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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1409089" data-attributes="member: 24098">Generally speaking, you can't connect two client devices together on an Ethernet network, using TCP/IP, without some very special configuration.&nbsp; Apple has some neat tricks that they do, forcing the port to act as a though it were connected with a crossover cable when two clients are connected, and I'm assuming that AppleTalk protocols allow for that.&nbsp; But with a modern Mac, this wouldn't be the way to do things.The preferred way to do this would be to run an Ethernet cable between the JetDirect and the FiOS router (which is a piece of garbage by the way, but that's another topic for a different thread).&nbsp; Then, it's a simple matter of getting the JetDirect configured with an IP address.&nbsp; The 600N is quite old and not exactly user friendly, but it's still serviceable.&nbsp; Once it's connected to the router via Ethernet, it will hopefully pick up an IP address on its own.&nbsp; Then, you should be able to print out a test page from the printer and it should show its IP configuration.Once we have that, I can instruct you as to how to add it to your Mac as a network printer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1409089, member: 24098"] Generally speaking, you can't connect two client devices together on an Ethernet network, using TCP/IP, without some very special configuration. Apple has some neat tricks that they do, forcing the port to act as a though it were connected with a crossover cable when two clients are connected, and I'm assuming that AppleTalk protocols allow for that. But with a modern Mac, this wouldn't be the way to do things. The preferred way to do this would be to run an Ethernet cable between the JetDirect and the FiOS router (which is a piece of garbage by the way, but that's another topic for a different thread). Then, it's a simple matter of getting the JetDirect configured with an IP address. The 600N is quite old and not exactly user friendly, but it's still serviceable. Once it's connected to the router via Ethernet, it will [I]hopefully[/I] pick up an IP address on its own. Then, you should be able to print out a test page from the printer and it should show its IP configuration. Once we have that, I can instruct you as to how to add it to your Mac as a network printer. [/QUOTE]

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