connecting a printer and Playstation2 to my network??
10-07-2002, 08:14 PM
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connecting a printer and Playstation2 to my network??
Ok I'm not sure how to do this since they are different OS.
I have 2 computers. One macintosh G4 running 9.2 and a Dell Laptop 8100 running XP home. Both are connected to a 4port Linksys router to share my cable modem. Currently the printer (Brother MFC 5100c) is only connected to the Mac thru USB, but I want to also use the printer with my Dell. So how do I share the printer with both computers?
I think I need to get a print server correct?? Does it conect thru the usb out? Do I need a certain kind?
Also I want to switch my network to a wireless network eventually and just wondering is it possible to connect a Playstation 2 to it.
I have 2 computers. One macintosh G4 running 9.2 and a Dell Laptop 8100 running XP home. Both are connected to a 4port Linksys router to share my cable modem. Currently the printer (Brother MFC 5100c) is only connected to the Mac thru USB, but I want to also use the printer with my Dell. So how do I share the printer with both computers?
I think I need to get a print server correct?? Does it conect thru the usb out? Do I need a certain kind?
Also I want to switch my network to a wireless network eventually and just wondering is it possible to connect a Playstation 2 to it.
10-08-2002, 11:19 AM
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yeah you'll need a print server and just connect it to your router or howeer it is you're setting up your network... for the PS2 just plug it straight into the router... some print servers will connect to USB and others will connect through a parallel port... just depends on what you get... go to Fry's or Best Buy, they should have something for you...
10-08-2002, 04:02 PM
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Well..why spend any money??
YOu should be able to hook up that printer to the MAC and print share the printer from there.
I was fixing to say hook up the printer to your XP Home box, but I read a little more and saw that it was a laptop so you probably wouldn't want to do that (but if you did I am 100% sure you can file\print share that printer out from that XP box without having to spend any greenbacks).
Not really a MAC guy, but believe with OSX you can print share the same way you would be doing that with XP.
I was fixing to say hook up the printer to your XP Home box, but I read a little more and saw that it was a laptop so you probably wouldn't want to do that (but if you did I am 100% sure you can file\print share that printer out from that XP box without having to spend any greenbacks).
Not really a MAC guy, but believe with OSX you can print share the same way you would be doing that with XP.
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