<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have a strange problem with my shared printer(s) and network.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My network is a Linksys Router (b) connected to my DSL modem. Hard wired to the router is my dual G5 2.0 that is running OS X 10.4. There are two printers connected via USB hub to the G5. Occasionally, when I try to print from another computer on the network, I get the SBBOD (Spinning Beach Ball of Death). It is totally random, and I can not relate it to anything I do with the G5. This problem afflicts all other wireless computers on the network (my iBook, my kids' iMacs, and even a PC that has Bonjour printer sharing on it. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The fix is this: Force quit the application on the remote computer (Safari, Word, whatever). Then reset the network: Power down the modem and router. Let the DSL modem power up, then power up the router. Invariably, this works - but only for a while.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Anyone else have such a problem?</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Monaco; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Monaco" size="2" style="font: 10.0px Monaco">Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>