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Jarbacky <becface@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hello - I am trying to add a wireless router to my current setup. I
> have tried both Netgear and Linksys G routers with the same effect.
>
> As soon as I add the wireless, it works great but then I can't print.
> When I disconnect the wireless printing works again just fine.
>
> Here is the flow of connections all via cat 5:
>
> Wall: Cable to
> Modem: Surfboard SB4100 to
> D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router DI-604 to:
>
> 1. Asante Friendly net 5 ****t Ethernet hub to PRINTER (Elite XL 808)
> 2. Linksys/netgear wireless router to Mac OS X computer
>
> Can anyone tell me why adding a wireless router would make the printer
> stop responding? So weird to me.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> R
Yes, you have put an active router (linksys/netgear) between your
Mac and the printer. This means you have
cable modem
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D-Link router
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<D-Link subnet> -- Elite XL 808
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Linksys/Netgear router
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<Linksys/Netgear subnet>
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Your Mac
The Bonjour protocols will NOT cross a router boundary. Bonjour
protocols only travel around the local subnet they are on. Or to
put it differently, routers are designed not to route some
protocols between subnets, and Bonjour is one of them.
If you were to try and connect to the printer via its IP address,
that would not work, because most likely your printer has a
non-routable IP address from its D-Link subnet. Addresses in the
range of 10.*.*.*, or 192.168.*.* are non-routable addresses
(D-Link most likely uses the 198.168.*.* range).
This means any attempt to directly address a 192.168.*.* address
will not be passed to the other side of a home router.
What to do?
Configure the Linksys or Netgear router to turn OFF the DHCP and
NAT services. This will turn the router into a bridge, and extend
the D-Link subnet to the devices connected to the Linksys or
Netgear connected devices.
The D-Link will then be the only router in the home. It will
provide all the DHCP address assignments, and it will provide the
NAT services for the home.
And because you now have only 1 subnet in the home, Bonjour
to/from the printer will be seen by all the systems in the house,
and addressing a 192.168.*.* address will be seen by all the
systems in the house.
I really wish the router companies would put some kind of smarts
into home routers that would alert down stream secondary routers
that they are NOT the primary router and out of the box turn off
DHCP and NAT. I know this thought is subject to failure, as some
IPS use 192.168.*.* or 10.*.*.* subnets of their own. But it sure
would be nice if people didn't get tripped up when they get a Wifi
base station and found they had problems talking to other systems
in the house that were on the wrong side of the new router.
I hope this helps. If it is any consolation, I found this stuff
out the hard way myself.
Bob Harris
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