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Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:24:43 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Print Server Obtuseness (mine)

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J. R. Fox wrote:
>
> > The built-in printserver uses a dedicated parallel
> > connector, leaving an RJ-45 network connection free.
> > You could have three print servers and two printers,
> > or three computers and two print servers, as long as
> > you use the built-in SMC print server.
>
> I just don't quite follow you here. What is going
> into the SMC input port, and from where ? If there
> is just one Parallel connection at the SMC, the other
> printer is left out, No ? Unless one of the printers
> has a network printer card inside it (for the
> available Ethernet connector you mentioned), and they
> don't.

The SMC 7004* has six connectors. One is the "uplink" to your DSL or
cable ISP. One is the printer connector. Four are network connectors.

What Steve means is that you can use the *four* network connectors to
plug in *four* computers, _or_ *three* computers plus *one* additional
print server box, _or_ *two* computers plus *two* additional print
server boxes, etc.

The print server in the SMC will handle one printer, but many
standalone-in-a-separate-box print servers let you plug in several
printers. So, if you plug in *one* additional print server that can
handle *three* printers, you now have *four* networked printers (one is
on the SMC and three are on this additional printer server box). And if
you do that you can still plug in three computers because the SMC has
*four* network connectors (one is used by the additional printer server
box so three are still available).

> I didn't really follow Peter's explanation either.
> (Sorry, Peter.)

I showed my original message to The Duck and he didn't understand it
either. So he bit me on the ankle.

- Peter

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