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Can't print after installing ProSafe 16-Port Switch
I installed a new switch yesterday. All my peripherals work fine except the Fiery RIP. I can't ping it or print to it. I have Command Central and that won't link either. As far as I know, the switch ...
My original purpose for the upgrade was that the entire network was poky. I reformatted my HD and it seems faster (formatted Saturday, reinstalled apps/files Sunday) so far. Another problem was that after updating to El Capitan, it takes me a good 30-40 seconds for print window to come up when I try to print from any application. Our older iMac running Mavericks doesn't have this problem. Overall, my goal was to speed up performance network-wide overall and, hopefully, improve the speed of printing from any app on my mac. I wish I could figure out why the print dialogue is so slow. I have three windows I have to go through so 30-40 seconds a window x dozens of jobs sent to the printer a day and you lose some valuable time day in and day out.
Went back to original config and we're up and printing. Bummer is I purchased this back in August even though I didn't crack open the box until Sunday.
I don't know that much about Macs, but, if you're having a problem on one system, but not on the other, then network performance is unlikely to be a factor.
I have seen situations in which large files have to be transferred across the network, and in situations such as these, upgrading to a gigabit network can make a difference, but, as I mentioned previously, the computers will also have to be gigabit capable, and it's been my experience, that with regular office type applications in a small network, there is little to be gained from the upgrade - yes, documents load 1~2 seconds faster, but that does not translate into increased productivity.
Since it is switch and the other older item you had working was router,... do a simple thing. Connect 1 port on the new switch to 1 port on the LAn of the old router. Now hookup up PC and see if everything works the same.. if it does.. move everything on the LAN ports of the router to the switch and you are good to go. See the diagram before.
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