Hello everybody,
I have a very annoying and (at least to me) puzzling problem:
If I turn on our network printer then my MacBook gets somehow kicked out of the wireless LAN. The Airport icon indicates a connection, but I am not able to access the router menue. After turning the printer off, I am still not able to connect until I restart the router.
However, if I disable the WPA2 encryption before turning on the printer everything works just fine: I am able to print, access router menue/ internet.
Both, MacBook and printer have reserved IP adresses. There are up to three PCs connected to the network, but the problem occurs regardless if they are connected or not.
Every comment is highly appreciated!
Thanks!
Itonize
Some technical specs:
Router:
Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v4
Channel 2
Mode: g only
WPA-PSK
Key Lifetime 60min
SSID broadcast: on
Printer:
HP LaserJet 4050 Series
Firmware Version L.25.08
IP Adress: 192.168.0.7
Macbook:
OS X 10.5.7
IP Adress: 192.168.0.6
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.13f3
I have a very annoying and (at least to me) puzzling problem:
If I turn on our network printer then my MacBook gets somehow kicked out of the wireless LAN. The Airport icon indicates a connection, but I am not able to access the router menue. After turning the printer off, I am still not able to connect until I restart the router.
However, if I disable the WPA2 encryption before turning on the printer everything works just fine: I am able to print, access router menue/ internet.
Both, MacBook and printer have reserved IP adresses. There are up to three PCs connected to the network, but the problem occurs regardless if they are connected or not.
Every comment is highly appreciated!
Thanks!
Itonize
Some technical specs:
Router:
Netgear 54 Mbps Wireless Router WGR614 v4
Channel 2
Mode: g only
WPA-PSK
Key Lifetime 60min
SSID broadcast: on
Printer:
HP LaserJet 4050 Series
Firmware Version L.25.08
IP Adress: 192.168.0.7
Macbook:
OS X 10.5.7
IP Adress: 192.168.0.6
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.13f3