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   Les Albert to All   
   Re: Underlining   
   11 Aug 21 09:25:41   
   
   From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:43:25 -0700, Snidely    
   wrote:   
   >Just this Tuesday, Les Albert explained that ...   
   >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:06:20 -0700, Snidely    
   >> wrote:   
      
      
   >>> Because I spend so much time with computers, I'm as used to finding   
   >>> buttons on the screen as on the keyboard or on the side of the   
   >>> computer.   
      
   >> Another question for a computer nerd: I have a Canon iP6600D printer   
   >> that refuses to reveal its IP address (the Acer Chromebook will not   
   >> print on the Canon unless it has the address).  On my Windows computer   
   >> I have tried all the CMD line netstat commands, the Windows Power   
   >> Shell commands, and all the Windows suggestions I could find online   
   >> with no success.  Do you have a nerdy method that might work?   
   >> Les   
      
   >Try "arp /a" from cmd or powershell window.  If you know the printer's   
   >physical address (the MAC) you can figure out the right one to use more   
   >quickly.  If the last component of the 4-tuple is 0, 1, or 255 ...   
   >that's probably not the right one, but exceptions occur.   
      
      
   I tried "arp /a" and it produced the same result I always get; the   
   last digit is 1 and it's not the printer.  Thanks for your suggestion.   
      
   Les   
      
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