Re: Wired and wireless file sharing between XP and Leopard (PC and

John. Had my wife re-check and I had made a typo.

My IP is 192.168.2.4
My Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
My Default Gateway is 192.168.2.1

Her IP is 192.168.2.3
Her Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
Her Default Gateway is ???? (Couldn't find on her laptop)

Does this change anything?

"lantierl" wrote:

John,
I appreciate the quick responses and the information. I will attempt to
reconfigure the MAC IP address and subnet masks tonight.
Is there a good web site that you recommend me looking at to better
understand the inter-relation between IP addresses and subnet masks? Google
reveals many many hits, but that doesn't mean any of them that I have looked
at thus far have been any good.
Based on what you are telling me, it sounds as if the desktop PC and the MAC
laptop should both have an IP of 192.168.2.1 and both should have a subnet
mask of 255.255.255.0 - is that correct?


"John B" wrote:

This is a subtle point... but I retract my comment "which implies the
printer, too."

Therefore I am saying that neither computer has to know the gateway address
in order to print successfully to the printer...assuming (quite assuredly)
that said printer is addressed on the same subnet... (e.g., 192.168.2.3).
Leaf items on the same subnet can find each other without deferring to the
router's gateway address. So even if your MAC has no gateway address
specified (which is an error that must be corrected), then it might still be
able to print.

It is difficult to speculate on what would work and not work, from my
distant vantage point, based on the assumption that you have some incorrect
settings.

But I will re-iterate a philosophical point (indeed there are many others):
"Just because something WORKS, doesn't mean it is RIGHT." Life is full of
such bastardized situations. Lack of mere correctness rears its ugly head
when we stress the beast. Take buildings, for example, that lack proper
tensile strength. They seem to be OK until there is a little earthquake;
then they tumble.


"John B" <jb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
The INTRANET address for your ROUTER is 192.168.2.1. This is also the
gateway to the INTERNET, and every host that hangs on your INTRANET must
be
informed of that COMMON GATEWAY ADDRESS, in order to access the INTERNET,
or
even merely the router (which implies the printer, too)...assuming your
intenet modem is not functioning.



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