On Mar 5, 2:59 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/5/10 12:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > There you go giving me helpful advice (thank you!) when it's been a > > few weeks since I tried this. However, IIRC, my DNS server (provided > > by my router) assigned the IP address. I was able to log into the > > router and find the printer in the list of IP assignments, I think. > > Which implies that ethernet is working at some level. > > Not DNS, SoHo Routers provide DHCP which hands out IP addresses from a > pool.
Yes. My bad. Thank you for the correction. My bare familiarity with networking protocols is showing. > If the IP address the printer has did indeed show up in the list of DHCP > assigned addresses then it should certainly be in the local subnet and > therefore be accessable to you. I'll need to double check the details (son's birthday party and corn planting this past weekend, so no time then), but IIRC that is what was happening. It shows up in the list of DHCP assigned addresses but is not accessible from the Mac. I was able to use the HP printer tool (forget its exact name) while using the LocalTalk port on the card to configure it to get its IP address from the DHCP server. Then switched the connection to ethernet, cycled power on the printer, and it still wasn't recognized by anything on the computer, including the HP tool, although the DHCP server appears to have assigned it an IP address. Also odd, and possibly unconnected is that the HP tool wouldn't find the printer when it was connected by the built-in localtalk port, only when I switched to the localTalk port on the EIO card. Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
