Sorry - I missed the notice that you had posted again.
Yes, according to that it looks like the WAG200G _does_ have a DHCP server in it. The manual for it does not mention that functionality at all. So can you access the web menu and see what settings are available for the DHCP server?
If there's nowhere to set a static address for certain MAC addresses then you can assign it a static address outside the scope of the modem/gateway's DHCP server. Linksys usually starts the scope at x.x.x.100 (and I note the computer with which you made the ipconfig screen had the IP 192.168.1.103).
Have you tried accessing the web menu of the 170x ?
(Connect 170x Print Server)
Connect the 170x to your network, probably via the switch ports on the WAG200G.
Connect your printer (with paper) to the 170x and turn it on.
Connect the power to the 170x and let it boot up... the status LED will blink, and should be on steady once it's finished booting.
Press the test button on the back of the 170x, and a configuration page should print out.
In the bottom section you should be able to tell if it's getting a DHCP address or not. If it says
IP Address: 192.168.1.xxx
where xxx is some number above 100, then it's getting its IP address from DHCP.
If the IP address is 192.0.0.192, skip down to the (170x Web Menu) section.
(WAG200G Gateway)
If that's the case, you should be able to go into the Linksys web menu and configure a static address for it.
http://192.168.1.1name - blank
password - admin (unless you've changed it, which you should... and write it down, even if it's just on a post-it stuck to the bottom)
Below the DHCP Server settings, if you're able to reserve IPs for certain MAC addresses there should be a button to push to show you the current DHCP client list, where you can select a MAC address to copy, then paste it into the static IP list and tell it to assign that MAC address 192.168.1.50 every time.
But many older Linksys models did not have the option to set any static IPs, and then you would have to set a static address in the print server's menu. You WANT the print server to have the same address every time so you don't need to reinstall the printer every time the gateway reboots and decides to give the 170x a diffferent IP address.
(170x Web Menu)
To connect directly to the 170x with a computer you need a crossover cable, so if you don't have one of those, connect both a computer and the 170x to LAN ports on the WAG200G. Select the NIC card in Network Connections, click ''Change settings of this connection'' in the menu on the left, then scroll down to select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Set the NIC's address to 192.0.0.1 with mask 255.255.255.0.
Open a browser and go to
http://192.0.0.192 - on the left side click the Administration button.
Go to the Security tab and enter a password twice then click Apply (otherwise anyone that surfs to the print server's address will be able to change the settings without needing a password).
On the Configuration tab, in TCP/IP ensure the top picklist (TCP Config type) is set to Manual.
Change the (blank) Current Host Name to HP170X
Change the Current IP Address to 192.168.1.50 (that should be well below where the gateway's DHCP Server starts handing out addresses).
Change the Current Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
Change the Current Gateway to 192.168.1.1 (the gateway's LAN switch address)
Click Apply.
Go back to Network Connections, select the NIC ethernet adapter, change its settings, set the IP back to Obtain Automatically.
You should be able to access the print server configuration menu from any computer on your LAN now by surfing to 192.168.1.50 and entering the password you set above.
(Run 170x CD)
If you have AutoRun disabled (e.g. to avoid sony's malware), run x:\Setup.exe (where x is the CD drive's letter).
Choose Install Network Printer
Punch the Specify a printer by address radio button and click Next.
You can enter the MAC address off the bottom of the 170x (the 'AD' line on the barcode sticker) or the IP address you set in the (170x Web Menu) section. Click Next, and it should find the print server fairly fast. Leave 'Use default port name' checked, and 'Windows TCP/IP' should already be selected in the picklist (IPX/SPX is for Novell NetWare). Double check that the settings are the same you made in the 170x web menu and click Next.
Your HP LaserJet 1200 should be preselected. If it's been installed before, you can keep the current drivers. If you want to use the CD that came with the LJ 1200 click Have Disk ..., otherwise click Next.
The default name should be fine, unless you want to uniquely identify it (e.g. HP LaserJet 1200 IP) from previously installed printers. Click Next.
If you want to share it, the HP wizard will allow you to cache drivers for other versions of windows too, if you have the printer's install CD (HP generally no longer makes the Win9x and NT/2000 drivers available on its website). Click Next and have the printer's CD ready to swap if you shared it with any 'other versions' checked.
The summary page should display when that's done. Click Finish and HP will create the new path/port and print a test page for you if that was selected (recommended). Cleck Yes and OK (assuming it printed correctly).
Skip down to (Install More) if this is the method you prefer. Or try the next section on another computer if you're not sure.
(Install Printer from XP)
In XP's Start->Printers and Faxes, click Add Printer.
Counterintuitively, choose ''Local printer attached to this computer'' and click Next
click Create a new port, and for type of port choose Standard TCP/IP Port or (if present) HP Standard TCP/IP Port. Click Next.
The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard starts. Click Next.
Enter the IP address you set for the 170x on its Configuration tab. (e.g. 192.168.1.50) and note how it creates the name as you type. Check the 'Always print to this device ...' box, and click Next. You should get a screen that says
SNMP: No
Protocol: RAW, Port 9100
Device: 192.168.1.50
Port Name: IP_192.168.1.50
Adapter Type: Hewlett Packard Jetdirect Ex (single port)
Click Finish.
If you've previously installed the printer directly on the computer, you might have more choices than the PCL and PS choices that come with XP. PCL is the standard way most printers talk (Printer Control Language, if I recall correctly); PS is PostScript, which is a scalable type style owned/made by Adobe, so you can choose which one you prefer. I use PCL, myself; but it's your choice, and you may get smoother edges on the type when resizing pages with PS.
Or you can use the disk that came with the printer if you have it (click the Have Disk button and browse to the folder on the CD with the INF file). Anyway, select the printer and click Next.
Again, if you've previously installed it locally, you might be prompted whether you want to keep the current driver or replace it. I would try the one you have already unless you're rerunning the wizard because the current driver doesn't work. Click Next.
For the Printer name I would shorten it from the standard names XP assigns. e.g. HP LaserJet 1200. Click Next, and on this page choose Share name and shorten it down to HPLJ1200 or HPLJ1200NET. Click Next.
For a Location I would call it HP LJ 1200 on 170x Print Server. Add comments if you want (you can edit most of this later in Printers and Faxes). Click Next.
Print a test page. Click Next and you'll get the summary page. Click finish. HP LaserJet 1200 should now be in your list of printers... you can right-click on it and choose Set as default printer if you want it to be preselected as the printer when printing from most applications.
(Install More)
Repeat (Install Printer from XP) or (Run 170x CD) sections for your other computers. In Printers and Faxes, if you right-click the printers installed using both methods and look at their Properties, on the Ports tab examine the ports created (select the port and click Configure), you should find the only differences are the way the port itself is named.
I'm not sure I would share it on all computers, as all those shares can show up in everyones Printers and Faxes if the discovery service is working correctly. But if you share it on at least 1, visitors can usually print to that share using the default drivers rather than installing your printer.
Reload the test page sheet so it prints on the other side if you want to save paper. :-)
If you're not sure which way that is (handy information if you don't have a duplexer attachment), make a small x in the lower left corner of the top sheet before you start so you can figure out the orientation if you want to do manual 2-sided printing from e.g. Acrobat Reader (even pages only, reload, then odd pages only, possibly with a 'reverse order' thrown in on one depending on how it outputs).
The Add Printer wizard in Vista shouldn't be all that different from XP's, so you should be able to adapt the (Install Printer from XP) section for vista, also. I'll probably buy a vista box soon, since SP1 hasn't proven to be a disaster, but right now I don't have one so I can't give you step by step instructions for it.
(Future experimenting)
Open a command prompt window (Start->Run, CMD [enter]
type in
telnet 192.168.1.50
and hit enter.
You're typing blind in XP... I haven't found a way to turn on local echo once you're telnetted into the print server (SET LOCALECHO then O 192.168.1.50 doesn't help), but you can also change settings like that if you prefer the command line interface to a browser... just be sure of your typing. :-)
That get you going? :-)
