Printer sharing? Add printer?
 

This is doable, because I've done it (with a similar or identical network setup), and I'm no network ace.

I'm at work now, so I can't check the details, but make sure the eMac to which the printer is connected has printer sharing turned on. Then, from the wireless PowerBook, try the Add Printer function, accessible from the Printer Setup Utility.

I think there's a discussion in David Pogue's book, not with me now.

I hope this helps.

Problem solved... turns out I forgot to reset the PBs to manual IP rather than DHCP and this one particular system couldn't get out or do anything until I fixed that setting.

So, while we're at it... I need suggestions for next steps to determine why the wireless PBs can't pull a DHCP IP address from the main router, despite that everything else appears to be functioning normally.

Thx!
GS

Netmasks. It's all about the netmasks people.
 

Please don't turn your router into a hub.

Router 1 is hooked up to internet. I give it address 192.168.0.1
Its network address is 192.168.0.0, broadcast address is 192.168.0.127
Netmask: 255.255.255.128. It provides DHCP addresses in range
192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.126.

Cable linking router 1 to router 2 is in normal port in router 1,
uplink port in router 2.

Router 2 is hooked up to router 1. I give it address 192.168.0.129
Its network address is 192.168.0.128, broadcast address is 192.168.0.255
Netmask: 255.255.255.128. It provides DHCP addresses in range
192.168.0.130 - 192.168.0.254.

Machines plugged into both machines can see the internet.

Any questions?

I have done this many times for many clients using consumer routers and third party firmware. For the most part everything has been already stated pretty clearly. I will post my common configuration that I use.

Primary Router: 192.168.1.1
DHCP server - enabled ip range 192.160.1.100 ~ 200 sub. 255.255.255.0
NAT - Enabled
SPI Firewall - enabled
SSID - name of wifi network
mode - OSPF
gateway = resolve from DHCP
DNS = resolve from DHCP
Wifi encryption = WPA2

Secondary: 192.168.1.2
DHCP - disabled
NAT - Disabled
SPI firewall - disabled
SSID - same as network
Mode - OSPF
gateway - 192.168.1.1
DNS - 192.168.1.1
wifi encryption = wpa2
*bump wifi broadcast channel up 2 channels from primary

Teritory router: 192.168.1.3
DHCP - disabled
NAT - Disabled
SPI firewall - disabled
SSID - same as network
Mode - OSPF
gateway - 192.168.1.1
DNS - 192.168.1.1
wifi encryption = wpa2
*bump wifi broadcast channel up 2 channels from secondary

I have done this set up for a few clients that have large offices and need the wifi repeated. They already had cabling ran so it was easy to just pop stuff in and go. I set it up over a year ago, and have never had a call to come back and fix it yet. I have gotten calls from them to fix other things, but never the network I set up.

Just one: Why did you bring up a three year old thread? Presumably the people who had the question either solved it or found another device...

oops i didn't even realize how old this thread was....

Thanks
 

Hey even though it's old. I found this useful!

Thanks,
Mike