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Printer sharing - complicated home network
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Toronto
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I have a somewhat complicated home network on which I am having trouble using printer sharing. I will try and explain the network structure and then the problem. I have a cable modem plugged into a router. An Airport Base Station and a second router are plugged into this first router. I have a computer plugged into the network via the second router that is attached to my printer (Epson CX3200). Any computer plugged into the network via the second router can share the printer easily. I just turn on Printer Sharing in the System Preferences and it appears on the Shared Printer list in the Print dialog box. However, I cannot get the computers on the AirPort network to see this shared printer. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I should do?
Thanks,
Zack
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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Additionally, I cannot connect to computers that are on my wired network from computers on my AirPort network. Any help with this would also be appreciated.
Thanks again,
Zack
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Join Date: May 2003
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I believe that is caused by having two routers set up. Try using only one router. If that is not possible, try setting one of the routers to act as a simple hub by switching off dhcp, nat, and any other settings i may be forgetting.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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I have tried using a hub to act as the second router mentioned above. Using this, I can access other computers on my network but the Internet connection is not shared. Is there anyway to get around this or just use my original plan with the router?
Thanks
Zack
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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More specific details will be required, but the firs response is correct. You will need to turn of DHCP and NAT on the second router. This is the only way to get all the machines on the same subnet. Do this and post back with results.
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