Hi, I have a strange problem with my sisters 3com-wireless 802.11b router. Her daughter complained that she could no longer print from my sisters HP USB-shared printer, and I had a look at it.
It turns out that the router no longer gets an IP-address from the ISP, and that the two iMacs get a public IP-address that are even not on the same subnet, like 83.88.x.x and 83.84.x.x I think it was, so there is no surprise that rendevouz printing isn't working. Of course they connect to the internet, and if I force a LAN-IP-address upon them(192.168.1.102 or similar) they loose the internet connection. The router responds fine to 192.168.1.1, and all DHCP and WEP-settings seem fine. (I couldn't make WPA work, so I had to settle for WEP-128)I didn't test properly if that would resolve the printing issue, though. Have you ever seen a router loosing its internet connection ability and just becoming a switch like this? My Powerbook behaves the same way, although sometimes the router does indeed give out a real DHCP-address, at which point I can connect to the router but not the internet. All computers are on 10.3.x, btw. Cheers, Kim -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
