Clearly a reboot of the router had caused it to move the IP address on that computer. I realized that the scanning shortcut I had built into the interface of the scanner was pointing to what I THOUGHT was the IP address of the computer. The Lexmark MC2426 scanner/printer was working just fine and finding my computer to scan to, just fine, until it didn’t. Well you can probably see what’s coming next. Once again most of the time each computer picks up exactly the same IP address it has had in the past, or you can exclude that IP address from the range being handed out and statically assign an IP address – as I typically do for printers at the office. This is also how I set up my network at the office, but there at the office there is a server called a domain controller that handles a specific role (called DHCP server) that hands out the IP addresses to each workstation or device. And most of the time these two devices pick up the same IP address over and over again even though, in theory they can pick up any available IP address. The scanner is not set up via USB, rather it’s set up via a wired connection. When I was trying to scan something from the scanner to my computer and it kept failing. And for most of these devices I’ve left them to pick up their IP addresses from the router I have that sits between me and my Comcast modem. Speaking of houses – and more specifically, of home networks: The other day where I have a peer to peer network at home consisting of hard wired computers, a scanner/printer and another dedicated printer along with wifi, laptops, ipads, iphones, iwatches, kindles, an galaxy tablet, roku devices, rachio sprinkler device… well you get the idea. The tulips are in full bloom at my house. Posted on Apat 21:08 CDT by Susan Bradley įirst off – if you are in the Northern Hemisphere – Happy spring.
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