Will someone please teach me how to assign a MAC?

Post #252,500 by imqwerky 4/18/06 3:52:26 PM Reply	Will someone please teach me how to assign a MAC? I have a Linksys router (model BEFW11S4) and we have a new HP Laserjet 1320n printer. We finally got the printer working yesterday and today the darn thing went schizo on us and changed IP addresses (I almost figured it out myself...pinged four of the five IP addresses before tech support called back and said "Try the last one" Doi!) Anyway, we have absolutely no instruction manuals anywhere and I am determined to solve this problem...with some help from my friends. Oh, and yes, we are using beastware expee. Thanks, Amy Stop looking at my signature!
Post #252,509 by Another Scott 4/18/06 6:05:31 PM Reply	I think you want to assign an IP address. MAC = Ethernet hardware address (unique in all the world). IP Address = xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa = Internet Protocol address. May not be unique (e.g. 192.168.xxx.yyy are "private" and aren't routable.) Be that as it may, [link\|https://wwwcoms.murdoch.edu.au/macaddress.html\|How to obtain your MAC address] - I don't think you need that. [link\|http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=964337\|Setting an IP address on a 1320N Laser Printer]. Check [link\|http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?todo=search&searchtext=1320N&from=bsdforums&origin=0&submit.x=0&wpa=forums1.itrc.hp.com%3A80&submit.y=0&searchcategory=ALL&hpl=1&searchcriteria=allwords&rn=25&source=7000&chkServStor=on&presort=rank&esc=support.itrc.hp.com&admit=-682735245+1145397773024+28353475\|here] for more threads on the 1320N. The various manuals are [link\|http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179111&taskId=101&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=410622\|here]. HTH a bit. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #252,514 by imqwerky 4/18/06 6:59:40 PM Reply	I knew I would get the phraseology wrong :-/ but, yes, you sent me to the right place. I will try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Thanks Scott. I can always count on you O:) Stop looking at my signature!
Post #252,553 by Andrew Grygus 4/19/06 2:30:46 AM Reply	Out here in California MAC address can be needed. Some of the cable companies lock your access to the MAC address of the network card they set up the service with. To put multiple machines on the connection with a router the router must be set to spoof the MAC address of that network card. The Linksys routers I use have been able to do that for years and I'm sure any other Cable/DSL router can as well. Other than that, most people don't even need to know there is a MAC address. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #252,810 by jb4 4/20/06 3:10:56 PM Reply	Well...there is MAC filtering... ...a useful security feature of (especially wireless) routers to help thwart wardriving (although WEP or WEP/PSK is probabaly sufficient). I have both (MAC filtering and WEP/PSK) on my router. jb4 "Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'." &mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
Post #252,816 by imqwerky 4/20/06 3:56:15 PM Reply	All I know is, it's working. When it stops working, I'll coming running back here, arms flailing, pleading to the Gods That Be ^TM for help. :-) She who is not worthy, Amy Stop looking at my signature!
Post #253,362 by jb4 4/25/06 12:34:57 PM Reply	Hey, working is good! Just remember the First Rule of Computer Science\ufffd: If It Works, Don't Fix It! jb4 "Every Republican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'." — an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
Post #253,374 by imqwerky 4/25/06 2:44:23 PM Reply	:-) Stop looking at my signature!
Post #252,624 by imqwerky 4/19/06 2:15:16 PM Reply	TA DA! I did it! Now I really think I need a raise :) Thanks again, Scott. And thanks, Andrew, for your input as well. I hope someday my knowledge will be as useful to you. Hugs, Amy Stop looking at my signature!
Post #252,627 by Another Scott 4/19/06 2:28:21 PM Reply	:-)
Post #252,639 by jbrabeck 4/19/06 4:19:04 PM Reply	Your knowledge is already useful Where else can we go to get an unbiased woman's opinion? You, Laura, and Brenda provide us with the needed feminine touch, logic, and intuition. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
Post #252,640 by Silverlock 4/19/06 4:38:46 PM Reply	And jazz hands ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
Post #252,658 by imqwerky 4/19/06 7:02:04 PM Reply	You are so kind although Critter would say that feminine logic is an oxymoron (da bastid!) :-D Hugs, Amy Stop looking at my signature!
Post #252,703 by ben_tilly 4/20/06 12:49:43 AM Reply	Feminine logic is as rare as male emotion. :-) I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #252,758 by broomberg 4/20/06 11:08:04 AM Reply	We have what?
Post #252,828 by jbrabeck 4/20/06 7:28:46 PM Reply	Male emotion == When you hit thumb with hammer... A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)

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