On 03-02-2005 21:43, Christopher Icha, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote:
Cross-over-cable to printer doesn't sound good to me. What you need is a "straight" ethernet cable methinx.
One Mac to one printer you'll need a crossover. Connecting to a router/switch and/or a switch and/or a hub you'll need a straight.
The beige g3's are funny about switching appletalk connections when they don't see something "live" on their ethernet port. Mine always sneakily switch back to printer or modem when I forget to switch my hub on first. grrrrrrr!
All Macs do so. Clever isn't it??!!?? My DSL-modem and router/switch are always on. So any Mac switched off will "awake in ethernet" after restarting.
All Old World Macs will, those that have a serial port they can use for LocalTalk. The newer models can't do LocalTalk so they just stick with Ethernet.
I always thought the "switch to LocalTalk" was a dumb idea. As if people would have LocalTalk set up still when they are using Ethernet.
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