual ip address to printer
My HP printers are constantly dropping offline. HP tech suggests that the router may be changing the ip addresses of the printer, and suggests that I set up a manual ip address for them.
Can you give me the steps to accomplish that on the archer c3150?
I can only access the routers EWS via an ethernet cabel. The browser on my PC can't see the router.
For what it's worth, I have no problem printing wirelessly from my Apple devices.
WBS
There are a FEW ways to set the printer to a FIXED IP ADDRESS.
One way, in the Testher App it might show assign IP Address via the MAC Address.
Might show that too on the Web GUI if it has that feature for the router.
An 'easier' way would be to use HP's Smart program. It can assign and IP Address to the Printer.
Here is the program opened to do that:
First get the MAC address from above Status page.
Then use this page to create a saved IP Address for that MAC Address:
This always then assign the SAME IP Address to the printer when it connects.
Set the IP Address high, DHCP usually hands out IP Addresses sequentially. In my Deco setup I set DHCP limited to 192.168.1.99, so after that address I can 'manage' connections to specific devices that need or I want fixed IP Addresses for.
Best way probably would be in the Web GUI or TETHER app to assing the printer a fixed IP Address. Using those 'Reserved' IP Addressing DHCP will not hand it to another device.