Re: Re (3): Web based configuration of Lexmark XM3150.

On 2025-06-06, [email protected] wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Nuno Silva
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> How do you know which IP to give?
>
> IP address is displayed at the upper  left corner of the touchscreen.
>
>> I'd hope the documentation would state that, if it were the case. But I
>> know better than to expect documentation to be complete :-)
>
> Documentation makes it seem dead simple. Just give the
> IP to the browser and ... voila ... nothing.
>
>> Maybe *that* (wi-fi networked printing) can be exploited to double-check
>> the printer IP address? Or is that what you're doing already?
>
> Don't recall a mention in the document.
>
> In my experience, Ethernet cables are backward compatible. A 
> contemporary cable works on an older machine; true in all cases? Or 
> the old patch cables I happened to try don't work with the newer 
> machines?
>
> Thx,                          ... P.
>

... wait, why have you asked about ethernet cables if it has wi-fi? Was
it a question unrelated to accessing the configuration, or is it
supposed to allow access to the management pages only via a wired
connection?

Because, I suppose, if it needs to be accessed through the wired
connection, you'd need to find out specifically the IP address for
*that* connection.

-- 
Nuno Silva