I'm encountering a problem i've never seen before: whenever i hook up a network cable to the printer port, the computer stops registering the keyboard and mouse. Any advice?
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2012, January 28 - 8:02pm
#1
Unusual mac network port problem
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2012, January 28 - 9:32pm
#2
OS and Mac model?
2012, January 29 - 7:26pm
#3
Guess is that it's not the printer port.
2012, January 29 - 10:21pm
#4
Performa 6290CD, mac os 9.0.4
2012, January 29 - 10:37pm
#5
As bertyboy say, or faulty/wrong cable.
2012, January 30 - 12:59am
#6
The cable is fine. It works for several other things. And the keyboard and mouse normally works. And the keyboard and mouse aren't fully disabled. You can still move the mouse pointer, but you can't click.
2012, January 30 - 1:00am
#7
I'm using a DB25 to DB9 cable, linked on the other side to a db9 port on a laptop, running PC MacLan
2012, January 30 - 1:01am
#8
And the cable doesn't even have to be attached on the other side. If it's plugged in on just that side, the same thing happens.
2012, January 30 - 1:34am
#9
This might have saved you -- sadly, bidding finished...
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