One of the things I have learned here is to keep everything set for DHCP on my home network. This is for simplicity and reliability while eliminating the need to muck around with static ips. But I ...

The Less Easy: Printer Has an Ethernet Port If your printer is not wireless enabled, but it has a built-in Ethernet port, you can set up the printer somewhere near your wireless router or switch. This ...

If your network-capable printer is not automatically detected by Windows, you will need to set it up manually. This will involve going to your printer menu, configuring a TCP/IP a port, and installing ...

Premium editions of Windows 7, including Ultimate, Enterprise and Professional, allow you to set multiple default printers according to the network to which you connect. This location-aware printing ...

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I recently introduced a Ricoh IM 6500 printer on the office network, and it reminded me that we need to treat printers like computers. These devices should be given the same amount of security ...

There are various ways to work together in a network based on Windows 11. The simplest is to set up a shared workgroup, a kind of team of computers with equal rights. The workgroup in Windows 11 ...

Print servers are the latest thing for small offices and home offices. Wireless print servers that use 802.11b (Wi-Fi) technology are cutting edge. Do you need one? It depends. If you have more than ...