printer/scanner problem

[Carlos E. R.]

Per Jessen and jdd: I'm afraid I'm out of my depth here. It looks

like I could assign specific ip addresses for certain MAC addresses, but I
don't believe I have ever done that. At any rate, it would not change
the IP of the printer, which I wish to set back to 192.168.1.26. I believe
that if the IP is static and set up in the computer, it will always find it.
I have the installation information on the printer, but no details
for setting the ip. It is very basic, and there are many more pages
for getting the FAX set up than anything else, but I don't care about that--I
just use the FAX as a dumb FAX machine.

It is more possible for the printer to forget configuration and reset to
defaults, than to change by itself the configured IP. And a reset to
defaults would mean get the network configuration automatically from the
router, ie, via DHCP protocol.

There are probably guidance howtos out there on your particular router on
how to do whatever. If it is a popular model, with photos or videos.

At worst, take a photo and send it to us, and we tell the next step to
click, one by one... would take long, of course.

You need to obtain the MAC address of the printer first. This can be done
on your computer, but this instant I don't remember how. nmap?


Alternatively, find a howto document for your printer on how to set its
IP.


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Cheers
Carlos E. R.

(from openSUSE 15.1 (Legolas))

[Doug McGarrett]

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 Per Jessen and jdd: I'm afraid I'm out of my depth here. It looks

like I could assign specific ip addresses for certain MAC addresses, but I
don't believe I have ever done that. At any rate, it would not change
the IP of the printer, which I wish to set back to 192.168.1.26. I believe
that if the IP is static and set up in the computer, it will always find it.
I have the installation information on the printer, but no details
for setting the ip. It is very basic, and there are many more pages
for getting the FAX set up than anything else, but I don't care about that--I
just use the FAX as a dumb FAX machine.

It is more possible for the printer to forget configuration and reset to
defaults, than to change by itself the configured IP. And a reset to
defaults would mean get the network configuration automatically from the
router, ie, via DHCP protocol.
There are probably guidance howtos out there on your particular router on
how to do whatever. If it is a popular model, with photos or videos.
At worst, take a photo and send it to us, and we tell the next step to
click, one by one... would take long, of course.
You need to obtain the MAC address of the printer first. This can be done
on your computer, but this instant I don't remember how. nmap?
Alternatively, find a howto document for your printer on how to set its
IP.
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Cheers
       Carlos E. R.
       (from openSUSE 15.1 (Legolas))

Epson is less than friendly to Linux. There is supposed to be a program
for Windows "EpsonNet Config Utility" which I (thought) I downloaded in
Windows 10, but it won't run. I'm really not familiar with Windows--I
haven't really used it in 17 years--since I retired! (Had to at work.)

--doug

[Carlos E. R.]

Per Jessen and jdd: I'm afraid I'm out of my depth here. It looks
like I could assign specific ip addresses for certain MAC addresses, but I
don't believe I have ever done that. At any rate, it would not change
the IP of the printer, which I wish to set back to 192.168.1.26. I believe
that if the IP is static and set up in the computer, it will always find it.

That is precissely what you can do at the router. You tell the router to
give the printer always the same IP, namely 192.168.1.26. Done. :-)

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Cheers
Carlos E. R.

(from openSUSE 15.1 (Legolas))

[Doug McGarrett]

Put it back to the static configuration?  you will need to access the
printer configuration and change it there.

may be only force the IP in the router dhcp config and reboot the printer
jdd

Put it back to the static configuration? you will need to access the
printer configuration and change it there.

may be only force the IP in the router dhcp config and reboot the printer
jdd
Per Jessen and jdd: I'm afraid I'm out of my depth here. It looks

like I could assign specific ip addresses for certain MAC addresses, but
I don't believe I have ever done that. At any rate, it would not change
the IP of the printer, which I wish to set back to 192.168.1.26. I
believe that if the IP is static and set up in the computer, it will
always find it.
I have the installation information on the printer, but no details
for setting the ip. It is very basic, and there are many more pages
for getting the FAX set up than anything else, but I don't care about
that--I just use the FAX as a dumb FAX machine.