Printing to a brother MFC-440CN

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Printing to a brother MFC-440CN

I'm a new Mac user so hopefully this isn't something obvious. I connect via Airport to a verizon router. The printer is wired directly to the router. I can see the printer (including ink levels) using the various utilities and can print a test page using a brother supplied admin tool. What I can't do is print from any other program. I see a message that "network host [ip address of the printer] is busy". The printer has a static IP while the Mac is using DHCP.
Any words of wisdom will be appreciated

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 26, 2011 2:57 PM

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dechamp

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Mar 26, 2011 3:25 PM in response to Acrannymint

Unless you've set up your Airport in Bridge Mode, it's defaulted to be a router. You are also using a Verizon Router. This is called double-natting and will usually cause strange connection problems and firewall issues on a local network. Both of the devices are giving out IP numbers and have their own NAT firewall.

I usually set up the first device inside the house as a router (probably your Verizon router). All other devices are set up as Pass-Thru hubs (Bridge Mode) so that only one device has a Firewall turned on and only one device distributes IP numbers.

Here's an Apple support page that describes the issue (which is a networking issue for all OS's not just the Mac or Airport device):
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1208

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