One of the things I have learned here is to keep everything set for DHCP on my home network. This is for simplicity and reliability while eliminating the need to muck around with static ips. But I ...

Wireless printers can be assigned a static IP address through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), an interface used to automatically allocate IP addresses to devices that connect to a network.

Reader Chris Rose recently upgraded to Snow Leopard and faces a common issue. He writes: We just upgraded to 10.6 and I have a network HP2100TN printer that used to use Appletalk on the network to be ...

I'm setting up a home office network for my brother-in-law's boss, and he has a large HP office printer that he wants to connect to the network...<BR><BR>The ideal solution (in terms of not purchasing ...

Anyone with more than one computer has good reason to consider sharing a printer over a network. No matter what kind of environment you work in—even if you don't already have a network set up—you can ...

The D-Link DP-301U is a little gizmo that lets you share a USB printer on your home or office network. That means no longer leaving a PC running 24-7 just to share its printer. Rick Broida Senior ...

Being unable to print an urgent month-end report because Windows cannot find the networked printer right in front of you is more than a little aggravating. You watch the progress bar in the Add ...

A lot of raw materials and energy are used to produce a printer. The longer the device is in use, the better in terms of sustainability. With a Raspberry Pi, you can indirectly make older printers ...

Michael Bizzaco has been writing about and working with consumer tech for well over a decade. With a background in home theater sales, installation and repair, Michael's hands-on reviews, how-to ...

Last year, a security researcher hacked a wireless printer to run the classic video game, Doom, to demonstrate the security risked posed by unsecured printers on professional and personal networks.