Re: connecting a LaserWriter 4/600 PS to iMac via hub

Posted: 03-04-2004, 01:15 PM

Mike Rosenberg

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John b <johnb1@SPAMSUX.shaw.ca> wrote:

> I am connecting via an AsanteTalk box to an imac with OS 8.6.
> The printer is a laserwriter 4/600 PS with the DIN 9 connector. Here's
> how I started out-maybe you can help me finish?. connect the yellow
> Ethernet cable to the hub. Power up the printer. connect the Din9 cable
> to the Asante box. Then power up the asante box. THen choose Appletalk
> over Ethernet. Then wait. I still can't see that printer.....

The Asante box comes with two ethernet cables: a straight cable, which
you would use to connect to a hub, and a crossover cable, which you
would use to connect the box directly to a computer. It sounds like
you're using the wrong cable.

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