[OT] Printer Servers and Mac 10.4 ?

[Luis]

Hiya,

Does the print server have a default IP address? Check the docs. If  
so, you might not see it if it doesn't belong to the same subnet the  
rest of your puters are on.
What you'd then need to do is connect the ethernet directly onto your  
puter and assign the puter an IP address in the same subnet as the  
print server (Mac should be ok with any patch cable, Win PC might  
need a crossover ethernet cable): Assuming the print server has a  
config server, you then put the print server's IP address into a  
browser and change it's IP address to fall within the range of your  
network (then change your puter's IP address back to how it was).
I'd not recommend a print server on DHCP unless your IP address pool  
is small and it's lease time is several years...

If it's still as clear as Ribena, let me know.

Cheers,

Luis.


On 18 Apr 2007, at 23:09, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> Um, Sorry, not an RR thing at all . . .
>
> Just bought a one-port printer server: plugged my USB
> printer in one end, plugged an Ethernet cable in the
> other and connected to my Router;
>
> NO GO! Richmond's naivety, again (i.e. believing words
> like "simple" printed on packaging)
>
> Eventually found (from EDIMAX) a Mac guide which shows
> a HUB/SWITCH connected into the ROUTER and all the
> dependant computers + printer hanging off it like
> flies.
>
> Don't really want to dig out my old switch to add
> another silly power adapter and more spaghetti to my
> office + reprog my whole network
>
> [I mean . . . how does one clone a Mac address to a
> Switch to a Router - and is this necessary?]
>
> Surely their must be away for me to jack the Print
> Server into the TP-LINK without involving a switch?
>
> Help gratefully (desperately!) recieved . . .
>
> Pretty Please ?
>
> Richmond.
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development  
> Life Cycle.
> ____________________________________________________________
>
>
>       ___________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less,  
> sign up for
> your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http:// 
> uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>