Re: My netgear ps101 went sleeping, cannot be ping. But...
Somewhere in the setup instructions type the ipaddress of the router in internet explorer and if you have the correct credentials to get in this device you may set the sleep time or shut that off
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1. What gateway are you pinging? 2. From what device are you sending the ping?
If you are trying to ping the gateway on the modem/router provided by your internet service provider then you will not get a ping response, this is because it's configured not to respond.
ping your router with a packet length strength. To do the ping test, go to Start-Run and type CMD and hit enter. Then, in the Command Prompt Window type in the following
ping 192.168.0.1 -l 30000 9
I suppose the 192.168.0.1 will be the default gateway of your router. To check which is the default gateway of your router you can double click the connection icon on your PC, and click the Support tab. You'll see the degault gateway IP third on the list.
Now, if it pings back all three times with times below 100ms then ok. If it doesnt then reduce the ping length to 20000, if again you have losses then reduce it again to 10000. If the ping loses packets and response is slow you'll probably need a new power cord. If the pinging is ok at 30k then you'll probably need to change the LAN cable that leads from your internet connection onto the wifi router. To verify this, run this command
ping google.com -l 10000 and see if you have any losses. If you do have losses, then do a ping like this
ping google.com -l 32000 if you again have losses in the ping then you'll need to change your LAN cable because the 32kb packet is almost a standard size of packets and it should have no problems to get through the router, unless the LAN cable is bad.
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This was more hastle than it was worth. So I bought a new print server (twice), neither worked either. Might be the router, but after spending 2 hours on the phone with INDIA, I said forget it and took it back, bought a parallel card and gonna hook it up with a cable!
Since you cannot ping the router, first thing to do here is to reset the router by pressing the reset button of the router for 30 seconds while power is On and then after the reset power off the router for 5 seconds and then when the router is already power On try to ping the IP of the router using a computer that is wired to it if still cannot be ping better contact Netgear support if the router is still underw arranty and have it replace...
The blinking amber light means there is a hardware problem. Got that from Netgear's website because we have a similar problem here. I don't know if it means hardware problem in the print server or in the printer. We put the print server on a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply and that problem seems to be gone. We are in an old factory and the wiring is not so reliable. Maybe you could try this same fix.
Matt C.,
I bet that your 'IT guy' installed the Netgear software on each PC. He should have installed it on only 1 PC and used it to set the IP, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway on the PS101.
Use the 'Printers and Faxes/Properties/Ports' tab of the printer to get the IP, you'll need it in a minute.
Download and expand the appropriate Drivers for the printer, or have the CD ready.
Remove all instances of the Netgear software from the PC's if your PS101 is configured (Use the 'Control Panel / Add-remove software')
Once the PS101 is configured, you can install the 'network printer' on all 3 PC's using the following method (assuming WinXP):
Click 'Start'
Click 'Settings'
Click 'Printer & Faxes'
Click 'Add A Printer'
When the 'Wizard' opens up, click 'Next'
Make sure the option for 'Local printer attached to this computer' is selected, but DO NOT select 'Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer'
Click 'Next'
Click 'Create a new port'
Using the 'drop down' select 'Standard TCP/IP port'
Then click 'Next' twice
In the field 'Printer Name or IP Address' enter the IP that your 'IT guy' assigned during the initial setup (You should have that from the 'Printers and Faxes/Properties/Ports' that I referenced earlier.
Click 'Next'
You should see 'Standard: Generic Network Card', if so click 'Next'
then 'Finish'
The 'Add Printer Wizard' should open.
Click 'Have Disk' and browse to the folder that you expanded the drivers for the printer into.
Click 'Print Testpage'
Click 'Finish'
You should be printing a lot faster.
Let me know if this doesn't work, or isn't clear!
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