Get the Switch, it will save you problems with contention if two PC's try to get to the same node at the same time.
Switches do a better job and faster too.
Regards
Hi Tom and whoever might read this.
I have now resolved the cause of this problem. It seems that the XP machines required the print server to have an IP address that falls within the default router IP address configuration provided by my ISP. I was just using the default print server IP...
I have networked 10 PC's with a mix of Win98, ME, NT and XP operating systems and in general this works fine, all PC's seeing each other and sharing files etc.
I then introduced a D-Link 301P+ print server to enable me to share an ink jet printer between the networked PC's.
The problem is...
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