Printer ethernet v USB
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From: Adrian on 7 May 2010 06:17 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Broadband connection is by cable modem - no router. I use Ethernet 1 >> for cable modem and Ethernet 2 for the printer (the Pros have two >> Ethernet sockets). > Here's what I'd try: leave Ethernet 1 alone as it's your internet > connection and it's working. > > Set Ethernet 2 and the Epson to have manually assigned IPs. Or, perhaps more sensibly, get a router and plug both Mac and printer straight into that. Life'll be a lot simpler...
From: Jim on 7 May 2010 06:20 On 2010-05-07, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >>> Broadband connection is by cable modem - no router. I use Ethernet 1 >>> for cable modem and Ethernet 2 for the printer (the Pros have two >>> Ethernet sockets). > >> Here's what I'd try: leave Ethernet 1 alone as it's your internet >> connection and it's working. >> >> Set Ethernet 2 and the Epson to have manually assigned IPs. > > Or, perhaps more sensibly, get a router and plug both Mac and printer > straight into that. Life'll be a lot simpler... That would work as well, yes. I get a bit twitchy about printers being on DHCP though. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Michael H. Phillips on 7 May 2010 06:22 On Fri, 7 May 2010 11:15:24 +0100, Adrian wrote: > The Mac is plugged straight in to the (Virgin?) modem via USB? You'll > almost certainly find that moving to Ethernet for that will increase your > download speed - as well as give you more latitude on positioning. Also, > whilst not quite as relevant as on a Windows PC, a proper hardware > firewall is a really, really, really, really good idea. No, the (UPC) cable modem plugs directly into Ethernet 1. -- Michael mhphillips at gmail dot com
From: Michael H. Phillips on 7 May 2010 06:24 On Fri, 7 May 2010 11:17:03 +0100, Jim wrote: > On 2010-05-07, Michael H Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote: >> >> Broadband connection is by cable modem - no router. I use Ethernet 1 for >> cable modem and Ethernet 2 for the printer (the Pros have two Ethernet >> sockets). >> > > Here's what I'd try: leave Ethernet 1 alone as it's your internet connection > and it's working. > > Set Ethernet 2 and the Epson to have manually assigned IPs. > > Set Ethernet 2 to have IP 192.168.1.1, subnet 255.255.255.0, no default > gateway > Set the Epson to have IP 192.168.1.2, subnet 255.255.255.0, no default > gateway. > > > See if that works. > > Jim > Connection but no printing -- still says 'offline' -- Michael mhphillips at gmail dot com
From: Adrian on 7 May 2010 06:28
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Or, perhaps more sensibly, get a router and plug both Mac and printer >> straight into that. Life'll be a lot simpler... > That would work as well, yes. I get a bit twitchy about printers being > on DHCP though. Even without considering that I've never yet come across a router that had a DHCP range that was anything but a smallish subset of the ~250 available addresses, so there's plenty of scope to manually set the printer, Bonjour really does make it eejitproof. |