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Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:19:56 PDT
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: SMC addressing

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Steve Carter wrote:
>
>
> I had the same problem with my DSL line, initially. After
> many hours, over several days, of screwing around with
> various tech support suggestions, we finally powered down
> the DSL "modem" and all was as expected.
>
> Now, I shut off EVERYTHING when I power down daily and let it
> all restart. I leave NOTHING running when I'm away for the day.

In what order do you power up?

> I've got fixed IP, so I KNOW where I'll be next time I start up.

I thought fixed IP was no longer available. I activated automatic
enable using DHCP. Would this effect your power down strategy?

> Saves power, prevents intrusion (when off), and makes me happy(-er).
> But when I power-down the SMC7004BR, the networked printer/FAX
> hiccups -- a nuisance requiring me to press the printer reset button.

You do not power down the printer?

> RE-BOOTING the DSL router and or DSL/Cable modem is the FIRST
> thing we should have tried, not the last. They say you get
> wisdom from experience. Oh well . . . . .
>
> --Steve
>
> Print server installation went smoothly, on both OS/2 and Windoze.
> Windoze 9x doesn't come with TCP/IP printing, so you have to install
> it from somewhere. SMC has it for their print server on their CD.
> If you also use a second print server, as I do, you may have to find
> other TCP/IP software to communicate with it. I found an IBM package,
> in Japan, which fills the bill nicely, and allows up to (I think) 16
> different print servers to be defined, more than enough for me.
> I've come to embrace network printing, even for my two computers.
> I networked my new Xerox (N)C20 printer within an hour of first
> assembling the pieces. I'm a convert!
>
> ++++++++++++
> On 10/04/01, Ray Davison wrote, in part:
> >
> >I recently got an SMC7004BR to go with new cable service. The cable
> >installer got me connected to to a single machine running W95. There
> >are clear and detailed setup instructions for SMC on W95. Performing
> >this did not provide connection, the cable installer said he had done
> >what he came for, which was all I expected, and left.
> >
> >There is also a setup program which I think does the same thing as
> >manual setup. Running that did not help.
> >
> >Tech support at SMC was excellent. I talked to them before I bought the
> >router and after when it wouldn't connect. The advised fix, which
> >worked, was to reboot the modem, router and computer. To keep the
> >system functioning, the advice seems to be never power down the modem
> >and probably not the router.
> >
> >There are instructions for setting up a print server, but I have not
> >tried it yet. Talk to peter. >Ray
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