Ping 192.168.1.101 but the response is 192.168.1.107

I have two laptops running with same Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently I bought a Canon PIXMA MP 628 printer and installed on the network. I can access this printer without any problem from one of my laptops, but not from my second laptop. I checked device manager, updated all required drivers including printer drivers from Canon’s website but it dint fixed the problem.

I thought to ping the Printer’s IP Address which is 192.168.1.101. When I ping this address from command prompt, I get the response saying: "Reply from 192.168.1.107 Destination Host Unreachable." How is that possible? I mean I’m pinging 192.168.1.101 and getting response from 192.168.1.107.

Any idea and help to get the printer work on both laptops?

Many times when you cannot reach the remote networking device, you may receive such responses. 192.168.1.107 could be local computer’s IP. Anyway, just try running “ipconfig /all” in command prompt and reply back with the results.