My cable modem is connected to my wireless router, and my desktop is connected to the wireless router. My laptop connects wireless with the router. I want to find out how do i setup my laptop to print to my printer using wireless connection.
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You can use any printer that's connected to one of the network computers.  Though this PC will need to be on to print to it.  If you want to print to it wether or not the PC is on you will need a separate piece of hard ware.\n\nTo install a printer on your wireless laptop that connected to another PC:\n\nOpen Control panel.\nPrinters and other hardware\nPrinters and Faxes\nAdd a printer\nFrom the next window that pops up select next, then select network printer from the options then next.\nPut a tick in "browser for printer" then click next.\nDouble click on your network and keep clicking until you see your desktop computer appear.   Double click on the computer and you will see all the printers connected to that computer. Select the printer you want to share click next.\nA warning will now come up to basically telling you that it is now going to install the drivers for this printer on you laptop, click OK.\nIt will now install the printer drivers onto your laptop to enable you to use this printer on the laptop as a network printer.  If you have a different windows system on the laptop to what is on the desktop, you will need to install the appropriate drivers for that operating system.\n\nThat's it you will now have a network printer!
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You just need a wireless router or hub. Avoid Belkin if you can as they dont seem too good (speaking from personal experience).\nSo from your modem you would connect it to the wireles router or hub then either install a wireless network card into your laptop or desktop pc and follow the instructions.\nHope that helps you a bit.
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First check your cables....printer connected to the appropriate port on your computer, and power cord plugged in.  Next, turn your printer ON.  Then reboot your pc.  Now place the installation disk in the CD drive and follow instructions from there.
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We just installed a wired, network printer (same concept as a wireless printer-multiple computers 1 printer) and the manual stated that we had to run the setup software on each computer.  Of course if it is not hooked up to a network you will need a wireless adapter on/in your laptop.  What brand/model of printer and laptop?  That will help.\n\nI would suggest looking thru the setup part of the manual, odds are it is in there.  It was a 2 line paragraph in our manual, had to read it carefully (not skim) before I found it.
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connect to the router using a computer that is already connecting to the router...i.e. computer connected wiredly. usually...depending on the router...you connect using web browser...and in the address type in 192.168.0.1 and it should connect to your router...then set up the router to send wireless signals for your computer to connect wirelessly. Then on your computer, search for access point and connect...and there you go your connected
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What the previous user said is only partially correct.\n\nIn order to view the shared printer, connect to the other computer that is doing the sharing.\n\nFirst, find out your other computer's "computer name" (the one sharing the printer). You can find this by right clicking My Computer and left clicking Properties. In XP, go to the tab labeled "Computer Name". Half way down it should have a "Computer Name" and then a name next to it. Copy that down. Go back to your laptop, make sure you'll connected to your network wirelessly, and then go to Start -> Run. In the text box type in this, "&#92;&#92;computer-name" where "computer-name" is your other computer's name. You should then have a window pop up that shows "Shared Docs" and hopefully your printer (or it'll say printers and faxes). Right click the printer and click "connect". It should install it for you.
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use the network setup wizard in XP and follow the steps. XP makes it pretty easy and straight forward setting up a wireless network.\n\n\nOn the desktop \n\ngoto start/control panel/network setup wizard. You will need a floppy or a flash drive to transfer the data from the desktop to the notebook when using the wizard.\n\nAlso, right click on you wireless connections icon in "network connection" for both computers. Under the "general" tab make sure "file and printing for Microsoft Networks" is checked on both computers. Click "apply"\n\nOn the laptop\nIn "control panel" click on "printer and faxes" in the left window pane click on "add a printer." Click next, make sure that "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer" is checked and that the desktop is on, then click "next."  In the "Specify for a Printer" check the "browse for a printer, then click next. double click on "Microsoft windows network," then double click on "workgroup." XP might take awhile to find the printer. After it finds the printer highlight it and click "Next." Follow the directions in the wizard, which will install the driver and setup the printer that is attached to your desktop.
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That would depend on what kind of connector(s) your printer has: if it has a parallel/Centronics connector, there are parallel switches which would do the trick.  If it has a network/Ethernet connection, a router or hub or switch (depending on your network setup) would be the easiest - if you have one of those three already, you would connect the printers network cable to the router or hub or switch and then should be able to set it up on both computers through Windows printer sharing.  If it has a USB connector, I'm not sure if you can share a printer through a USB hub, but there are USB-to-Ethernet adapters that might also work in conjunction with a router or hub or switch.
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1.set the Desktop and laptop on same workgroup.\n2. same client (on both pc)\n3,be sure the file and printer sharing had been tick (both pc)\n4.install the printer on desktop\n5. right click the printer and hit sharing and tick share the printer\non desktop PC\n6. restart....this time the pc must see each other on network\nHope it will help.
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you cant unless you have the following:\n\nfor printer you need a network interface, if the printer comes with a network option then get it, otherwise get a jetdirect box (jetdirect is a trademark of HP, there are others available)\n\nfor modem you need a modem router, wireless is available. this will act as a modem and network hub which you will also need for the printer.\n\nto set all this up this is what you do\n\n1) remove current modem and replace with router\n2) connect to router on desktop and setup up ISP account (username and password to get you connected to the internet)\n3) connect laptop to router (either wireless or wired) and join same workgroup as desktop\n4) connect printer to router (either JD box or network card) and assign an IP to it\n5) add the printer to both machines using the IP address allocated\n\nthere is no other way of sharing a printer even using the "Share printer" because without networking it, the desktop MUST be on for it to work, thats what its plugged into after all\n\nthats about it really
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if i get you... you want to be able to be able to print from your desktop pc. From the desktop pc you right click on the printer and select sharing. and confirm the name you want the sharing to bear. then on the other pc (laptop) you go to start>settings>printers.. click on install printer and choose "network printer" if you have an already existing network you should be able to locate the shared printer on the desktop. choose it and go thru the wizard. with that you should be able to share your printer installed on the desktop on your laptop. Any other question is welcomed.
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you need a router\nsetup your router and your laptop should be able to connect to the internet\nconnect the other computer to the network through wire or wireless lan card.\ngo on each computer and go to my network places, on the side click on set up a home or small office network. follow the instructions
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You should use your network card connecting it with CAT5 cable.  You cable modem probably came with one.  Buy a router or a switch and connect them to the cable modem and then connect your pc and notebook to the switch or router.
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You need to connect a wireless router to your cable modem/dsl modem.  You also need a wireless card for your computer.\n\nOnce you have both of those its pretty easy to set up, you could check the instruction manuals and they would walk you through it.
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Let's take this one step at a time starting with the Modem/Router issue.  When you connect the modem to the router you are using an RJ45 connection?  This should allow the router to connect to your ISP.\n\nNext you should be connecting your computer to the router, either wired or wireless.  I would start out wired with another RJ45 connection.\n\nYou said "I have been trying to set up one of my computers as a server"; what did you want this computer to do as a server?  Is this suppose to provide your intranet with IP information, DNS, sign on authentication, or are you planning it to host your web set to the world?  Each of these is a different function and do not effect your connecting the router and modem to the Internet.
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easy!\nset up a home network with the (Network Setup Wizard), on one computer. The fastest, is to tell the wizard (in the end) to end the setup without making any floppy disks or stuff like that, just remember the network name you put it. Then do the network setup wiz on the other comp giving the same network name, restart. BTW, it does not matter if your desktop is connected wirelessly or by network cable, as long as you SHARE your files (right click on any folder and select Network sharing and Security then click the Share this folder on the network)\nyou can share the printer and even media drives, good luck!\n\nDO Not disable the firewals and security software! That's like not fastening the seatbelt in a F1 car.\nIdeally it will work out automatically, but if computers refuse to connect or find each other on the network - then you have to get either a computer nerd or technician for 5 mins to fix the settings of the firewall.
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Easy. First get a wired or wireless router and don't connect directly to a DSL or Cable modem, to many potential risk. The router can be wired or wireless since most wireless ones have at least 4 wired ports as well. You can then get wireless cards or USB adapters for any PC's you want connected via wireless and wire the others such as the one with the Lan card.\n\nThe printer can be shared as well either using Windows printer sharing or wireless print servers. I actually have one I need to get rid of that a customer decided they did not want. Some low end printers will be hard ot share.