Ethernet Network Setup

I currently have an iMac, macbook, time capsule and apple TV. I have a 50M broadband connection into the time capsule, and the time capsule generates the wireless network. I want to connect all devices via ethernet to get better performance (ie iMac to internet for downloads, and apple tv to iMac, as displaying photos is slow).
Can the time capsule be used as a switch? If i connect the iMac to Time Capsule, and the Apple TV to Time Capsule, will traffic between the iMAc and Apple TV switch through the time capsules ethernet link?
I still want to have the wireless connection available for all mobile devices in the house.
Not sure if this requires a separate 'switch'? or if the Time Capsule can provide this service?
Any help/ advise gladly received. Thanks, Gary.

Gary,
The 3 LAN ports on the Time Capsule perform as an ethernet switch. If you need more ports, you can add a 5 port or 8 port ethernet switch to one of the LAN ports on the Time Capsule. Be sure to get a Gigabit switch to maintain the highest speeds.

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WiFi/Ethernet network setup

Im not much of a techie and I cant find a tutorial anywhere that teachers you how to go about setting up networking with Mac..
I have one MacBook with Tiger (10.4.11), and a Mac Mini with Leopard (10.5.2), the MacBook connects to the internet wirelessly and the Mac Mini connects via Ethernet.
Can someone point me to a tutorial and prove me wrong, or atleast make a short setup guide?
Thankyou very much in advance!

This may sound annoying...but since both of them are on the internet, you already have networking set up.
Which in turn implies: what is it you want to do with networking that you can't do? I'm suggesting that you may already have your networking, but don't know how to use it to do something that you want to do.
And, how are the two computers connected to the internet? (In more detail than just one is wired and the other is wireless.) Since one of them is wireless, there must be a wireless base station somewhere. What kind of device does the wired one connect to? A cable or DSL modem in your home? Or is the wireless base station also the device you connect the wired one to?
And when you say they're both connected to the internet, is that both at home, or the wired one at home, but the wireless one only when you go out to, say, Starbucks and use their wireless access point?

Basic home network setup troubles: Airport, ethernet, and cable modem

Hi,
Having only just subscribed to a cable broadband service we're experiencing some troubles setting up a mixed-mode home network and I'm wondering whether we've got some of the very basics messed-up.
What we have is:
1. Recent version (white) ibook, with airport, running 10.4.7;
2. Old G4 PowerPC (450MHz I think) running 10.4.7 ... airport card available;
3. Old powerbook (?Lombard) running 10.2.8 ... no airport;
4. A PC running Windows XP (not that important to have this in the network though) with no wireless;
5. A 3com SuperStack 1100 switch;
6. A cable modem;
7. A Linksys BEFSX41 Etherfast Cable/DSL Router ... 4 ethernet switch ports;
8. An airport express base station;
9. An HP laser printer connected into the ethernet LAN.
We'd like to keep both our wireless and ethernet networks running with all computers able to access one another, print to the laser printer, and access the broadband (fixed IP address) account. We're not (yet) conderned with hosting websites from our home computers.
I'm unsure of how we should configure this system. Do I connect the airport base station to the switch (which is what we presently have) or into the router? Do I connect each of the hardwired PCs (and the printer) into the switch
and then the switch to the router via single conenction?
If we use DHCP to access the router have I got the potential for the router and the airport base station to interfere with one another?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I've pulled a few TCP/IP setup-for-idiots books from our local library but this specific situation doesn't seem to be well covered.
Cheers
Dougal

You probably have a few options here that will work. Considering the number of wired devices, I would suggest the following:
Cable modem > (Ethernet cable) > [Internet port] BEFSX41 [LAN_1] > (Ethernet cable) > SuperStack switch > (Ethernet cable) > [Ethernet port] AirPort Express Base Station (AX) > (wireless) > wireless clients, AND
SuperStack switch > (Ethernet cable) > wired clients
Then setup the AX as a bridge, as follows:
To set up the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) as a bridge, using the AirPort Admin Utility, connect your computer directly (using an Ethernet cable) to the Ethernet port of the AX, and then, make these settings:
Network tab
- Distribute IP addresses (unchecked)
- Apply the new setting.
- Wait at least 5 minutes.

Wifi airport to surf and ethernet network access

Sorry if this question has been asked before but I have not found a solution anywhere yet.
Q: How do you set up the airport (wifi) to access the internet to surf the web; while connected to an ethernet network?
Background; this imac is set up at work and can access the public wifi to surf the internet as long as the ethernet cable is unplugged from the back, but to browse the network files and drives and check email to do work the ethernet cable must be plugged in. But its a pain to keep walking around to the back of the mac and plugging in and unplugging the cables.
There has to be a way to set safari to use the airport to access the internet and set mail to use the ethernet ports.
Thanks for the help!

The normal setup would be to an attach a wireless access point to the existing network. Then connect to that device wirelessly. So use something like an airport express. Connect the network cable that normally goes into your mac into the aiport express. Then connect your mac to the airport express wirelessly.

How do I set up ethernet network having attached a MoCA adaptor from cable inlet into modem? It seems I need a "self assigned IP"?

I live in an old apartment building with very thick walls, and have a miserably spotty wireless network. In hopes of creating an undisturbed ethernet network for my computer and various other gadgets, I purchased two ActionTec Moca adapters, and set it up as suggested in a helpful review on Amazon: put one MOCA adapter "upstream" to the cable modem. The incoming coax with the Internet signal would plug into the MOCA "in" port then the MOCA's "out" coax goes into the coax on the cable modem. Then the LAN port on this MOCA goes into a LAN port on the switch/router. The Ethernet port on the modem goes into the WAN port on the same router. This "triangle" of connections is confusing to someone who is not networking savvy because they assume that all network connections have to be linear." The adaptors light up as they are meant to, indicating that the signal is there, and my iMac tells me thatDiagnostics window tells me that the internet connection appears to be working correctly." Only the little button in the Network Diagnostics panel next to 'Network Settings" is yellow. When I run the Setup Assistant, it says that "You cannot connect to ISP automatically, so you need to enter information to set up your connection. Selec the appropriate item then enter the required information. If you don't kow the infromation, contact your ISP." I checked "I have a DHCP Client ID and entered my IP address as copied from the network panel. It said congratulations you are now connected to the internet!" But then no browser window window would open, and Safari said "you are no longer connected to the internet". What did I do wrong?

I wouldn't expect the oMoCa adaptors to issue IP numbers, simply act as a passthrough to get the connection to the modem. It's not clear how you've got this set up or how the Airport comes into it.
From what you say the modem has several ethernet outputs - is this correct? - then you are directly connect to it by cable; and possibly an Airport Extreme is also connected to it.
Unless you are connected to the Airport either by cable or wireless it doesn't come into your own connection, though other computers may be connected through it.
If all this is as I described the modem must issue the IP numers and the Airport must have 'Connection sharing' in the 'Internet' section (after clicking 'Manual setup) set to 'Off (bridge mode)'. Then it simply passes the IP numbers issued by the modem through to any computers connected through it.
If the modem has only one ethernet output socket then it will be connected to a router (either the Airport or something else) through which everything else is connected, and that router should be set to issue the IP numbers as the modem will simply pass through the IP number issued by the ISP.
Whatever set up you have, you can only have one device issuing IP numbers or problems will result.
Your own Mac should be set to 'obtain an IP number automatically' or 'Use DHCP' (the same thing, and don't use 'DHCP with manual address). The number you are issued with will be in the 'local use' range, probably beginning with 192, and is not the same as the IP number seen by the outside world.

Wireless Printing to OfficeJet Pro 8600 Connected to Ethernet Network

We have an OfficeJet Pro 8600 that is connected to our home's Ethernet network and would like to print to it from devices such as laptops, phones, and tablets. Any attempt to turn the printer's wireless capabilities on results in a command to disconnect the Ethernet cable, which we would prefer not to do.
Is there any way to "have our cake and eat it too", retaining the Ethernet connection while having the ability to print wirelessly? While useful, HP's ePrint doesn't offer the direct-from-application convenience we desire.

Hi,
By the book, the following setup should work:
Please use the following manual to set them up:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00389927.pdf
Regards.
BH
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Printing on a wireless and ethernet network

Just installed AEBS wireless network:
Comcast modem to AESB - to USB printer, and to hub.
iMac G5 and MacBook on wireless cards from AESB
iMac G4 ethernet to hub
HL LaserJet 5m ethernet to hub
wireless part was a snap, and all can print to USB printer
HP LaserJet can be seen by all, but no one can print to it.
LaserJet has an assigned IP 192.168.1.6 (can be seen on the test page). this is in the range that the AESB provides.
all units have internet access.
what am I missing?
I had a Netgear router/firewall in the place of the hub, but removed it and replaced it with the Asante hub because I thought there might be some conflicts with router and the AESB.
repaired permissions, currently getting a message "unable to get printer status (server-error-operation-not-supported)!"
just can't figure out what to do next.
printer had always been reliable on an ethernet network.
thanks for any help.
iMac G5 1.8 rev 1, MacBook Pro 2.13, iMac G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) AEBS, Asante FriendlyNet dual speed hub FH205P, HP LaserJet 5m Ethernet Jet Direct J, Canon S900 USB

Thanks for the reply
PSU shows it as defaultt printer and "idle".
when I go to print a document, everything looks normal as the job is sent to the printer, but when I look at the printer. it shows connecting on port 631 until I get an error message.
can it be the port assignment that is wrong?
My Printer self test sheet shows that "AppleTalk is Ready"
the test sheet is where I founf the IP address after AEBS setup
by seeing the printer, I mean thet when the print dialogue box comes up, the printer is there.
actually, that is probably not quite true.
I "added" the printer, named by its assigned IP address.
In the AEBS setup, I changed the address convention to 192.168.1.XXX from the default.
no particular reason, other than to check the change of the assigned IP addresses for the network nodes.
I am able to ping the printer with no problems.
is the driver setup made in the Printer Setup Utility?
if so, how would I go about changing it and to what shall I change the driver to?
from the network Utility in the AppleTalk Statistics and error counts section: (don't know if this is relevant)
AppleTalk lookup has started ...
AppleTalk interface.............. en1
Network Number .................. 65422 (0xff8e)
Node ID ......................... 2 (0x2)
Current Zone .................... *
Bridge net ...................... 0 (0x0)
Bridge number ................... 0 (0x0)
DDP statistics:
Packets Transmitted ............. 49
Bytes Transmitted ............... 1741
Best Router Cache used (pkts) ... 0
Packets Received ................ 62
Bytes Received .................. 2179
Packets for unregistered socket . 0
Packets for out of range socket . 0
Length errors ................... 0
Checksum errors ................. 0
Packets dropped (no buffers) .... 0
AppleTalk lookup has completed ...
AppleTalk Information:
AppleTalk lookup has started ...
AppleTalk interface.............. en0
PRAM default zonename ........... *
PRAM netnumber .................. 65489 (0xffd1)
PRAM node id .................... 7 (0x7)
AppleTalk interface.............. en1
PRAM default zonename ........... *
PRAM netnumber .................. 65422 (0xff8e)
PRAM node id .................... 2 (0x2)
AppleTalk lookup has completed ...
there are NO appletalk zones
thanks again for your interest and help.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Lackluster Dual Network Setup - HELP!

Here's my setup:
DSL
I
I
AXBS (UFO) 2.4Ghz b/g --> PowerBook G4 (10.4.11); iPhone (Original)
I
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Time Capsule 5Ghz n (Bridged) --> MacBook Pro (10.5.4); MacBook (10.4.11 - n enabled)
The Time Capsule's Strength and Range is suppose to far exceed that of the older Base Station. When I'm near the location of the two transmitters the 5Ghz n is barely twice as fast as the 2.4Ghz b/g (tested with large file transfers between the 2 newer laptops, and then file transfers between the MacBook Pro and the older Powerbook). When I'm farther away the 5Ghz n drops away and the 2.4Ghz b/g remains relatively strong. Switching between the two networks when I'm at a distance strangely still shows full solid bars for both networks.
So does anyone have any suggestions or further question that might help me improve the speed and range of the newer Time Capsule? Thanks

Just to update everyone:
Today I moved my whole dual network setup to a more centrally located spot in the house. This has definitely improved the coverage of the 2 network bands (n & b/g).
Additionally, since I only recently acquired the TC, I originally just added ("bridged") it off of my existing b/g network. With todays move, I decided to switch the 2 base stations and have the TC and its' "n" network the first connection off of the DSL router. Then reconfigured the older ABS Extreme (UFO) to "bridge" off the the TC. While I am convinced that I did not originally have the 2 networks co-mingled (as early speed tests confirmed), I seem to be experiencing improved internet speeds in the 5Ghz ("n") network. Could this be due to no longer "bridging" the TC through the older ABS Extremes' internal Ethernet switch?
As per Tesserax suggestion, I then did a Signal-to-Noise ration (SNR) survey of the house, and came up with some good results based on the SNR Guidelines in Tesserax comments above.
35 to 45 SNR throughout most of the house. About 25 SNR just outside in the patio where I was barely getting a connection before. Things have definitely improved. And I am very pleased. Clearly network speed is the advantage of 802.11n technology.
Nevertheless, my original observation still seems to apply. Here's why: Detached from the house is the garage and an office. As I moved out toward the office during the SNR survey (about 50 ft. away), the strength of the 5Ghz ("n") network dramatically dropped off, and was eventually non-existent inside the office. Yet I could switch over to the 2.4Ghz ("b/g") network and easily browse the internet.
Apple's marketing claims "AirPort Extreme delivers data transfer speeds up to five times those of previous-generation 802.11g wireless networks — while achieving up to twice the range."
Now I fully accept, as Apples' footnote states, "Based on a comparison with Apple's 802.11g products. Comparison assumes AirPort Extreme network with 802.11n-enabled computer. Speed and range will be less if an 802.11a/b/g product joins the network. Accessing the wireless network requires an AirPort- or AirPort Extreme-enabled computer or other Wi-Fi Certified 802.11a/b/g-enabled computer. Actual performance will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network, and other factors. Range will vary with site conditions." If "site conditions" are limiting the range of the 5Ghz band, why aren't those same site conditions limiting the 2.4Ghz band as well. While I don't realistically expect a full doubling of range between the 2 bands, couldn't I expect SOME? Otherwise the marketing claims are meaningless.
Can the disparity be explained by Tesserax' observation above, "we know the stricter the wireless security employed, the more overhead is "eating away" the overall bandwidth so we would expect poorer performance when using WPA2 vs. WEP." Now the TC only has WPA2 security available. Are we to assume that Apple's range claims do not apply to the TC then? If I switch my older ABS Extreme (UFO) from WEP to WPA2 will the result match Apple's marketing claims? I'd rather not chop off my good right leg just so it will match my missing left leg. Perhaps my expectations for 802.11n technology were a little too high. Don't get me wrong. I'm very happy with the results. And I am thankful for Tesserax advise. I also appreciate the fact that I am not (yet) experiencing the difficulties that others here are having with the Time Capsule.
Ultimately, I assume that picking up an Airport Express "n" will extend the 5Ghz network into the office. Is this correct? If anyone has observations on this or my thoughts above, feel free to share them with the rest of us.

HP PSC 2510 all-in-one network setup problems

At the end of a long weekend of work, I've finished setting up my psc 2510 on a new wireless network. I use Tiger on two of my machines and Panther on the others. So I've posted advice over in the Tiger support forum, and I'm going to post the same instructions over here. (Moderators: I thought about just posting a link here to my other post, but I want to make sure that the search engine picks up this posting if someone does a search here.)
I have four machines total, two of them running OS X 10.4, the others running 10.3.9.
1. Start by hooking the printer up to a wired (ethernet) network. Print out a network config page (setup, 6, 1) when the printer shows its blue "networked" light. Dial the printer's URL into your web browser and enter the new network's info into the printer's embedded web server. If you get everything right, when you turn off the printer, disconnect the ethernet cable, and turn on the printer, you'll get that blue "networked" light after a minute or so.
If you don't see the light, print out another config page and check the "Wireless Status": "Scanning" means that the printer's having trouble connecting to the network. Your best bet is to temporarily turn off all wireless encryption/security and reconfigure the printer's connection. Once you have a connection, then try adding various sorts of security/encryption. In my experience, the printer doesn't do well if the SSID of the network isn't being broadcast or with a list of acceptable MAC addresses. In my old network I managed to get the printer running with WPA security, but this time I had to settle for WEP 128 bit security.
The Wireless Status will read "Disabled" if the printer has a USB cable or Ethernet cable attached. This means you need to unplug all cables (and possibly turn the printer off and on) to enable the wireless card. If the Wireless Status is "Disabled" even though you have no cables attached, you have probably reset the printer to factory defaults (see #2 below).
Things to watch for: is the default gateway of the printer the same as that of your new network? I had to change my new network's gateway to "192.168.1.1 addressing" from "10.0.1.1 addressing" because the printer was expecting "192 etc." after being hooked up to a Linksys router for several years.
Also, you may find you need to give the printer a self-assigned (manual) IP address, if other computers, once linked to the printer, lose printing and/or scanning capabilities a few days or weeks later. This can be set in the printer's web access server, but make sure to assign the printer an IP address that's compatible with the range of IPs that your router's is leasing to the network. I'm a novice at this network stuff, so sorry if I'm being vauge on this point.
2. It's possible I could have saved myself a lot of trouble setting up the printer for the network if I had reset the printer's network settings to factory defaults right at the start. But if you decide to follow HP's instructions and reset network settings to factory defaults, BEWARE: the printer's embedded web server can’t for some reason configure the printer to re-enable wireless networking. And the latest download of the hp all-in-one installer doesn’t contain the network config utility found on the original HP installation CD. (On this old CD, the config utility isn’t part of the install package, but it is invoked automatically during the installation process.)
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on the HP CD, preferably from a Mac running an system older than Tiger. It might also be possible to avoid running the installer and just run the config utility.
From this point on, I'll assume you've managed to get the printer on your network. Here's how to get all your computers configured to use the psc's printer and scanner functions.
HP tech support advised me to download the latest installer/print driver and use that to install and configure the psc 2150. This is good advice, insofar as the old HP Director software has a memory leak and the old HP Scan was prone to crashing whenever the 2510 went into Energy Saving mode. But if your mac isn't running OX X 10.4 (Tiger), you'll find that your system doesn't seem to recognize the new print drivers installed with by the download. This is especially a problem if you follow HP tech support's advice and delete a bunch of files prior to upgrading from the old installer to the new one, as (I suspect) it was at this point that I deleted working printer drivers from my Macs running Mac OS 10.3.9.
So if you're running 10.3.9 or earlier, I advise you not to delete any files and to configure your computer for the print and scanner functions in the opposite order that HP advises.
Most important: through trial and error I discovered that the HP Setup application isn't able to configure the printer if more than one user is logged in (Fast User Switching!). (This is a particularly tricky error to diagnose as the only symptom is that the setup app keeps claiming that it "can't find device" even though in the stage just prior it had successfully detected it!) Log out all other users, then proceed with the following steps:
1. Go to Print Center (called Print Setup Utility in Tiger), delete your old psc printer (if any) and click "add printer". The psc should show up in HP IP printing or under Rendezvous (called Bonjour in Tiger), and when you click on it, the Add Printer utilty should automatically find the "HP All-in-one" printer driver. If something's gone wrong, though, you may get the message “Print Driver not installed”. That's what happened to me after I deleted files (see above).
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on your original HP CD. When it finishes, it will start the HP setup assistant, in the course of which you'll be directed to go to the Print Center and add your printer. Do so.
2. Once you've added the printer successfully, run the latest HP installer, a download from the HP website. You should be able to skip the step where it asks you to add the printer, as you did this in step one.
3. Finally, since you didn't delete any files earlier, be sure to remove HP Director from your dock and from your Startup items (Login items in Tiger) by opening Mac System Prefs - Accounts - Startup/Login Items. HP Director has a memory leak. And it is superceded by the newer HP Device Manager when you download and run the latest HP installer. You should find the new HP Device Manager in your dock after step 2 (above).
If you have questions, write me at the following email (account name reversed to foil spam bots):
[email protected]
Powerbook 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

At the end of a long weekend of work, I've finished setting up my psc 2510 on a new wireless network. I use Tiger on two of my machines and Panther on the others. So I've posted advice over in the Tiger support forum, and I'm going to post the same instructions over here. (Moderators: I thought about just posting a link here to my other post, but I want to make sure that the search engine picks up this posting if someone does a search here.)
I have four machines total, two of them running OS X 10.4, the others running 10.3.9.
1. Start by hooking the printer up to a wired (ethernet) network. Print out a network config page (setup, 6, 1) when the printer shows its blue "networked" light. Dial the printer's URL into your web browser and enter the new network's info into the printer's embedded web server. If you get everything right, when you turn off the printer, disconnect the ethernet cable, and turn on the printer, you'll get that blue "networked" light after a minute or so.
If you don't see the light, print out another config page and check the "Wireless Status": "Scanning" means that the printer's having trouble connecting to the network. Your best bet is to temporarily turn off all wireless encryption/security and reconfigure the printer's connection. Once you have a connection, then try adding various sorts of security/encryption. In my experience, the printer doesn't do well if the SSID of the network isn't being broadcast or with a list of acceptable MAC addresses. In my old network I managed to get the printer running with WPA security, but this time I had to settle for WEP 128 bit security.
The Wireless Status will read "Disabled" if the printer has a USB cable or Ethernet cable attached. This means you need to unplug all cables (and possibly turn the printer off and on) to enable the wireless card. If the Wireless Status is "Disabled" even though you have no cables attached, you have probably reset the printer to factory defaults (see #2 below).
Things to watch for: is the default gateway of the printer the same as that of your new network? I had to change my new network's gateway to "192.168.1.1 addressing" from "10.0.1.1 addressing" because the printer was expecting "192 etc." after being hooked up to a Linksys router for several years.
Also, you may find you need to give the printer a self-assigned (manual) IP address, if other computers, once linked to the printer, lose printing and/or scanning capabilities a few days or weeks later. This can be set in the printer's web access server, but make sure to assign the printer an IP address that's compatible with the range of IPs that your router's is leasing to the network. I'm a novice at this network stuff, so sorry if I'm being vauge on this point.
2. It's possible I could have saved myself a lot of trouble setting up the printer for the network if I had reset the printer's network settings to factory defaults right at the start. But if you decide to follow HP's instructions and reset network settings to factory defaults, BEWARE: the printer's embedded web server can’t for some reason configure the printer to re-enable wireless networking. And the latest download of the hp all-in-one installer doesn’t contain the network config utility found on the original HP installation CD. (On this old CD, the config utility isn’t part of the install package, but it is invoked automatically during the installation process.)
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on the HP CD, preferably from a Mac running an system older than Tiger. It might also be possible to avoid running the installer and just run the config utility.
From this point on, I'll assume you've managed to get the printer on your network. Here's how to get all your computers configured to use the psc's printer and scanner functions.
HP tech support advised me to download the latest installer/print driver and use that to install and configure the psc 2150. This is good advice, insofar as the old HP Director software has a memory leak and the old HP Scan was prone to crashing whenever the 2510 went into Energy Saving mode. But if your mac isn't running OX X 10.4 (Tiger), you'll find that your system doesn't seem to recognize the new print drivers installed with by the download. This is especially a problem if you follow HP tech support's advice and delete a bunch of files prior to upgrading from the old installer to the new one, as (I suspect) it was at this point that I deleted working printer drivers from my Macs running Mac OS 10.3.9.
So if you're running 10.3.9 or earlier, I advise you not to delete any files and to configure your computer for the print and scanner functions in the opposite order that HP advises.
Most important: through trial and error I discovered that the HP Setup application isn't able to configure the printer if more than one user is logged in (Fast User Switching!). (This is a particularly tricky error to diagnose as the only symptom is that the setup app keeps claiming that it "can't find device" even though in the stage just prior it had successfully detected it!) Log out all other users, then proceed with the following steps:
1. Go to Print Center (called Print Setup Utility in Tiger), delete your old psc printer (if any) and click "add printer". The psc should show up in HP IP printing or under Rendezvous (called Bonjour in Tiger), and when you click on it, the Add Printer utilty should automatically find the "HP All-in-one" printer driver. If something's gone wrong, though, you may get the message “Print Driver not installed”. That's what happened to me after I deleted files (see above).
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on your original HP CD. When it finishes, it will start the HP setup assistant, in the course of which you'll be directed to go to the Print Center and add your printer. Do so.
2. Once you've added the printer successfully, run the latest HP installer, a download from the HP website. You should be able to skip the step where it asks you to add the printer, as you did this in step one.
3. Finally, since you didn't delete any files earlier, be sure to remove HP Director from your dock and from your Startup items (Login items in Tiger) by opening Mac System Prefs - Accounts - Startup/Login Items. HP Director has a memory leak. And it is superceded by the newer HP Device Manager when you download and run the latest HP installer. You should find the new HP Device Manager in your dock after step 2 (above).
If you have questions, write me at the following email (account name reversed to foil spam bots):
[email protected]
Powerbook 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Airport Express w/Ethernet Network

Hi all!
Is it possible to use the AX to connect to an ethernet network and stream audio? I've tried turning off the radio and using the bridge mode...the AX will appear in the Airport Utility for a couple of minutes, then disappear. I've also tried the roaming setup in a wireless configuration with the same result. The only configuration where I can maintain a connection with the utility is in join a wireless network mode.
Any suggestions?? Basically, I just want to use the ethernet network and avoid wireless.

Apple's instructions to "extend a wireless network" using wireless only are in the link below. Although the illustration pictures a 2nd AirPort Extreme, the setup for an AirPort Express is exactly the same.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4259
The Ethernet port is automatically enabled in this type of configuration to allow Ethernet devices to connect. If you need more than one Ethernet connection, you can add an Ethernet switch to the AirPort Express to create more connection capabilities.

Creating Wireless Network via existing Ethernet Network

Hello
I have a problem with setting up my network in my new place, where internet was already available via existing Ethernet network. I tired to solve the problem with the Designing Networks with Airport but I think my case is not described there. First of all let me describe how the Ethernet works. Network is setup by a Modem/router device that was supplied from the ISP, it is connected to the switch that divides the service over 4 different apartments, since it is a quite good connection there is no bandwidth problem, but the ISP device assigns only 5 IP addresses that can get internet service, everything above 5th IP is just an IP without Internet. From my basic knowledge I think that i need at least 4 IP to cover my needs. Time Capsule, Mac book, iTouch and my xbox. IF i set up my TC into a bridge mode it all works, but i am taking to much internet IP's and my neighbors are stuck with the IP's that don't allow them to connect to internet. What I need to know is a detailed instruction how to use one IP address from the 5 available, and using time capsule provide local IP to all of my devices at home so the rest of IPs generated by the ISP device will not be assigned to me.
I tired to set up the time capsule to option Share a public IP address, or static IP's option, but in both cases my devices fail to connect to internet, however they do have assigned IP's by the TC. I have a strange feeling there is a small detail I am missing that keeps me from a successful set up, but of course I might be wrong, because I am relatively new in Mac community and have only basic knowledge in network stuff.
I am sure that I was not the only one that has this problem so if there is another topic about this subject, which I have failed to find, I would appreciate a link. Thanks for help in advance, if any other info is required please don't hesitate to ask, hopefully I can solve my problem with Your help very soon.
Regards

+my Xobox fails to connect to xbox live claiming that I have NAT set as moderate (the NAT map porting is enabled) and I dont know what to do about that. I have googled a bit and there are some suggestions that my TC puts additional layer of NAT on top of my ISP modem/router and that's why it is confused.+
As William has pointed out, in your particular setup, there may be no way around the double layer of NAT. The Time Capsule must be set to "Share a single IP address" if you want to connect multiple devices.
Might be worth confirming that you really do have the additional NAT layer on your network.
Open Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > Network Utility
Click on the Traceroute tab
Enter an address like "www.mac.com" (without the quotation marks) in the box
Click Trace
Let the trace run for a minute or two and then click Stop
Look at Line 2 only in the log.
If you see a 192.168 or 10.x.x.x address in this line, you have the additional NAT layer on your network.
If that's the case, I'm afraid that the only way to eliminate the NAT service on the Time Capsule is to place it in "bridge" mode. But, I understand that you have limited IP addresses to work with there.
Any way to have more IP addresses authorized for that location? That would appear to be the only solution if you want the Xbox to connect to Xbox live.

Error 36 when connecting to wired ethernet network

I'm trying to connect my new iMac to my existing wired ethernet network. The network has been functioning for some time with 2 PCs connected to a router which is connected to a cable modem.
I have added the iMac by connecting it to the router. I am able to get the iMac connected to the internet via this setup. The problem is when I try to connect to one of the PCs from the iMac I get error 36. I have tried all the server addreses I can think of. (smb://ip address of the PC/shared drive letter; smb://computer name/share drive letter). It works on it for a while then kicks out the error message. I have "pinged" the PC and it is connected. File sharing is enabled both on th iMac and the PC.
Apple support says this is a Windows problem and has left me high and dry even though this is supposed to be seamless.
Please help.

While waiting to be connected to a "product specialist" on Apple Tech Support I figured this out. First get the ip address for the PC you want to connect to by going to Start> Run>type cmd <enter>. Then type ipconfig <enter>. note "ip address". On the Mac Go>connect type smb://ip address for the PC click continue and you will get the sign on dialogue for the PC.
I am now happily copying my 4000 music files.

How LACP works over non-ethernet networks?

Hi all. Everybody knows how works LACP between two switches.
This is predictable wired links. But how it works in another, not clear ethernet networks? Supposing one link in LAG is over wireless transparent bridge. In this case values of packet delay, jitter and packet loss over one of the links differs from another.
Instead wireless bridge there can be IP/MPLS or SDH network for example.
How it works? Are there any tresholds for counters on links? Maybe any configurable parameters?

The configuration of each router should be provided in the Apple Support article link I provided you.
Basically you will not need to make any changes to the Motorola router just the AirPort Express.
Roaming Network Setup Basics
For the AirPort Express base station:
Setup the base station as a bridge. Network tab > Router Mode: Off (Bridge Mode)
Provide a unique Base Station Name.
The Network Name (SSID) should be identical to that of the Motorola.
If using security, use the same security type (WEP, WPA, etc.) and password. Note: It is highly recommended that you use WPA2 Personal for best bandwidth performance.
The following are the basic setup steps:
Power all the networking hardware down.
Perform a "factory default" reset on the AirPort Express. Note: You may have to perform this more than once to make sure they "stick."
Connect one Ethernet cable between the Ethernet port on the Motorola router to the Ethernet port on the Express.
Power up just the Motorola router. Verify that you can get Internet connectivity with network clients either by wireless or by wire connections to the Motorola router.
Power up the Express base station. Use the AirPort Utility to select it.
Configure the Express with the Network Mode option set to: Create a wireless network. (Note: Do NOT set it to "Extend a wireless network."
Set the Wireless Network Name, Wireless Security, & Wireless Password options to be exactly the same as that used for the Motorola.
Set the Router Mode to: Off (Bridge Mode).
Select Update and allow the Express to restart.
Once restarted verify that you can roam with a wireless laptop or iOS device between base stations and still gain Internet access.

WiFi MIDI network setup is terribly slow

Hi all
What i have:
1. macmini (late 2012)
2. ipad 4
What i need - i need to create WiFi MIDI network for some music creation process.
The problem:
When i open MIDI Studio window and then click on Network - is nothing happened. But MIDI Studio is no responsive. ( i see color-wheel cursor)
This is long-long-long time.
Then it open window where i can setup network. I press connect to iRom (it my iPad) and waiting again. 5 or 12 seconds before it connect..
The question:
How can i do that process faster as possible ? Why MIDI Studio all times try to find something.
This is the same iPad and Same macmini all times when i run that. But all times it waiting something, and i waiting also.
How can i speed up that? May be this is WiFi problem and i need some cable?
Thanks!

Is problem partially solved:
This is occur because OSX have a two connections in one time:
1. - wired Ethernet connected to router
2. - WiFi for connecting to iPad
When i disable Ethernet - the MIDI Network setup work really fast.
But now i have another question: How i can use both Ethernet + WiFi, without this terribly stuck ?

Can I have a wireless and ethernet network?

I want to have a wireless and hardwired/ethernet network in my house. I want to be able to leave one comouter (an eMac that I do most of my work from) connected to the internet via ethernet cable, and then have the Airport Extreme send out the wireless signal (to the laptops, G4PowerBook & MacBook, we also use in the house).
Right now I use my eMac as to send out the wirelss signal, but that required having the eMac on and connected to the internet to then be able to use the internet on our laptops. I hoped that getting an Airport would elimiate having to have the eMac on all the time.
I bought an Airport Extreme at an Apple Store (in Toronto) and the told me that all I needed to do was have the internet going in to the Airport fromthe modem, and then have the ethernet cable coming out from the Airport and to my eMac.
I set it up this way and while the Airport does send out signal to our laptops fine, the eMac does not get any signel from the ethernet cable.
I can't seem to find any information saying that this set up can actually be done. I find a lot of informetion saying that the ethernet-out port on the airport is for things like printers, and not for internet signal.
So, despite what I was told in the Apple Store, can this sort of set up be done? If so, what am I doing wrong?
-Greg

Greg,
Yes, you can do what you describe.
The airport extreme base station has two ethernet ports in the rear.
One is for the WAN port were you connect your modem and the other one is for the LAN port where you connect your computer (or hub, etc.)
Plug in your Airport Extreme like mentioned above. You will have to configure it for the Internet and to Distribute IP Addresses if you Internet Modem is NOT a router.
Then setup your computer via the Ethernet cable and Ethernet connection in your System Preferences > Network > Ethernet ...
Set your Airport connection or Ethernet connection on your eMac to DHCP....
Your Airport Extreme should then assign you an IP address, etc., and you should be able to access the Internet at that point.
Give that a try.

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