Connect to an Hp Printer Using Ethernet Cable
I Have a Printer Hp Color Laserjet Pro Mfp M176N, and I Want to Connect It to My Laptop Using an Ethernet Cable Directly, but I Have a Message That Says That...
I have a printer HP color Laserjet pro MFP M176n, and I want to connect it to my laptop using an Ethernet cable directly, but I have a message that says that the connection failed.I tried to do it with a router in the middle, (I connected the laptop to the router and the printer to the router) and it worked perfectly, so the only time I get the error is when the cable is directly connected to the printer.
3 Answers
The only ways it will work is if you enable a DHCP server on the laptop to enable the printer to get an IP from it, or a pass through internet connection sharing on that port on the laptop so it will get an IP from your router. This is why it works when connected to the router, it gets the IP from there then your laptop sees it and can print. Without an IP it will never be seen.
Background
By default the printer gets an IP address assigned by the router. The laptop by default does not assign IP addresses. That's why the printer does not work when you connect the printer directly to the laptop using an Ethernet cable.
Easy solution
Use an USB cable to connect the printer to the laptop. If that is not an option
Try the following
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Step 1
Connect the printer to the router and make sure it is discovered by the laptop.
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