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  1. darkalley

    darkalley Formula Junior

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    #1 darkalley, Dec 6, 2005
    Guys, I have linksys wireless router for my laptop. In my home office, I have a cat 5 wire running from my desk to a closet with my printer(the same closet also house my linksys router). I want to be able to connect my laptop to the printer and directly into the router(sometimes I don't want to go wireless). Can one cat 5 wire do both?? How should I be setting this up?? Can I just connect the printer through the router??
     
  2. dantm

    dantm Formula 3

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    #2 dantm, Dec 6, 2005
    You need more cables. Router is the central point; connect laptop to it using one cat 5 cable. Connect printer to router using another cat 5 cable. Set printer up to match IP scheme used on the router. Report back ;-)
     
  3. LetsJet

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    #3 LetsJet, Dec 6, 2005
    How are you setting up the printer with Cat5? Is it a network printer? If it is, you're good........... If not, you need a print server. Linksys makes them also. (I think)
     

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