Wireless printer network w/o wireless internet?
I got a new printer and have it wired to my iMac and want to wirelessly connect it to the Mac Pro. The printer is capable of wireless, but it asks for an SSID. Can I set this up with only my two computers without involving wireless internet? (Does my computer have an SSID, or is that exclusive to wireless ISP networks?)
Thanks for any info!
-Doug
Hi
SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the name of your network/WLAN. You don't need to have an internet connection, you just need to have a wireless network.
You can create an ad-hoc network using your Mac, but I don't know how your printer would go connecting to that, seeing as its mainly used as a computer-to-computer network.
You may be best to keep it connected via USB to one Mac, and use Printer Sharing (System Preferences -> Sharing) to share the printer over the network, but again, you will need a wireless (or wired for that matter) network connection for this to work.
Taylor
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