On 29 Aug 2010, at 17:51:45 PDT, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I've got a printer plugged into my usb hub... I power that mac
down, I get no printer on the other macs on my network? so can I
plug another mac into that usb hub without problems?
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Hmmm. As I understand the term "USB hub," it is a device that breaks
a single host port into several subservient ports. The ones I have
all have a cord that plugs into the host machine USB port and then
devices plug into the hub ports. It seems to me that it is not
designed to share the ports among several "hosts" as you would seem
to be attempting.
When you power down the host Mac, the ports become "dead" as the host
is "dead."
Sounds like you need an ethernet printer sharing device if you want
the printer to essentially "stand alone" regardless of which Mac is
"down" at any time.
Ken
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