Hi, I'm new. I'm not a current mac user myself... when I was a kid I was a System 7 user but I switched to PCs after that for various reasons. But anyway, my dad's a mac user and I'm his IT guy, without knowing how to help most of the time. He's had a Macbook Pro for a few months, OS 10.4.9. Uses wireless internet at home.
Today he installed an old HP Deskjet 3650 we had lying around. Downloaded the OSX driver from hp.com, installed it. It worked. The printer works fine. But now the internet doesn't. It's slowed down to the point that most sites just give a server error (a few, like Google, have merely slowed down).
Airport says it's getting good connectivity. And I don't see what installing a printer could have to do with it. Any similar experiences? Thanks!
*edit* The printer is connected by USB cable; at no point have we tried to share the printer or print through AirPort.
Today he installed an old HP Deskjet 3650 we had lying around. Downloaded the OSX driver from hp.com, installed it. It worked. The printer works fine. But now the internet doesn't. It's slowed down to the point that most sites just give a server error (a few, like Google, have merely slowed down).
Airport says it's getting good connectivity. And I don't see what installing a printer could have to do with it. Any similar experiences? Thanks!
*edit* The printer is connected by USB cable; at no point have we tried to share the printer or print through AirPort.