[X4U] IP address

[Johns Maillist]

On Sep 9, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> All have ethernet connections but they can't see each other while  
> hooked on the hospital server.  They're also told by that dealer  
> that it should work with an IP address.
> But it doesn't work.  All the help on the Apple site about network  
> didn't help them either.
You say they all have ethernet connections, but I will assume you  
mean internet connection If not, well, that does not help at all.
If they can see the internet, through the router, they have IP  
addresses, and they would have been assigned by a DHCP server on the  
network somewhere, or a big coincidence has happened.
But, not seeing other machines on the network is going to be a  
permissions/sharing set up issue.
The labs network tech/administrator needs to go into the router to  
make sure they are not locked out, and that the other machines on the  
network have shares enabled.

> The strange thing is that they can print from some Macs, but only  
> in black.  If they ask color, the printing is interrupted.
This is a totally different issue, not really network related in my  
opinion. If they can print at all, they are reaching the printer, and  
there is something with the printer or print software on the system.
Another question, are these printers all on one print server or  
different machines.

HTH,
J