Hi Andrew, You might want to check Bonjour ports are open on the Router & your Mac. They must be open on the Router as other wireless clients can connect wirelessly to the printer.
>>>> but if I connect via wireless, I can't access the printers or other chat >>>> users, Bonjour uses these Ports: 5297 TCP iChat (local traffic), Bonjour 5298 TCP/UDP iChat (local traffic), Bonjour 5353 UDP Bonjour (mDNSResponder), AirPlay, Home Sharing, Printer Discovery On 06/11/2011, at 3:57 PM, Trent Lloyd wrote: > Most are, only a few devices break it, not very common for it not to work. > You could also just supplement by tacking an additional wireless router onto > the ethernet, like an apple airport express. You know thatl work :) > Then just turn wifi off on the modem > > Trent > > On 06/11/2011, at 3:50 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: > >> Hi Trent, >> >> Thanks for this. Preliminary fiddling with the IGMP options does not appear >> to have any effect. >> >> I'll play with it a bit more before throwing it away and getting a >> replacement. >> >> Next question: any suggestions on a make/model of modem which IS compatible >> with bonjour service discovery? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andrew >> >> On 06/11/2011, at 3:21 PM, Trent Lloyd wrote: >> >>> Most likely your wireless is breaking Bonjour service discovery - which >>> uses multicast. >>> >>> Check to see if your modem has an option for IGMP somewhere in the settings >>> you can try turn it off/on to fix, if not, you will likely need to purchase >>> a new modem that is not broken (some modem/routers break this feature >>> because they are stupid). >>> >>> >>> You'll likely find iTunes music sharing is broken also. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Trent >>> >>> On 06/11/2011, at 3:11 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> We have an ADSL modem/router at our office (a Netcomm NB9WMAXXn, in fact). >>>> >>>> We have some Macs connected via ethernet, and some via wireless. In either >>>> case, the Macs get an appropriate IP address from the DHCP server on the >>>> modem. >>>> >>>> If I connect my macbook pro via ethernet, I can access printers and use a >>>> little chat app (which uses UDP), but if I connect via wireless, I can't >>>> access the printers or other chat users, although I still can access some >>>> network things (such as our database server, and networked disks). I have >>>> no idea why this is so. >>>> >>>> I've checked Netcomm's support site, and have googled myself senseless, to >>>> no avail... >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Andrew >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
