[iBook] Wireless printing

[Russ Gorman]

Sounds like there may be than one network within reach of your  
computer.  If your wireless node is still setup to the factory  
defaults, and your neighbor's is as well, then it's easy for them to  
have the same name, say "Linksys"  and be on the same channel and not  
have security enabled so jumping from one to another is likely. I can  
see about eleven different networks from my house- Two are called  
linksys and 6 of them are all on the same frequency. 4 have no  
security enabled.
Not that I was looking or anything...



If there aren't any other networks around you may just need to  
restart your modem and then your wireless router to hand out new  
addresses.

On Aug 24, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Peter Nevett wrote:

> Things are getting much more complicated now!
> While trying to get the iBook G3 to print wirelessly I seem to have  
> messed up its whole wireless configuration. The result is that I  
> now cannot access anything wirelessly.
> The Airport program shows a strong signal but I cannot access any  
> URLs nor my emails. If I connect via an ethernet cable to the  
> router and switch the TCP/IP control panel to ethernet, it works fine.
> More puzzling are the configuration settings I get on TCP/IP if I  
> use the DHCP configuration - they do not match anything I see on my  
> iBook G4 (which is still working perfectly), even the IP address of  
> the router is different.
> I have tried to set TCP/IP configuration manually, with no success,  
> neither does the Airport Assistant work, it tells me to check the  
> TCP/IP control panel, the router and client must be on the same TCP/ 
> IP subnet.
>
> Help!
>
> Pete
>
>
> On Aug 20, 2006, at 7:36 PM, Russ Gorman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Peter Nevett wrote:
>>
>>> You're right, I didn't describe how the printer is connected,  
>>> because it is a bit complicated.
>>> It is a Hewlet PackardLaserJet 2100M printer, of a respectable  
>>> age. It does not have a USB port so I use the AppleTalk  
>>> connection, going through a Farallon Ethernet iPrint Adapter  
>>> (ethernet to Appletalk) so I can use the ethernet port on either  
>>> iBook if necessary.
>>> The point is that the G4, running OSX and Airport Extreme, prints  
>>> perfectly through this system with the printer's ethernet cable  
>>> connected to ne of the ethernet ports on teh 2Wire 2700HG  
>>> wireless router. The G3, with OS 9 and Airport, does not even see  
>>> the printer in Chooser.
>>>
>>> Any further ideas?
>>>
>>> Pete
>> Not seeing the printer in chooser usually means Appletalk is not  
>> pointed at the right port (printer vs. modem or ethernet) when  
>> using Airport is there a choice for Airport in the Appletalk  
>> control panel?
>>
>> I support a number of OS9 machines that print using  Appletalk  
>> over ethernet to a LaserJet during the school year but don't have  
>> access to them right now to experiment with a setup like yours...
>> I think as long as the wireless router supports Appletalk ( which  
>> few seem to ) it should work
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