From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:42:51 -0700, Snidely    
   wrote:   
   >With a quizzical look, Les Albert observed:   
   >> 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.   
   >Perhaps you and the printer aren't connected to the same router.  I   
   >assume you have a wifi router; do you have a management app for it?  My   
   >Eero's app lets me see who/what is connected.  Some "target" devices   
   >don't seem to need the wifi password, and maybe your printer connected   
   >to the neighbor's wifi.   
      
      
   No, everything is connected to my own (Comcast) router.  The netstat   
   commands and your suggestion tell me what's connected but they always   
   give an ip address that points to the router.  I don't want to screw   
   around fishing in the router. Instead my work-around for the   
   occasional printing that I need (I'm almost paperless) is to access   
   Google Drive on the Windoows computer, and download the file that I   
   saved on the Chromebook to print it.  Thanks again.   
      
   Les   
      
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