Over-Complex Network Setup

[Zylstra]

I have an old LPT printer, and a Netgear LPT Mini Print Server.
Unfortunately, I am too far away to run an ethernet cable... I could buy some or get some from the school, but even then I live in an old extremely-hard-to-wire house.

I do have a laptop that connects via. WiFi, which has an unused Ethernet port.

My question is this:
How can I connect the print server device to my laptops ethernet port, using ICS? Each time I try to do it, it just doesnt work.
I'm doing something wrong, but, I dont know what.

OS I am dealing with is Windows 7 (Same as Vista, networking wise)
100MBPS Broadcom Ethernet

NETGEAR Print Server model PS101

When I plug it all in, the lights blink orange, but, if I disconnect it and plug it in again, they go back green. I still cant print to it.

Any ideas? (Besides: "Stop being so cheap and refill your USB printers cartridges...)

[BumFacer]

It sounds like, because you aren't using a hub or a switch, you need an ethernet cross-over cable.  This is different from a standard ethernet cable as pins don't go "straight through" but cross over on pins 1 3 and 6 IIRC - look up "making cross over cable" in google for plenty of instructions

Cheers

Steve

[Zylstra]

This sounds like its going to be more complicated than I originally hoped for   

What if I plugged an old router into my laptops ethernet while ICS is enabled?
Or would that have the same problem?
 

[BumFacer]

Yes if you use it as a hub (i.e. plug the laptop into it AND the other device) then that should be OK