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Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 3:31:33 AM9/21/12
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Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.

Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.

Thanks
Gib

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 4:05:12 AM9/21/12
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Autodetection doesn't always work.

I think your router has a cups print server so what you do on the client
device you want to print from is use "add network printer" with the url
http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/myprinter where myprinter is the name of
the printer you enter in the share printer page of the router web ui.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 4:29:52 AM9/21/12
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Yes, that's what Vodafone says. I've done that (a few times) and the
Vodafone tech support gal did it too. I've also tried following this
guy's procedure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7v5VGO6SAg
(but with 192.162.1.1:631). All such attempts lead nowhere.

Interestingly with the current situation when I try to print something
it doesn't give an immediate error, the print queue status is
"Printing", but the printer doesn't react - no lights flash, nothing -
and after a while the status changes to "Error-Printing". It looks as
if the router thinks it is sending data to the printer, but the printer
doesn't receive anything. I've tried a couple of different USB sockets
on the router - it isn't clear which should be used, or if there is a
difference.

Do you think any USB printer should work?

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Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 5:06:02 AM9/21/12
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On 21/09/2012 8:35 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
> Some of these Routers don't support printers but Storage.
>
> I have a Dlink router DIR 655 with the same option and it does support
> Printers, but it not that clear if I can use it with WiFi and the PC not
> running, just the other day grabbed all the latest stuff to try it..
>
> From what I can gather the Router sores the printer driver.?
>

According to the Vodafone docs a printer can be connected (as I said).

Malcolm

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:44:04 AM9/21/12
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Hi
Is the printer configured for wireless and have an IP address? Firewall
on the windows machine blocking the ipp port?

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Lindsay.Rollo@paradisedotnetdotnz

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Sep 21, 2012, 4:29:34 PM9/21/12
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It is commonly assumed that the access to the router is 192.168.1.x

My Belkin router requires 182.168.2.x
All the network identities require 192.168.2. x or xx or xxx.

Run > cmd > ipconfig /all and look at the default gateway value.

This may be your problem.


Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 5:11:18 PM9/21/12
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The Vodafone docs specify 192.168.1.1:631

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 5:14:04 PM9/21/12
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Since the printer is connected to the router via a cable I don't see the
significance of wireless. As to the printer having an IP address,
according to Vodafone it is accessed via 192.168.1.1:631, where the
router address is 192.168.1.1. I confess that I don't understand the
:631. If a firewall were blocking the port I presume I wouldn't see the
router.

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 5:45:34 PM9/21/12
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If the router is detection the printer and showing it in the web ui that
end should be OK
In Windows 7 you may have to go to the control panel programs and
features select windows features, print services and turn on lpd print
service monitor and lpr port monitor.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 6:01:31 PM9/21/12
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Before I check that avenue, here is some more info. On the Vodafone
forums I found a link to this instruction video, specifically for Windows 7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUJDcspizJ0
I followed the steps, and it all seemed to work as expected, until I
tried to print a test page. Not a peep from the printer.

On the same forum thread, there is a note about needing to install the
latest router software:

Hi All,

As the title suggests we have released new firmware for the HG556a (VBC).

This firmware is compatible with Vodafone Easy Office devices.

Please find the link for the new firmware bellow:

http://tinyurl.com/d729t6v

Best Regards,

Nigel

This strikes me as odd - why use tinyurl for a link? The tinyurl takes
you to a file:
http://testvf.co.nz/files/hg556a/HG556aV100R001C12B037.bin
(10 Mb) which I've downloaded. Now I need to find out how to install it.

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 6:07:42 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 9:45 a.m., victor wrote:
> On 22/09/2012 9:14 a.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
snip

>> Since the printer is connected to the router via a cable I don't see the
>> significance of wireless. As to the printer having an IP address,
>> according to Vodafone it is accessed via 192.168.1.1:631, where the
>> router address is 192.168.1.1. I confess that I don't understand the
>> :631. If a firewall were blocking the port I presume I wouldn't see the
>> router.
>
> If the router is detection the printer and showing it in the web ui that
> end should be OK
> In Windows 7 you may have to go to the control panel programs and
> features select windows features, print services and turn on lpd print
> service monitor and lpr port monitor.

And tick lpr in the windows printer driver.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 6:19:14 PM9/21/12
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I did these things. When I tick LPR, under LPR Settings it expects a
Queue Name - without one it says "The Queue name is not valid"

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:00:32 PM9/21/12
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Try LPT1 as the queue name

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:07:38 PM9/21/12
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"An error occurred during port configuration. Operation could not be
completed (error 0x000000aa)."

BTW I just discovered that I can print from a Windows XP machine that
connects wirelessly to the router. So XP/wireless works, but W7/cable
does not. WTF???

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:12:28 PM9/21/12
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I just had to empty the print queue to stop that error. So it is now
configured LPR. Still doesn't print.

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:32:44 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 11:07 a.m., Gib Bogle wrote:

>
> BTW I just discovered that I can print from a Windows XP machine that
> connects wirelessly to the router. So XP/wireless works, but W7/cable
> does not. WTF???

Windows 7 firewall maybe ?
Add an exception for port 631

http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/open-a-port-in-windows-7s-firewall/

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:35:38 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 11:12 a.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
> I just had to empty the print queue to stop that error. So it is now
> configured LPR. Still doesn't print.

The queue name could also be printers/myprintername

Enkidu

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:54:05 PM9/21/12
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Your router has more than one USB socket? Usually there is only one.
What model is it?

Cheers,

Cliff

Enkidu

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Sep 21, 2012, 7:58:44 PM9/21/12
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:631 is the printer port number. The router is normally accessed from a
browser on the PC usually port 80 or 443 (http://... or https://....).
It is possible (but not likely) that the router could block port 631
(hence printer access) but not the browser access on port 80 or 443.

Cheers,

Cliff

Cheers,

Cliff

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:22:42 PM9/21/12
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'/' is not allowed

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:23:02 PM9/21/12
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Did that. No change.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:49:41 PM9/21/12
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It's a PIXMA iP3000. There are three USB sockets. One on the back next
to the other sockets, one on the edge, and one at the top on the back,
hidden under a removable cover.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:57:27 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 11:35 a.m., victor wrote:
I have noticed that, presumably as a result of my many and varied
attempts, two TCP ports show up in the Prinet Server Properties list of
ports.
They are both the same port, http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/CANON, but
they have different descriptions. One is "Standard TCP/IP Port", the
other is "Internet Port". I can't delete either - "The requested
resource is in use"

The printer properties port list has the "Standard TCP/IP Port" ticked.
The other is in the list as well, not tickable. I have no idea
whether this duplication is needed or erroneous.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 8:59:59 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 11:58 a.m., Enkidu wrote:
...
> :631 is the printer port number. The router is normally accessed from a
> browser on the PC usually port 80 or 443 (http://... or https://....).
> It is possible (but not likely) that the router could block port 631
> (hence printer access) but not the browser access on port 80 or 443.

I'm just following Vodafone's explicit instructions. You'd think they
might know ...

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 9:31:48 PM9/21/12
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try raw instead of lpr ?

Gib Bogle

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Sep 21, 2012, 9:48:58 PM9/21/12
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Tried that too. There isn't much I haven't tried.

victor

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Sep 21, 2012, 10:32:50 PM9/21/12
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On 22/09/2012 1:48 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:

>
> Tried that too. There isn't much I haven't tried.
>
Indeed

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Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 1:53:16 AM9/22/12
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On 22/09/2012 5:22 p.m., Frank Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:31:33 +1200, Gib Bogle
> <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
>> be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
>> router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
>> but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
>> spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
>> support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
>> myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>>
>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
>> plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
>> wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gib
>
>
>
> Here is Info and you can dnload a different manual from
>
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/inbox/huawei.hg556a
>
> Huawei HG556a
>
> This should also link to the other manual
>
>
> Just search HG556a
>
>
> Stacks of links and Help
>
>

That site is all about OpenWrt, with a very little bit of info about the
HG556a. My setup is working for XP, but not for W7, which makes me
think it's probably a Windows issue. I've posted to the Vodafone
Devices forum - the tech gurus there should be able to debug it.

Enkidu

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Sep 22, 2012, 2:09:16 AM9/22/12
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Hmm, I had a look at the quick setup manual and that shows one USB at
the back on the right. It appears from the picture to be a squareish
shape. The other USB ports are probably the direct picture printing from
USB ("PictBridge"). The quick start guide shows a camera connected to a
socket at the front on the right.

It's likely that the router needs to know how to talk to the W7 machine
and doesn't know how to. I believe that you said that it works for XP.
It may be that the router has information for XP but not for W7. There
may eventually be a router upgrade which would support W7.

Cheers,

Cliff

Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 2:46:35 AM9/22/12
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I'm beginning to suspect this too, Cliff. I notice that the manual
refers to Windows OSs up to Vista. I've asked about the possibility of
W7 support in the latest firmware upgrade on the Vodafone forum, which
has a few Vodafone techies who seem to know what they're talking about.

The other difference between the XP and W7 machines on my setup is that
the two XP boxes communicate by wireless, while the W7 box is the one
that's connected by cable. Does this matter? Probably not.

There are two USB 2.0 sockets, and one USB 1.1, but it isn't clear which
is which. The hidden socket is for a Vodem.

victor

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Sep 22, 2012, 3:47:15 AM9/22/12
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This might be relevant

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2616471

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:11:01 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-21, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
>
> Since the printer is connected to the router via a cable I don't see the
> significance of wireless.

However if the printer is looking for a wireless connection and not a wired
one.

> As to the printer having an IP address,
> according to Vodafone it is accessed via 192.168.1.1:631, where the
> router address is 192.168.1.1. I confess that I don't understand the
>:631. If a firewall were blocking the port I presume I wouldn't see the
> router.

x.x.x.x:631 is where Cups (Common Unix Printing System) is.

Is there is a printer set up if you go into the router via the web interface?

Assume you can ping the router.

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:12:39 AM9/22/12
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Well, yes... then again....

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:14:52 AM9/22/12
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Try 192.168.1.1:631 Who knows?

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:23:01 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-21, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
[snip]

>
> BTW I just discovered that I can print from a Windows XP machine that
> connects wirelessly to the router. So XP/wireless works, but W7/cable
> does not. WTF???

You need to trim you posts.

So, is there an active wireless network acess point on your LAN while you
are trying from Ms 7?

What IP is the wireless on, different from the cable IP? Yes is okay.

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:27:56 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-21, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
>
> Before I check that avenue, here is some more info. On the Vodafone
> forums I found a link to this instruction video, specifically for Windows 7:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUJDcspizJ0
> I followed the steps, and it all seemed to work as expected, until I
> tried to print a test page. Not a peep from the printer.

Have you tried rebooting the router?

>
> On the same forum thread, there is a note about needing to install the
> latest router software:
>
> Hi All,
>
> As the title suggests we have released new firmware for the HG556a (VBC).
>
> This firmware is compatible with Vodafone Easy Office devices.
>
> Please find the link for the new firmware bellow:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d729t6v
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Nigel
>
> This strikes me as odd - why use tinyurl for a link? The tinyurl takes
> you to a file:
> http://testvf.co.nz/files/hg556a/HG556aV100R001C12B037.bin

Doh! Tiny URL's are a shorthand to the actual URL.


> (10 Mb) which I've downloaded. Now I need to find out how to install it.
>
Easy, get to the router via a web page and upload the file the right web
page, wait and see if it is what you want.

Keyword, firmware.

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:30:37 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-21, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
> On 22/09/2012 8:29 a.m., Lindsay.Rollo@paradisedotnetdotnz wrote:
>> It is commonly assumed that the access to the router is 192.168.1.x
>>
>> My Belkin router requires 182.168.2.x
>> All the network identities require 192.168.2. x or xx or xxx.
>>
>> Run > cmd > ipconfig /all and look at the default gateway value.
>>
>> This may be your problem.
>
> The Vodafone docs specify 192.168.1.1:631
>
Good enough, *but* what is the IP of *your* router. Do as Lindsay suggests.
Report back. Thnaks.

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:38:41 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-21, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
> On 21/09/2012 8:05 p.m., victor wrote:
>> On 21/09/2012 7:31 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
>>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious. According to the info, it should
>>> be possible to connect a USB printer to the USB port on my Vodafone ADSL
>>> router. I can set up the router with the Canon PIXMA iP3000 connected,
>>> but there seems to be no way to get Windows 7 to detect the printer. I
>>> spent a couple of hours trying every avenue, then a Vodafone tech
>>> support person spent another half hour. I've now pretty much convinced
>>> myself that it will not work, but I'd like to know why.
>>>
>>> Does the printer need some extra capabilities (ethernet?) to work when
>>> plugged in to the router? My aim is to be able to access the printer
>>> wirelessly without the Windows 7 machine needing to be awake.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Gib
>>
>> Autodetection doesn't always work.
>>
>> I think your router has a cups print server so what you do on the client
>> device you want to print from is use "add network printer" with the url
>> http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/myprinter where myprinter is the name of
>> the printer you enter in the share printer page of the router web ui.

If the router has a CUPS server then get your browser out and hed to
x.x.x.x:631, 192.168.1.1:631 probably and enjoy what you can do if it is a
full cups server.

Head towards the Administration TAB.


CUPS does fall over, or at least fails to talk to the printer from time to
time. I have to delete the printer and then reinstall it. This is on a
desktop PC so I would expect a router to be no better.

> Do you think any USB printer should work?
>
Yes, given the correct drivers and correct configuration. As does a wireless
one.

Gordon

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Sep 22, 2012, 4:47:23 AM9/22/12
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On 2012-09-22, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
> On 22/09/2012 6:09 p.m., Enkidu wrote:
[snip]

>>
>> It's likely that the router needs to know how to talk to the W7 machine
>> and doesn't know how to. I believe that you said that it works for XP.
>> It may be that the router has information for XP but not for W7. There
>> may eventually be a router upgrade which would support W7.
>
> I'm beginning to suspect this too, Cliff. I notice that the manual
> refers to Windows OSs up to Vista. I've asked about the possibility of
> W7 support in the latest firmware upgrade on the Vodafone forum, which
> has a few Vodafone techies who seem to know what they're talking about.

I am of the undersatnding that the print file is formed on the desktop
machine and then it is fired off to the printer, it matters not if the
printer is connected to the machine directly or the printer is on the
network. The print file arrives at the printer and is printed.

So, grab the printer, and connect directly to the W7 machine. Does it print?
If so there is a networking issue.

victor

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Sep 22, 2012, 5:46:16 AM9/22/12
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On 22/09/2012 5:53 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:

>
> That site is all about OpenWrt, with a very little bit of info about the
> HG556a. My setup is working for XP, but not for W7, which makes me
> think it's probably a Windows issue. I've posted to the Vodafone
> Devices forum - the tech gurus there should be able to debug it.

Installing the latest firmware would be a good move.
Seeing it works with XP, perhaps there is an authentication issue
between Win 7 and the print server, the sort of thing that might be
fixed by a firmware update.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 7:23:39 PM9/22/12
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On 22/09/2012 8:47 p.m., Gordon wrote:
> On 2012-09-22, Gib Bogle <g.b...@too.auckland.much.ac.spam.nz> wrote:
>> On 22/09/2012 6:09 p.m., Enkidu wrote:
> [snip]
>
>>>
>>> It's likely that the router needs to know how to talk to the W7 machine
>>> and doesn't know how to. I believe that you said that it works for XP.
>>> It may be that the router has information for XP but not for W7. There
>>> may eventually be a router upgrade which would support W7.
>>
>> I'm beginning to suspect this too, Cliff. I notice that the manual
>> refers to Windows OSs up to Vista. I've asked about the possibility of
>> W7 support in the latest firmware upgrade on the Vodafone forum, which
>> has a few Vodafone techies who seem to know what they're talking about.
>
> I am of the undersatnding that the print file is formed on the desktop
> machine and then it is fired off to the printer, it matters not if the
> printer is connected to the machine directly or the printer is on the
> network. The print file arrives at the printer and is printed.
>
> So, grab the printer, and connect directly to the W7 machine. Does it print?
> If so there is a networking issue.

The printer works fine when connected to a computer by USB.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 7:26:14 PM9/22/12
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In case I haven't made it clear enough (in several attempts), I can
access this printer wirelessly from other (XP) machines. I believe I
also said that I set it up according to the Vodafone instructions, i.e.
via 192.168.1.1.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 7:28:39 PM9/22/12
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Of course. As I said, I set the printer up according to the specified
procedure, and the printer shows up as enabled Connected Equipment on
the router.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 22, 2012, 8:22:43 PM9/22/12
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I installed it. No change :-(

Gib Bogle

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Sep 23, 2012, 9:13:22 PM9/23/12
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On 22/09/2012 9:46 p.m., victor wrote:
The Vodafone guys suggested booting up in Safe Mode with network.
Unfortunately the printer does not appear in the list when I do that,
and adding a printer fails because the print spooler service is not
running. It was not possible to start the print spooler because another
service it depended on was not running ... I gave up up on it there.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 25, 2012, 6:43:21 PM9/25/12
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On 22/09/2012 9:46 p.m., victor wrote:
The Vodafone guys on that forum have thrown in the towel.

EMB

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Sep 26, 2012, 3:28:42 AM9/26/12
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Arriving to this a day late and a dollar short, disable SNMP on the port
(in Windows) if it is enabled - it causes all manner of strange
happenings on /some/ of our network printers if it's enabled.

Gib Bogle

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On 26/09/2012 7:28 p.m., EMB wrote:

> Arriving to this a day late and a dollar short, disable SNMP on the port
> (in Windows) if it is enabled - it causes all manner of strange
> happenings on /some/ of our network printers if it's enabled.

Thanks EMB, always glad to get more suggestions. Unfortunately SNMP is
not enabled.

Stephen Worthington

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Sep 27, 2012, 6:43:46 AM9/27/12
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You might like to verify for sure that the port is actually open
through the Windows firewall. Try to use telnet to connect to that
port. You may need to install telnet first - on my Vista box that is
under Control Panel / Programs / Turn Windows features on or off.

From a command prompt:

telnet 192.162.1.1 631

If telnet does connect, you can exit it using Ctrl-] then the quit
command. If the connection fail or times out, then either the
firewall is not open on that port, or the router is not set up to use
that port correctly - you should try again after temporarily disabling
the entire Windows firewall (and disconnecting your router from the
Internet for safety if necessary).

BTW Are you using the builtin Windows firewall, or the one in your
anti-virus software (eg Norton)? I have had problems with Norton 360
not opening ports when needed, and had to open them manually. But I
do have a complex network that has Vista confused.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 27, 2012, 6:27:39 PM9/27/12
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On 27/09/2012 10:43 p.m., Stephen Worthington wrote:

> You might like to verify for sure that the port is actually open
> through the Windows firewall. Try to use telnet to connect to that
> port. You may need to install telnet first - on my Vista box that is
> under Control Panel / Programs / Turn Windows features on or off.
>
> From a command prompt:
>
> telnet 192.162.1.1 631
>
> If telnet does connect, you can exit it using Ctrl-] then the quit
> command. If the connection fail or times out, then either the
> firewall is not open on that port, or the router is not set up to use
> that port correctly - you should try again after temporarily disabling
> the entire Windows firewall (and disconnecting your router from the
> Internet for safety if necessary).
>
> BTW Are you using the builtin Windows firewall, or the one in your
> anti-virus software (eg Norton)? I have had problems with Norton 360
> not opening ports when needed, and had to open them manually. But I
> do have a complex network that has Vista confused.
>

Hi Stephen, this sounds very promising! I turned the telnet client on,
then did 'telnet 192.168.1.1 631'. I just get a blank telnet window,
there's no indication that it's connected. If I type something it comes
back with:
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Connection: close
Connection to host lost.

Does this indicate a failure to connect?

Gib Bogle

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Sep 27, 2012, 6:29:23 PM9/27/12
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On 27/09/2012 10:43 p.m., Stephen Worthington wrote:

> If telnet does connect, you can exit it using Ctrl-] then the quit
> command. If the connection fail or times out, then either the
> firewall is not open on that port, or the router is not set up to use
> that port correctly - you should try again after temporarily disabling
> the entire Windows firewall (and disconnecting your router from the
> Internet for safety if necessary).
>
> BTW Are you using the builtin Windows firewall, or the one in your
> anti-virus software (eg Norton)? I have had problems with Norton 360
> not opening ports when needed, and had to open them manually. But I
> do have a complex network that has Vista confused.
>

I'm just using the built-in Windows firewall (Windows Defender?). I'll
explore your suggestion of disabling it.

Thanks

Gib Bogle

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Sep 27, 2012, 7:04:24 PM9/27/12
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On 28/09/2012 10:27 a.m., Gib Bogle wrote:

> Hi Stephen, this sounds very promising! I turned the telnet client on,
> then did 'telnet 192.168.1.1 631'. I just get a blank telnet window,
> there's no indication that it's connected. If I type something it comes
> back with:
> HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
> Connection: close
> Connection to host lost.
>
> Does this indicate a failure to connect?

Judging by what I see when I try a different port number (an immediate
message saying the connection failed) it seems that the connection to
port 631 is successful. Disabling the Windows firewall had no effect.

This seems to indicate that the problem is with the printer, not the router.

Enkidu

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Sep 27, 2012, 8:12:32 PM9/27/12
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No, That indicates that you *did* connect. The server in the router
returned the 404 error that you see.

Cheers,

Cliff

Stephen Worthington

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Sep 28, 2012, 5:21:06 AM9/28/12
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That conclusively proves that the firewall is not blocking the port.
You are getting a response from some sort of server software that does
HTTP protocol (like a web server, but lots of other things also use
HTTP protocol).

Since it understands HTTP, you might like to now try with your web
browser - use this URL:

http://192.168.1.1:631

and see if you get a response.

Gib Bogle

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Sep 28, 2012, 4:51:16 PM9/28/12
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On 28/09/2012 9:21 p.m., Stephen Worthington wrote:

> That conclusively proves that the firewall is not blocking the port.
> You are getting a response from some sort of server software that does
> HTTP protocol (like a web server, but lots of other things also use
> HTTP protocol).
>
> Since it understands HTTP, you might like to now try with your web
> browser - use this URL:
>
> http://192.168.1.1:631
>
> and see if you get a response.
>

I see a completely blank page.

Gib Bogle

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Oct 8, 2012, 9:29:22 PM10/8/12
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On 28/09/2012 9:21 p.m., Stephen Worthington wrote:

> That conclusively proves that the firewall is not blocking the port.
> You are getting a response from some sort of server software that does
> HTTP protocol (like a web server, but lots of other things also use
> HTTP protocol).
>
> Since it understands HTTP, you might like to now try with your web
> browser - use this URL:
>
> http://192.168.1.1:631
>
> and see if you get a response.
>

Any further thoughts, Stephen?

Gib
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