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by ctdak 1 view

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I have a small network with one DC that is my only DHCP server, and I have only one wireless access point for our small building. Two modern Macs running the latest OS X can access the web fine via my wireless network, but they can only find other devices (such as printers) when plugged into the wired network. Windows laptops are just fine and act the same wireless or wired - no problem printing. I need to resolve this so my Mac users can print while running wireless. Any ideas? (I do not have any subnets. All addresses are in the 192.168.1.xxx range, including the wireless access point.)

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by robo_dev

Guess:

I think the problem is related to uPNP (plug and play protocol).

Some mac users have had this identical problem with wireless routers and had to update the router firmware to be "upnp capable". (or installed an AirPort AP)

On some wlan routers you may have to enable upnp. If yours is an AP, it may not give you this option.

by ctdak

I just haven't worked with Macs much at all, and I doubt my two Mac users would know about pinging either. How do you ping from a Mac? Where's the "Run window"?

by ctdak

OK, I found out how to ping from a Mac. And yes, I can ping from the wireless Macs to the wired network printers.

If not being able to print wirelessly from the Macs is something to do with upnp, then I'm sunk with my present AP because it doesn't have that as a configuration option.

Could it be anything else?

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