On Thu, September 15, 2016 11:52 am, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:01:10AM -0500, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > >> Is it possible to use the ethernet port of a laptop to feed a printer >> while the laptop is connected to the Internet via a usb-tethered >> verizon/netgear airpack 791L? >> >> Network manager appears unable to find the printer. > > I guess that should be possible. However this could be tricky. > Usually the verizon devices put you into 192.168.1.0/24 network. This is > also the network most home routers put you in. It might be possible that > those two network collide. Most likely you also get your network settings > via dhcp. Here also the two different network collide. Most likely the > later connection will overwrite the first and screw things up. I would > recommend setting up one network manually making sure that they have non > colliding networks.
Thanks, Henning. The solution I used was: - configure the printer for ip address 192.168.3.201 with gateway 192.168.3.1 - add connection 192.168.3.1 in network manager - plug the ethernet cable from the printer into the laptop ethernet port RLH
