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From: Adrian on 7 May 2010 06:28 Michael H. Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> 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. Yeh, I missed that bit...
From: Michael H. Phillips on 7 May 2010 06:30 On Fri, 7 May 2010 11:17:03 +0100, Adrian 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... A simple life -- yes, I'll vote for that. Thanks for all the patient advice, gang. But I'm going to forget all this network stuff. My head is already too done in to cope. I've been looking at the manual again and the networking section is very thick, although 90% of it is Windows specific. The basic instructions for a Mac are use Appletalk. Without Appletalk it seems that I have to run Epson's configuration application to set up the printer properly for network use. No thanks. USB it is. -- Michael mhphillips at gmail dot com
From: Jim on 7 May 2010 06:34 On 2010-05-07, Michael H Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote: >> >> 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' > Reboot both, see if that helps. Grasping at straws a wee bit here. 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 06:46 On Fri, 7 May 2010 11:34:33 +0100, Jim wrote: > Reboot both, see if that helps. Grasping at straws a wee bit here. I've surrendered. This will demonstrate how foolish I am at this networking business. I spent three days trying to figure out why, with the G5 and Pro connected by Ethernet, I could access the Pro from the G5 but not vice versa. Then I turned off the firewall on the G5. -- Michael mhphillips at gmail dot com
From: Graham J on 7 May 2010 08:35
"Jim" <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote in message news:slrnhu7qc5.2ac4.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local... > 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. Decent routers allow you to bind a AMC address to an IP address, so the IP address of the printer can effectively be static. -- Graham J |