From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Les Albert explained on 8/12/2021 :   
   > 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   
      
   The printer's MAC address is probably on the printer serial number   
   label.  Otherwise, it would be in a menu on the printer (if you have a   
   control panel, and not just off/on).   
      
   My label printer is USB, so MAC not on the label.   
      
   /dps   
      
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