network printer on different sub

[kschurr]

This may have been answered already, but there is allot of info here so bear with me. I recently got a office laser jet that i'm trying to add to my home network. My cable modem is a Arris TG1672G (times warner cable) set to NAT Bridged mode, ip=192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 which feeds a Asus RT-N66U wireless router (other side of the house) ip=192.168.1.1. The Arris only has a Ubuntu laptop wired and the new network printer. The Asus has 4 computers attached wired and multiple smart phones and 3 tablets wireless. The printer says its connected but can't ping it from any computer. I've tried several times with different IP's, at this point I'm lost. Any help or hints are greatly appreciated.

 

[htismaqe]

The Asus router isn't really designed to do what you are doing. In a network like this, you really want one router, one subnet. Either setup the Arris as your main router and the Asus in AP mode or set the Arris to transparent bridge and connect everything to the Asus as your main router.

 

[CaptainSTX]

This may have been answered already, but there is allot of info here so bear with me. I recently got a office laser jet that i'm trying to add to my home network. My cable modem is a Arris TG1672G (times warner cable) set to NAT Bridged mode, ip=192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 which feeds a Asus RT-N66U wireless router (other side of the house) ip=192.168.1.1. The Arris only has a Ubuntu laptop wired and the new network printer. The Asus has 4 computers attached wired and multiple smart phones and 3 tablets wireless. The printer says its connected but can't ping it from any computer. I've tried several times with different IP's, at this point I'm lost. Any help or hints are greatly appreciated.

The most straight forward solution is to have all your devices connected to one subnet.

Purchase an inexpensive switch $10 - $35 and plug it into a LAN port on the ASUS giving you four to eight additional LAN ports. Plug your Ubuntu laptop and printer into the new switch and all your devices devices can now print. If your Ubuntu laptop doesn't need to print you could leave it connected to the Arris modem/router.

 

[kschurr]

I got it working. Had to play with NAT on the Arris and its IP. After poking around some more realized it wasn't seeing the printer at all, therefore no one else could. Logistically the printer is downstairs next to the Arris, which feeds the Asus upstairs. But I got it working, Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[coxhaus]

I run a networked laser printer at my home also. I run 3 vlans with each vlan in a separate network. All vlans can print to my networked printer. If I try to setup a workstation not on the local printer network the printer is not found. I have to manually setup the printer and assign an IP address for the workstation to communicate with the printer. This is the way workstation software is written and is a limitation you need to work with. Even now that you have your double NAT working with your printer the limitation still exists. If you try to use NetBIOS for printing it will not work with multiple networks. You need to use an IP address so it can be routed between networks.