My WGPS606 wont print on my Windows Vista laptop, its prints with all normall xp windows laptops and desktops, but I recently bought a new laptop and it does not print, the print says error, can somebody please help, I have heard it has been fixed but i dont know hos, I tried everything... PLEASE help?

visit the links
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=41677
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WGPS606-Wireless-Server-4-port/dp/B0007OWNCC

Here's the toll free number for

Netgear Tech Support 1800-211-2069

Netgear Tech Support 1-888-638-4327

Make sure that you are able to go online when the modem is directly connected to the computer.

Contact the above numbers for a first call resolution.

Good luck.

regards.

Hi

You can add your laptop manauly to your network(wgps606)
please let me know operating system so that i can write ,how to fix it

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prakash

Try setting as Administrator & set Compatibility Mode for XP SP2. It seems that NOTHING is compatible with WIN 7 that is unless it was made less than 6 months ago.

Make sure the printer has been connected locally first and that the print drivers have been installed. This should then allow you to add the printer via the set up.

Regards gaz

I just found a way to enable the HP P1006 with a different print server (Liveprint on Orange Livebox router). Perhaps this might work with the WGPS606 wireless print server?

I set up the P1006 via the print server as instructed (I'm using Vista 32 Home Premium) but no test page would print.

BUT!! (with thanks to another another forum):

I selected printers, then right-clicked on the wireless printer I'd just installed and selected 'properties'.

Under the 'Ports' tab I deselected 'Enable bidirectional support'.

Problem solved.

Hope this helps.

let me inform you that this printer is not compatible with any wireless print server. The drawback is that it is not possible to network such printers. A printer needs a steady flow of data, which is easily accomplished when it is connected directly to a PC, but cannot be guaranteed when the printer is connected via a LAN. Also, these technologies require intensive handshaking between the driver and the printer.
The host-based software uses the computer's resources to process print commands and rasterizing data, taking advantage of the computer's memory and processing power."

Sorry I can't be more upbeat - but its probably useful to know that someone at HP thinks the job's imposible - unless someone out there has a fix?

Try installing a lower end printer to the same port. For example HP LaserJet 3.

Check your antivirus software, mine blocked all comms with my printer after it was updated! i had to dig into the antivirus prog to turn it back on again..no warning, nothing...

I have a lexmark z715 printer that won't work my pc is a emachine windows xp please contact me at [email protected]

I finally got my WGPS606 installed - unfortunately, it's just on one computer so far, but that computer is on the network and is not wired. Here are a few tips:

1. hold the reset button (little pinhole) until you see some action going on with the lights (I forget exactly what happened, but after a while there was a change) - this served to "reset" my WGPS606's IP Address, which I had changed during setup.

2. connect your computer to the server with an ethernet cable and type in http://192.168.0.102 (the default IP Address of the server)

3. login with the default username and password:
username: admin
password: password

4. once logged in, you will see all of the WGPS606's information. At that point, you should be able to change the IP Address of the server to what you want it to be, but I think you can proceed to run the setup on the installation CD (or the installation program from the WGPS606's Netgear website) and it should be recognized on the wireless network.

In my case, I want to mention that when the initial setup failed for me, I used the MAC address on the back of the server. After steps 1-4, my server was finally on the wireless network by the installation program, however, the MAC address was 1 digit off from what was on the server. The MAC address on the back of the server was the PHYSICAL MAC address, whereas the WIRELESS MAC address was one digit higher (last set of numbers. For instance, on the back of the server, the MAC address ended in ":01" and I found out that this was the physical MAC address. The wireless MAC address was exactly the same, except the last 2 digits were ":02."

Another thing to note was that after the server was recognized, it told me to reserve a specific IP Address other than what I had previously set - I didn't realize that it chose it for you. Anyway, just keep that in mind. After this, everything worked like a charm - well, I have yet to set up the other computers to connect to the server, but at least I have one!

Hope this helps!