Thanks Randy. That will provide me with an Ethernet connection to the Airport rather than USB but would I be in the same boat with the Macs not being able to find it? US$149 also translates to AUD$190ish - ouch! <8-} Coj (who's still hoping for a simple, FREE configuration change solution) "Randy B. Singer" <randy at macattorney.com> Sent by: x4u-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 20/02/07 03:31 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> To "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> cc Subject Re: [X4U] Connecting Brother HL-1240 to Airport On Feb 19, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > I'm looking for a solution where I can connect the Brother directly > via > the USB port in the Airport and have it visible to both laptops. There is an optional Ethernet print server that Brother offers for your HL-1240, the NC2100p. The Brother Web site doesn't say if it is Macintosh-compatible: <http://www.brothermall.com/Accessories/AccessoryDetail.aspx? AccessID=NC2100p&Model=HL1240&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1> But this site indicates that it is: <http://www.superwarehouse.com/ Brother_NC2100P_10_100_BaseT_Ethernet_External_Print_Server/NC2100P/ ps/313606>