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I've always wanted to set up wireless printing for my Brother HL-2170W, but I've never quite figured it out. I'm close. So I found and entered the IP address. The remaining issue is the password for authentication [screenshot attached].
It's probably only because I tend to miss the obvious, but I'm not sure which username and password the system is asking for; where I need to look for it (if only in my head--it's probably a password I know). I just found the HP support site (http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03112291); it seems to clearly indicate that this would be my network password. If that's the case, fine--I know my network password. What I'm not sure about is actually the username. What's that supposed to be? I just tried the name of the network for the username, and unless I made a typo repeatedly (I hate it when you can't make your typed password show), it didn't work--access denied. So...where do I find the username?
Last edited by newbiesforever; 06-13-2016 at 04:54 PM.
Actually, I doubt hat the samba protocol is the right one to connect to a network printer.
If you have nmap installed, you can check what ports a given device is listening on. In the case of a printer, that information will then tell you the likely printing network protocols supported. So, for your printer at 192.168.1.17 you could do
Code:
nmap 192.168.1.17
If you need help to understand the output, post it here for others to advise further.
Typically, Brother printers support the LPD and AppSocket network protcols, so you could try using the following
Code:
socket://192.168.1.17
or
Code:
lpd://192.168.1.17/BINARY_P1
FWIW, I have a Brother network printer defined by it's hostname (instead of IP address) with the following URI
Is the printer's wireless settings already configured etc?
Should be. I haven't done anything to the printer's manual settings recently, but I followed HP's instructions last time i tried to set up wireless printing. If I understood correctly, the instructions said to reset the printer's own IP address to 0.0.0.0, and I did. (Had to push and/or hold down the ready button for a certain period of time to blank the address.)
Last edited by newbiesforever; 06-13-2016 at 06:12 PM.
[forehead slap] Well, that's my fault--I failed to notice that that wasn't Brother-specific information, notwithstanding that the information on passwords should be the same in principle.
I do not know what the HP page had for password information but typically the username and password would either be a valid samba username/password on a linux box or the username/password as setup for a printer shared on a windows PC.
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.17
Host is up (0.0000090s latency).
Not shown: 997 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
111/tcp open rpcbind
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
The IP address shown in the attached image (opening post) was 192.168.1.17, but like Michael is questioning, is that really the printer IP address? I would have expected similar to the output he has shown.
port 515 --> LPD protocol
port 631 --> CUPS/IPP protocol
port 9100 --> AppSocket/JetDirect protocol
BTW, you've mentioned the HP support pages a couple of times, but in your opening post you mentioned that the device in question is a HL-2170W ie Brother laser printer.
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