Network Shared Printer Question

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:51:02 -0800

I'm really ignorant about networks. I'm on a fast cable connection with a wired router as DHCP server and a wireless router attached to the wired router. The wireless is not using any encryption, it is open to the public. I live in an affluent neighborhood and don't really care if someone might horn in a little, my bandwidth doesn't seem cramped at all.

The topography is: cable modem>4-port wired router>3 unsupported desktops & a wireless router>a few newer laptops+neighbors?

I'm messing with my printer tonight (an HP), and open Printer Setup Utility and there is a new "shared" printer shown. It says it's a Brother Laser model HL-1440 and it's at Host 192.168.0.137 on my local network. Since I've never owned a Brother Laser printer, I'm about to delete it, when it dawns on me that perhaps it belongs to a neighbor of mine, and that somehow my wireless router has intertwined our local networks? Is this possible?

I don't know much network stuff, but I open Network Utility and in the Netstat>Display Routing Table Information it shows:

Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Netif Expire
192.168.0.137 0:30:65:1c:5:60 UHLW 0 18 en0 237

I try to Ping the address and get 100% packet loss, which I guess means nothing is there?

This seems bizarre that a specific printer with an IP address would appear out of thin air and be shown in multiple applications. This OS is a clean install, not copied from elsewhere, and never used with any shared printers before.

Any ideas on what's going on?

Thanks! Kris


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