Digital BW, The Print

When I tired to use peer to peer a.k.a. ad hoc on the XP box, it just 
didn't work well. It worked better in the infrastructure mode which 
requires an access point. On the other boxes the Linksys S/W installed a 
set of tools - one which was a display that showed the link status, 
network status and the transfer rates. I don't remember seeing this on 
the XP box, but it has been awhile. However, if you bring up the windows 
task manager display on XP you can watch the transfer rate and see if it 
is dropping out. The access also puts out a stronger signal and has more 
antenna gain than the USB device you have.

How far are the computer and printer separated? Even if they are close, 
you can get dead spots in a wireless network based on a lot of things 
but as the signal bounces off walls, ceillings, etc., it can cause 
destructive interference or dead spots in given small areas. For example 
I can take my laptop with a linksys PCM card in it - go down to the 
stable - about 200 feet from my access point and get very good signal 
and network. However if I go out on my back porch 50 feet away kick back 
in an easy chair and try to work on the beautiful spring mornings - I am 
in a dead spot. I can go off the porch and it is fine.

I found that so aggrivating when we finally got DSL here I bought a 
wireless DSL router/access point to share the DSL link. I took my old 
access point, renamed it's SSID and hooked it to the router via ethernet 
and when I'm on the porch I just change the SSID on my PCM card and bing 
I can work outside in the morning while I sip my coffee :-).

There are a lot of options but moving the printer a couple feet may make 
a difference if t's link deadspot.

Truman

Bob Baron wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Truman Prevatt
> <tprevatt@m...> wrote:
>
> > Since the wireless printer is installed as a fixed IP address on the
> > network and the print server SW prints to that IP address, XP doesn't
> > have the same probelm with the printer since by definition the mapping
> > is hardwired.
> >
>
> Which is what makes me think I've got an intermittent transmission
> problem; the network shows available and good right away but then
> drops out in the middle of some but not all printing.
>
> Now whether the intermittent problem is caused by something in xp or
> something else is the next question to be tackled.
>
> --Bob
>
>

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