There are two things that need to be added to this:

1.  In order to telnet to the card, you will need to know what IP address it
has at the moment.  Either do this from a network with DHCP so it has an
initial assignment which you are going to override, or determine what
address it defaults to if it's configured for DHCP but doesn't get one that
way.  In the latter case, you may need to temporarily assign your PC a
static address in the same range.

2.  The static address you assign will need to be in the range used on the
network, but not already in use by any other device -- and, ideally, others
will not be adding things to the network and perhaps trying to use the same
address, too.  There is manual bookkeeping to be done on a network that
relies on static addressing, which DHCP would take care of.

David Gillett


On 22 Apr 2004 at 8:03, Peter Shkabara wrote:

> It is possible to assign a static IP address to the JetDirect card. Use
> telnet to connect to it and then set the desired IP address. The address, of
> course, needs to be per your network. From your earlier comments, I assume
> that you have a static IP address assignments in your classroom. No DHCP
> server is needed, so you can take your router back home - just use static IP
> addresses.
>
> Peter
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > There is no administrator. It's my own classroom and I'm "in
> > charge." I took
> > my router from home and hooked it up to the hub. Then hooked
> > the router to
> > the printer. I was then able to run the HP Network Printer
> > Setup Wizard
> > which found the printer with an IP address assigned by the
> > router.  So, I'll
> > tell the school to buy a router so I can take mine home.
> >
> > Byron Wolter
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