Printing from the 2nd Ethernet Port on a Mac Pro
good day,
I have a shiney new Mac Pro and was surprised to see a second Ethernet port on the back.
I have an HP 2550ln net work ready laser printer.. how do I go about setting this up to print from this port (i'm using the first one for my network.
thanks!
b.
I have a shiney new Mac Pro and was surprised to see a second Ethernet port on the back.
I have an HP 2550ln net work ready laser printer.. how do I go about setting this up to print from this port (i'm using the first one for my network.
thanks!
b.
Comments
But to spare the expense of a new switch ($25 or so) you could use the network control panel to configure your second ethernet port with a static dummy ip address (say, 192.168.2.1) and give the printer a static dummy ip address in the same subnet (192.168.2.2). That is assuming you can assign the printer a static ip address.
I think that would work.
Another approach would be to go to the sharing preference panel, in the Internet tab and turn on sharing on your 2nd built in ethernet port.
I think that would work too but I am not equipped to test these things as I only have one port on my PowerMac.
I'm going to try what you've suggested. But I'll also add what is actually happening as far as a network goes.
Cable modem -> 16 port switch -> airport Extreme ~~> air port express
-> two PCs
-> MacPro -(trying to)-> HP network printer
-> Server
I'll post the results.
again thanks.
flick.