Have you unplugged the Wireless router, waited awhile and then plug it back in? It should reset and become green and stay green all the time, not orange. It sounds like the wireless is having a hard time communicating with your router.
I had a Xerox printer that HAD to have a certain IP or it wouldn't run. Since the router assigns the IP's the only way I could get it to work was to take the computers off line, plug in the printer and wait for the router to assign the IP the printer was calling for, then I could turn the computer's back on and they would accept whatever IP the router assigned. The printer had to stay on all the time, or if the electric went out I had to be sure the first thing back on was the printer. Crazy way to make a printer. John On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Ben Hershberg wrote: > my airport problem--at least I think it's airport related--is our HP > 7280 wireless all in one printer frequently refuses to print documents > I send it wirelessly, via airport, from my G5. Often I have to unplug > and then reconnect the power cord at the printer (a fix listed in the > HP 7280 trouble shooting guide) to get it to print. More recently, the > little light on top of the airport that is supposed to be green when > it's working properly has remained orange--but the airport's wireless > network seems to be working okay, other than the recurring printer > problems. The light stays orange even if I push the little reset > button on the airport. Does the orange light mean the airport is about > to die or that there is some sort of wireless interference? As always, > I will appreciate any suggestions from the list--thanks--Ben Zion > Hershberg > On Feb 13, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Bill Rising wrote: > >> On Feb 13, 2009, at 09:36 am, Eric Hammond wrote: >> >> [tales of woe with airport card...] >> >> My wife's relatively new white macbook also has had troubles >> connecting to the network at home but not at work. In my case it >> appeared to be a problem of DHCP address conflicts and channel >> settings on the router. Giving her a fixed IP address seems to have >> helped, but this is of course not possible with things like coffee >> shops. Her old G3 Powerbook never had any of these problems... >> >> Bill_______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
