DesignJet 750c / JetDirect J2552A Problem

I got a DesignJet 750c with a Jetdirect J2552A card and just can't get
it to work in my network. I succesfully chnged the mio settings to fit
the ip range of my router (Speedport 503v) like this:

I set the IP of the plotter to 192.168.2.9
Subnet to 255.255.255.0
STD Gateway and SYSLOG-Server to the router IP (192.168.2.1)

AppleTalk is tunning, can't seem to turn it off.

When i print out the plotter configuration it says that the Port choice
is the BNC Port. That might be the problem because i use RJ45 cable. I
can't find a way to change Port choice though.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Aidan Grey wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:33:29 +0200, michael j wrote:
>
>>I got a DesignJet 750c with a Jetdirect J2552A card and just can't get
>>it to work in my network. I succesfully chnged the mio settings to fit
>>the ip range of my router (Speedport 503v) like this:
>>
>>I set the IP of the plotter to 192.168.2.9
>>Subnet to 255.255.255.0
>>STD Gateway and SYSLOG-Server to the router IP (192.168.2.1)
>>
>>AppleTalk is tunning, can't seem to turn it off.
>>
>>When i print out the plotter configuration it says that the Port choice
>> is the BNC Port. That might be the problem because i use RJ45 cable. I
>>can't find a way to change Port choice though.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> There are a couple of possibilities.
>
> The first one is that you have a bad RJ45 cable. It would show the BNC
> port if there is nothing connected to the RJ45 port.
>
> The other thing to check is the speed and duplex settings on your hub or
> router. That JetDirect is an older card, and I believe it is 10 MBit and
> half-duplex only. What are the settings on your router?
>
> Also, when you have a successful setup, you will be able to PING the IP
> address of the JetDirect from anywhere on your network.

Thanks a lot for your input.

I couldn't find a way to make it work through configuring the Router.

But it is indeed the router who isn't able to connect this old device. I
put an old switch between Jetdirect and router and now it works!

michael j wrote:
> Aidan Grey wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:33:29 +0200, michael j wrote:
>>
>>> I got a DesignJet 750c with a Jetdirect J2552A card and just can't get
>>> it to work in my network. I succesfully chnged the mio settings to fit
>>> the ip range of my router (Speedport 503v) like this:
>>>
>>> I set the IP of the plotter to 192.168.2.9
>>> Subnet to 255.255.255.0
>>> STD Gateway and SYSLOG-Server to the router IP (192.168.2.1)
>>>
>>> AppleTalk is tunning, can't seem to turn it off.
>>>
>>> When i print out the plotter configuration it says that the Port choice
>>> is the BNC Port. That might be the problem because i use RJ45 cable. I
>>> can't find a way to change Port choice though.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>> There are a couple of possibilities.
>>
>> The first one is that you have a bad RJ45 cable. It would show the BNC
>> port if there is nothing connected to the RJ45 port.
>>
>> The other thing to check is the speed and duplex settings on your hub or
>> router. That JetDirect is an older card, and I believe it is 10 MBit and
>> half-duplex only. What are the settings on your router?
>>
>> Also, when you have a successful setup, you will be able to PING the IP
>> address of the JetDirect from anywhere on your network.
>
> Thanks a lot for your input.
>
> I couldn't find a way to make it work through configuring the Router.
>
> But it is indeed the router who isn't able to connect this old device. I
> put an old switch between Jetdirect and router and now it works!

Just to simplify matters for your hardware in the future, you might get
a newer JetDirect card with 10/100 support. They are cheap these days,
and perfectly compatible with DesignJets... Ben Myers