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Joe, I use fixed the IP addresses of the things like printers and shared drives on the system. I set my router to start giving out addresses at 100, and the addresses under 100 for fixed addresses.
So, my Network Hard disk is xxx.yyy.zzz.47
One printer is xxx.yyy.zzz.75
The second one is xxx.yyy.zzz.85
I also fix the addresses of the routers I use as extra access points around the house, and put a label on each, so I can access them and their settings.
Instead of trying to access the printers with the LAN name settings, I use the fixed IP address. You can do the same for any computer that is a desktop, fix it's IP address.
To access a shared drive, you map to: \\xxx.yyy.zzz.add\share_name where "share_name" is the name given to that particular share
For a printer, you simply substitute the fixed IP address for the printer name. And if the shared printer is attached to a fixed address PC, you use the same format as above for the shared drive: \\xxx.yyy.zzz.add\shared_printer_name
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James
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