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I think the other folks hit on some great ideas. The static IP likely
would be the most permanent, and best fix.

Other possibilities include:
Using a different protocol, e.g., ipx/sp, for your printer if its Ethernet
card supports it. That way, whatever your computer has to do with TCP/IP
traffic won't affect the printer at all. This sucks for a couple reasons.

Alternately, see if there's a way to "multihome" your PC's Ethernet card.
This involves assigning multiple IP addresses to the very same interface
(card). This has a couple benefits, including the ability to let you add
your own logical network behind the scenes at will. If your operating
system can do it (check the vendor's home page, search for it), this would
be -great. In the future, for example, you could add a second PC and use
something like a wingate-style proxy to get that one on the Internet as
well. IT also keeps you from having to go through AtHome when you have
problems internally; they simply become your problem.



Mike