ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 This may sound dumb (no affirmations please!) but I have the 3G Internet Dongle and service. I have now purchased a printer which is 'wireless' but cannot get the darn thing to work as it cannot find a 'wireless access point' - any ideas? is it possible with AIS 3G? is it a stupid question? is the Moon made of cheese? Anyway any help from more techie Chiang Mai'ers is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy123 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 The problem you have is getting your laptop or computer setup to talk wirelessly with your printer. It has nothing to do with the 3g internet. Have a look at your printers manual and see if there is a section under Ad Hoc wireless setup, if you havn't got a router/access point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 The problem you have is getting your laptop or computer setup to talk wirelessly with your printer. It has nothing to do with the 3g internet. Have a look at your printers manual and see if there is a section under Ad Hoc wireless setup, if you havn't got a router/access point. Hi - it will not allow 'ad hoc' wireless set-up and just refers me to my 'providers manual' - I have tried both my laptops with no success! I mentioned 3G as it keeps mentioning a 'router' but, of course, 3G doesn't have a router... it keep asking me to 'name' my access point - I can find nothing to indicate what or where that is - any other ideas? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy123 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Whats the make and model or the printer? Can you provide a link to the documentation online? The next thing you can think about is weather you really need the printer to be wireless, can you just use USB and save yourself the headache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 There is quite alot of expertise in the computer forum, let me or a mod on duty know if you find you want your thread moved there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 As mentioned, 3G is not WiFi. You can get a USB WiFi dongle cheaply and set it up as an Ad-hoc access point that the printer can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Or get a wifi router where you can plug in your 3G dongle. Then you have wifi access point for the printer and also can share the internet connection and use both laptops to connect easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Whats the make and model or the printer? Can you provide a link to the documentation online?The next thing you can think about is weather you really need the printer to be wireless, can you just use USB and save yourself the headache? Yes I think thismay be the way to go... just use the dam_n cable - it works perfectly!!! did a Google - tons of people have the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Or get a wifi router where you can plug in your 3G dongle. Then you have wifi access point for the printer and also can share the internet connection and use both laptops to connect easily. This cant be done with the 3G service - the laptop needs the dongel attached - its a satellite service - unless you can show diffently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 As mentioned, 3G is not WiFi. You can get a USB WiFi dongle cheaply and set it up as an Ad-hoc access point that the printer can find. As mentioned - the printer does NOT allow ad-hoc access points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 There is quite alot of expertise in the computer forum, let me or a mod on duty know if you find you want your thread moved there. Hi - yes please move - i only put it here in relation to the 3G service which is Chiang Mai centric - cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Whats the make and model or the printer? Can you provide a link to the documentation online?The next thing you can think about is weather you really need the printer to be wireless, can you just use USB and save yourself the headache? Canon Pixma MP648 - sorry can't find the link online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM7WGP Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 As mentioned, 3G is not WiFi. You can get a USB WiFi dongle cheaply and set it up as an Ad-hoc access point that the printer can find. 3G not wifi sure is if you use the 3G router then you have wifi connect but not the dongle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Or get a wifi router where you can plug in your 3G dongle. Then you have wifi access point for the printer and also can share the internet connection and use both laptops to connect easily. This cant be done with the 3G service - the laptop needs the dongel attached - its a satellite service - unless you can show diffently? Yes it can be done fairly easy, all you need to do is to purchase router that supports internet connection with 3G USB Dongle. Say Huawei D100 or similar. The router kinda uses the 3G Dongle as "incoming line" instead of fixed line. These been available for awhile and good solution for everyone who is using wireless connection as their main connection in the house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Or get a wifi router where you can plug in your 3G dongle. Then you have wifi access point for the printer and also can share the internet connection and use both laptops to connect easily. This cant be done with the 3G service - the laptop needs the dongel attached - its a satellite service - unless you can show diffently? Yes it can be done fairly easy, all you need to do is to purchase router that supports internet connection with 3G USB Dongle. Say Huawei D100 or similar. The router kinda uses the 3G Dongle as "incoming line" instead of fixed line. These been available for awhile and good solution for everyone who is using wireless connection as their main connection in the house... This is great info! but I don't have a telephone line? is it reliant upon same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 You don't need telephone line. The connection to internet is via your 3G wireless dongle. The router shares this connection via WIFI so that you can connect your laptops, desktops etc to internet sharing the one 3G connection you have. As the router shares via WIFI it operates as "wireless access point" which you need to connect to your printer without cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 You don't need telephone line.The connection to internet is via your 3G wireless dongle. The router shares this connection via WIFI so that you can connect your laptops, desktops etc to internet sharing the one 3G connection you have. As the router shares via WIFI it operates as "wireless access point" which you need to connect to your printer without cables. Excellent! excellent! and err... excellent! - off to Pantip Plaza now - thanks very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJo Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 The Huawei one was just for sample. There is lot of brand and different size of routers available in the market. When buying one just make sure it works with the specific dongle you have. For CAT CDMA users there is also routers that support CDMA EVDO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 The Huawei one was just for sample. There is lot of brand and different size of routers available in the market. When buying one just make sure it works with the specific dongle you have. For CAT CDMA users there is also routers that support CDMA EVDO... Hi - just arrived back from our local computer techie store - they had no clue. Do you put the dongle in the laptop or the router? I have a Cisco router already. They say they had no routers that would take a AIS 3G dongle... I tried many shops - drew blanks everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimite Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Routers that support 3G or CAT dongles are hard to find and expensive (12-15K Baht) A better bet is if your PC does not have a wireless capability is to buy a wifi modem and tHen set up your PC for (internet connection sharing (ICS) which is easy done in XP, Vista or Win 7 and then set the PC up as an ad hoc device Your printer wull see that as a normal rounter and connect. Your printer does not need to have any ad-hoc wirless settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Routers that support 3G or CAT dongles are hard to find and expensive (12-15K Baht)A better bet is if your PC does not have a wireless capability is to buy a wifi modem and tHen set up your PC for (internet connection sharing (ICS) which is easy done in XP, Vista or Win 7 and then set the PC up as an ad hoc device Your printer wull see that as a normal rounter and connect. Your printer does not need to have any ad-hoc wirless settings Hi - thanks... my laptops DO have wireless capability - the printer keeps asking for a valid access point. I have tried both laptops - but of course the 3G service is not wireless so hence the problem? I have a Cisco (linsky) box from when I used ADSL in my last condo -can I utilise that? I'll try and find out how to set up laptop for ICS - cheers - I had thought that it would be easy and the two would talk to each other - isn't that what wireless is all about? I didn't think I'd have a problem since the laptops have wireless and the printer is wireless - why do they make it so difficult? I assumed it was plug and go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimite Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Hi sorry, Having had a few beers I did not read your earlier posts carefully, and missed the part about using a laptop Setting up ICS is easy. In the Modem configuration, click the box that says "share this connection with others" and then select your wireless as the interface to do the sharing. There are many pages of detailed instructions if you google on your OS and ICS Sorry, The beer is now fading and yes you will then need a standard easy to obtain standard wireless router so that the printer will see the shared wireless, UNLESS you are using Windows 7 in which case there is a free add-on to allow your PC to act as a fully fledged wireless access point. Sorry for the misleading info earlier, edit I'm not THAT sorry Edited November 8, 2009 by thaimite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangMaiFun Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Hi sorry, Having had a few beers I did not read your earlier posts carefully, and missed the part about using a laptop Setting up ICS is easy. In the Modem configuration, click the box that says "share this connection with others" and then select your wireless as the interface to do the sharing. There are many pages of detailed instructions if you google on your OS and ICS Sorry, The beer is now fading and yes you will then need a standard easy to obtain standard wireless router so that the printer will see the shared wireless, UNLESS you are using Windows 7 in which case there is a free add-on to allow your PC to act as a fully fledged wireless access point. Sorry for the misleading info earlier, edit I'm not THAT sorry hehe 'sorry is as sorry does' anyway - without sounding (hoping!) completely dim (a wasted effortI know...) I tried to alter 'modem settings' to no avail... I'm using Vista (unfortunately) on one laptop and XPon the other - getting no where fast!!! hic, hic... even after 3 Beer Chang things have not improved! (so will try Black Label next) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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