I have purchased a D-Link DPR-1260 Wireless printer server in order to
print from my wireless laptop. And I am having trouble understanding
how to get it installed.

I have a cable modem hooked up to a wireless router which feeds signals
to my wireless laptop. The laptop is my only computer and serves as my
wireless base station. I do not have a desktop but I am tied to my desk
because my wireless laptop is connected to my Del usb printer. I often
disconnect my laptop from the printer just so that I can have the
mobility I wanted when I purchased the laptop. But then when I want or
need to print something, such as an automated receipt from an online
purchase that says "Print this page for your records", I am in a fix!

So I called Del and they told me what to order and it was delivered
last night! :-)

But I am confused by the installation instructions. The first
instruction reads "Connect an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet connector
on the Print Server's back panel (I was able to do this) and attach it
to the network. Now I am lost.

How do I attach it to the network? I believe that my wireless router
has an Ethernet connector on the back. Do I plug the other end of the
ethernet cable to that? If not what in the world do I plug the other
end of that Ethernet cable from the wireless print server to?

(there is a Note included that states "It is required that an Ethernet
cable is used during initial setup. Once your wireless configuration is
set, you may disconnect the Ethernet cable and begin communicating
wirelessly with your DPR-1260).

And where does my printer fit in? Is it attached by its usb cable to
the print server or do I have to have it connected to my PC during the
installation?

The Quick Install Guide (the only install guide that came with the
product) also talks about default IP addresses and states "The factory
default IP address of the DP-1260 is 192.168.0.10. The IP address of
the DPR-1260 must be in the same range as your network. You can change
the IP address of the DPR-1260 to match the IP address scheme of your
existing network. To access the print server's Web configuration
interface, assign an IP address on one of the wired PC's on your
network to the same IP scheme as the Print Server".

I do not have a clue as to what the IP address scheme of my network is.
And will I have to disconnect my wireless laptop from my wireless router
and wire it directly into my cable modem in order to connect to the
Print Server's Web configuration interface since I do not have a
"wired" pc on my network?

And one last question. Once I am able to get to the D-Link Setup
Wizard, it will ask me for the Wireless Network Name - SSID - of my
wireless network. How do I find that out? I have moved recently and do
not know where my paperwork is from when I originally setup the
wireless router (my son walked me through it on the phone and I did not
really have a clue what I was doing). After my move the cable company
came and set everything back up for me and got my wireless laptop
working along with my cable tv.

Please forgive me for such a long email. I am so excited about this
print server and I want so bad to get it working. I am not a pc novice.
I used to build custom PC's for people. But I am a network novice and
this stuff totally blows my mind.

Any help that you can give in sincerely appreciated.

Thanks!
Cathy