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Apple says that Win 98 and Jag won't allow printer sharing
Apple says that Win 98 and Jag won't allow printer sharing
Networking 4 posts
Sep 21, 2002 — Sep 23, 2002
I just got off the phone with Apple tech support. I am trying to network my PC and iBook. I am currently running a Dell Desktop with Windows 98SE. The iBook is using Jaguar. I have both computers connected to my Apple Airport router and they are sharing my DSL modem. The problem is printer sharing. I would love for the iBook to be able to use the PCs that are connected to the Dell via wireless connection. According to Apple, this can't be done. Let me rephrase, they stated that Windows 98SE isn't designed for networking. I know that I can always hard connected one of the printers to my iBook but this is not what I want to do. The way I figure it, here are my options:
1) If someone can hook me up with info on how to do this, I can give it a shot.
2) I can try to go for Thursby Dave 4.0 when it comes out officially and hope that works. From what I have heard, things are going a little slow with Dave.
3) I can always try to upgrade the PC side to Windows XP but according to Dell, they don't recommend upgrading my PC to XP. I guess because the PC is close to four years old.
4) Buy one of the new printers that will support the rendevous (excuse spelling). Apple has no idea when these printers will be released to the official market.
I am open to all and any suggestions. Thanks for anything
1) If someone can hook me up with info on how to do this, I can give it a shot.
2) I can try to go for Thursby Dave 4.0 when it comes out officially and hope that works. From what I have heard, things are going a little slow with Dave.
3) I can always try to upgrade the PC side to Windows XP but according to Dell, they don't recommend upgrading my PC to XP. I guess because the PC is close to four years old.
4) Buy one of the new printers that will support the rendevous (excuse spelling). Apple has no idea when these printers will be released to the official market.
I am open to all and any suggestions. Thanks for anything
Here I go with a hardware solution again. It sounds like the easiest thing for you to do is invest in an inexpensive router that includes a print server. I saw one of these (with 5 ethernet ports and one printer port) at OfficeMax this week for about $40US. I'm planing to get one myself once I've saved a few more pennies.
The magic of these boxes is that (generally) they assign a local IP address to the printer. That way, it doesn't matter what platform you're sending the print job from, as long as you have the right driver for that printer you're set.
Advantages include low price, no need to buy and install software on either machine (except maybe printer drivers), no need to upgrade the OS on a machine that is working fine with Win98SE (the most stable and flexible of that branch of Microsoft operating systems), and the bonus ability to expand your network later.
Disadvantages include having to pay a little more attention to your network setup, having to find desk/shelf space and an electrical outlet for the box, and a little more cabling.
And Apple tech support was only partly right about your Windows OS. The original Win98 was not really designed for networking. Like Win95, it required additional OS components to work properly. Win98SE, on the other hand, was designed to overcome this shortcoming; the first home network I set up connected Win98 machines, and upgrading them to SE made the network run better.
Good luck.
The magic of these boxes is that (generally) they assign a local IP address to the printer. That way, it doesn't matter what platform you're sending the print job from, as long as you have the right driver for that printer you're set.
Advantages include low price, no need to buy and install software on either machine (except maybe printer drivers), no need to upgrade the OS on a machine that is working fine with Win98SE (the most stable and flexible of that branch of Microsoft operating systems), and the bonus ability to expand your network later.
Disadvantages include having to pay a little more attention to your network setup, having to find desk/shelf space and an electrical outlet for the box, and a little more cabling.
And Apple tech support was only partly right about your Windows OS. The original Win98 was not really designed for networking. Like Win95, it required additional OS components to work properly. Win98SE, on the other hand, was designed to overcome this shortcoming; the first home network I set up connected Win98 machines, and upgrading them to SE made the network run better.
Good luck.
Thanks for the suggestion. Okay, I don't have a problem with the purchasing of the hardware from Officemax. How do I run it with my existing airport. Do I ditch the airport? Thanks for any help.
You don't need to ditch anything. Buy the router and connect it to the DSL modem (through the router's WAN port), then connect the AirPort Base Station to one of the ethernet ports (not one labeled Uplink). Tell the ABS not to distribute IP addresses any more, and set it to its bridging mode-now it will "bridge" between the wired portion of your network and the wireless part.
DSL Modem >------>Router WAN
.............................Ethernet 1>---------->ABS Ethernet Port (bridge)
.............................Ethernet 2>---------->Dell (unless it's wireless)
.............................Ethernet 3>--etc.
.............................Printer >---------->Printer
Depending on the particular hardware you buy, follow the manufacturer's instructions for setting it up and connecting it to your printer. Since you seem to have had the printer connected to the PC originally, this should work just fine.
Install whatever drivers are needed for that particular printer to work on a network-HP has such drivers for most of their printers.
It may sound like a lot of work, but it isn't really all that complex; just take it a step at a time.
DSL Modem >------>Router WAN
.............................Ethernet 1>---------->ABS Ethernet Port (bridge)
.............................Ethernet 2>---------->Dell (unless it's wireless)
.............................Ethernet 3>--etc.
.............................Printer >---------->Printer
Depending on the particular hardware you buy, follow the manufacturer's instructions for setting it up and connecting it to your printer. Since you seem to have had the printer connected to the PC originally, this should work just fine.
Install whatever drivers are needed for that particular printer to work on a network-HP has such drivers for most of their printers.
It may sound like a lot of work, but it isn't really all that complex; just take it a step at a time.