Difficulty Printing via Wireless
Gents, please would you help me with this conundrum.
I run a small, modest wireless network at home consisting of the main household PC (Dell Dimension running Win Xp) connected via ethernet cable to a Netgear Wireless Modem Router. The printer is a Canon MP 520 connected to this main PC via USB. As per most families, various other iPod Touches, Laptops, bedroom PCs etc are connected to the network wirelessly and, for the most part, work well. We all use Win Xp SP3 and AOL BB. I recently added a Samsung N110 Netbook to the network for my son's 6th form work - also running Win Xp. It found the printer ok and works, but every few days, when the lad goes to print something, the Netbook says it can't and asks that we check that the printer is on, a test page is printed and mentions something about a server. Uninstalling and reinstalling the printer restores everything and off we go again - but it keeps happening!
My knowledge is very basic, but my investigations have led me to wonder if all the devices on the network have to have the same Workgroup name - some of mine have the default MSHOME (My Computer - Properties - Computer Name - Workgroup) and some have another name. Might this have anything to do with the problem? A pal with good knowledge thinks that the Workgroup name should be the name of the wireless network.
Any advice would be gratefully received, but please keep it fairly simple.
Many thanks
mcdhu