[RMXO]

i configured appletalk on my w2k box so i can print from my TiBk. i can print to the printer when im connected via built-in ethernet.

when im using my airport card, i cant print to the printer via appletalk. i tried to add the printer but appletalk doesnt see the printer. only when im connected via ethernet connection.

i can print via smb. just wondering if appletalk works with airport card too.


hope i explained it clearly.

[Camelot]

I assume you've turned on AppleTalk in the Network preferences?

If I remember correctly, you can only enable AppleTalk on one interface at a time, so you need to turn off AppleTalk on the Built-in Ethernet setup and enable it on the wireless one.

Assuming Mac OS X (you don't specify), check the Network Preferences, select the Built-in ethernet, click the AppleTalk tab and disable AppleTalk, then show the AirPort connection and enable AppleTalk.

[ghporter]

Camelot's point leaves out a crucial question: what kind of wireless network do you have? Not all wireless equipment works with AppleTalk. If you're using an AirPort Base Station with the AirPort card in your TiBook, that's fine. But if you're using a wireless PCI solution in the PC, for example, odds are that it won't work-AppleTalk, as I said, isn't supported by a lot of wireless equipment, and it's hard to find PC solutions that support AppleTalk at all.

[RMXO]

Originally posted by GHPorter:
Camelot's point leaves out a crucial question: what kind of wireless network do you have? Not all wireless equipment works with AppleTalk. If you're using an AirPort Base Station with the AirPort card in your TiBook, that's fine. But if you're using a wireless PCI solution in the PC, for example, odds are that it won't work-AppleTalk, as I said, isn't supported by a lot of wireless equipment, and it's hard to find PC solutions that support AppleTalk at all.

I did try turning on AppleTalk in Network Preference. You are correct, GHPorter. Im using a SMC wireless router. never thought it was the router.

i use Gimp-Print to print to my NEC printer via smb now.

thanks,

[scadboy]

So has anyone installed an all-in-one PCI WiFi card in an old mac yet? I don't mean a bridge with a PCMCIA card, but one of the integrated 802.11b cards like one of these,

NetGear MA311
Linksys WMP11
or Belink F5D6001

they can all be had for about $50-60, which is much more attractive than the alternative setup of a bridge and a PCMCIA card for over $100.

None of them list mac compatibility, but that doesn't necessarily mean they don't work. Has anyone tried any of them yet, or am I going to have to be a pioneer?

thanks

michael

[ghporter]

Scadboy, I think you're going to blaze the trail. The problem with using cards that aren't specifically compatible with the Mac is that there may not be drivers for them. PCI cards like these should be recognized as NICs, and should work fine. If, that is, their PCI IDs are known to the OS, and if (again) there's a driver available for them.

Otherwise, there's no problem at all.

[scadboy]

eeesh, so who has the most liberal return policy among online retailers? Or am I going to have to blow out a capacitor on purpose so I can return it as "deffective."

Hmmm, so which one is it going to be, the Linksys, the Netgear or the Belkin? any input on who has the best track record with the mac for networking. I haven't been able to find out what chipsets they use, but it seems they're all just streamlined versions of the two-part PCI solutions currently available, and still basically have a PCMCIA card permanently stuck onto the pci bridge.

So... despite not being "supported" at this point, I think I'm leaning towards the LinkSys, which, of course, is currently the most expensive one, going for about $60, on average. Anyone have a link to those bootleg skyline drivers for OS X?

What the hell, for benefit of the community, and for the sake of progress, I will make the sacrifice and be the first to try it. And I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

I just have to get my old mac back up and running. I had a 9500 with a NewerTech G3 upgrade running Jaguar beautifully, until the harddrive finally died. It was the original equipment 2GB SCSI drive, and apparently six years of vicious abuse have finally done it in. So I've got to swap and reinstall, first. Thankfully, I was only using it as a print / mp3 / file server, so I didn't have anything too critical on the boot drive.

I'll start a new thread about this when I get the hardware.

Stay Tuned

Michael