I have a PC running Windows ME (I know) and my husband a Mac G4/400. We both access a DSL connection through a common hub (LiveWire 10/100 5-port dual speed) with no special configuration. I installed the TCP/IP protocol and bound it to my NIC and I was on. The cable to the DSL "modem" uses the uplink port of the hub.

Now we're trying to share an HP 2100M printer through that same hub. The printer has a network adapter and is connected to the hub as if it were just another workstation. (i.e. the printer is not connected directly to either of our computers) As soon as the printer was connected to the hub, it showed up on the desktop of my husband's Mac. I went to HP's website and downloaded a Win ME driver, but when I try to install it, I run into this problem. If I try to install as a local printer, the printer wizard asks me for a port - COM1, COM2, LPT1, etc. - and I don't have an answer. If I try to install as a network printer, the printer wizard asks me for a path or allows me to browse "my network places". I don't know the path, and when I browse I don't see the printer.

What are we doing wrong? Everybody we talk to says this should work. Boy, do I feel dumb!

Thanks,
Melanie

I'm going to cheat a little, the other day, one of the other guys answered a problem almost exactly the same as yours, and the asnwer is here (http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000264.html). See if that helps if not wait around for g_h to answer he seems to be our resident network guru.....

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mjc
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Thanks, mjc, for the direction. I looked at that post earlier today, but if I understand correctly, my situation is a little different. I don't have MacLan on my computer, and I can't even see my husband's computer on the network. (We're not trying to share files, etc., only resources) The printer is not connected to my husband's computer, it is connected directly to the hub, and I don't know how to specify a UNC path for the printer.

Humbly,
Melanie

Not sure if it would've helped so maybe we should wait around for g_h, I'm not that good with network stuff...

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mjc
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Finally got it!

The HP2100M has a Jetdirect 600N network card installed. I found software at HP's website (HP Install Network Printer Wizard) that "discovers" the printer on the network, gets the IP address, and creates a path to the printer. Bingo!

My thanks to this forum for great help -
Melanie

Good to know, thank you. It is nice to hear back when a problem is solved.

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mjc
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