Ethernet Printer Problems

Ray,

I had similar problems with my home wireless setup. I have two printers attached to the network, and have always been able to print to them fine with any WIRED computer on the network. On a wireless connected laptop, I would add the printers, successfully print the test page, and think all was great, but the next time the computer was rebooted, I would get the same error as you describe, a timeout error with no details. I'm pretty sure the problem was related to my wireless router, specifically, with it's built-in firewall. I never did find the right advanced settings to get things to work properly. I now have a different wireless router, and the problem is gone, I can now print from wirelessly connected computers as well as the wired ones.

Sorry that's not very specific, but perhaps it at least narrows down your search. I know the trick in this situation is to set up a rule in the firewall that will not block connections/communication between the wireless client and the printer. That is, if you in the same situation that I was. The only way I figured out it was a router problem was the fact that the problem went away when I upgraded to a newer router.

Tom

Wireless networks are not very dependable, try to increase distance some hundred millimeters, or use a 500mm wire instead.

I had a similar problem once and eventually discovered that when I didn't have my wireless mouse turned on, I got no interference with my wireless router. I switched to a hard-wired mouse and the problem went away. Note: The wireless mouse was not Bluetooth.