Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-27 Thread Bill Spencer
On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:34:16 AM UTC-5, flags wrote: On 12/26/11 8:03 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:18:33 PM UTC-5, Bill Spencer wrote: snip The fellow told me that Airport Express cannot print using the Ethernet port at all, only via USB.

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-26 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/26/11 8:03 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:18:33 PM UTC-5, Bill Spencer wrote: snip The fellow told me that Airport Express cannot print using the Ethernet port at all, only via USB. But I've had another inspiration...isn't there a USB-to-Ethernet

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: I just got this: http://tinyurl.com/7cbw6by and I assume it will do the trick too...? Or does it have to be Linksys? It should work. You may need to give a fixed IP address to your LaserWriter, look in the LW manual for 'Unix Setup'; so

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-13 Thread Bill Spencer
Turns out Verizon's network cannot be extended according to he popup. So that takes care of that. C'est la guerre. But I have just realized I don't even need the wireless piece, I can just run the cable up through the floor and into VZ's router. Sheesh. Duh, Spencer. -- You received this

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: Is it possible that I have to do more than one hard reset in a row before I can make changes? Or what else might be going on? The thing is only a couple of months old, so I hope it's not defective, but if so could I use the (also

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-12 Thread Clark Martin
On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: This has gotten very frustrating. I spent most of the weekend either trying to figure out terminology (bridge mode vs. client mode vs. STAProxy) or arguing with the Airport Express, with multiple soft (while already plugged

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 7, 2011, at 10:20 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the Airport Express as a network extender and run an ethernet cable to my trusty old Apple Personal LaserWriter 12/640PS? I know you can

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bill Spencer
What if it's Verizon's FiOS wireless router (which just got installed yesterday, despite VZ's apparent determination to drive us off as potential customers)? Or could I then insert my own wireless router in between VZ and AEx, in true Rube Goldberg fashion? Like this: ===[WAN]===[VZ router]

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: What if it's Verizon's FiOS wireless router (which just got installed yesterday, despite VZ's apparent determination to drive us off as potential customers)? Or could I then insert my own wireless router in between VZ and AEx, in true Rube

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 8, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: Unfortunately the VZ router and the LW 12/640 are on different floors and that can't change for various reasons. So I'll reset the AEx to default--since I currently can't see it in Airport Utility, because (I assume) it's configured to join

Re: Ethernet printing via Airport Express?

2011-12-07 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William Spencer wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the Airport Express as a network extender and run an ethernet cable to my trusty old Apple Personal LaserWriter 12/640PS? I know you can print using the USB port on the AE but I can’t tell if