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Re: Airport question

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In article <barmar-832AAB.10462711022015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> > > No, they're all the same LAN as long as they have the same IP prefix.
> > 
> > > I give my 2.4 and 5 networks different names because most devices don't 
> > > show the network type. So the different names makes it possible to tell 
> > > which network you're connecting to.
> > 
> > That's the reason I wanted to do it.  Here is what confuses me; you can
> > have more than one network in the same LAN?  
> 
> You can have multiple LANs on the same router. For instance, many home 
> routers have a "guest network". It's allowed to access the Internet, but 
> it doesn't have access to the devices on the primary network.

That much I do know.  But it's not what I was asking.

Let me rephrase my question to its bare essentials:

I'm using an Airport Extreme (802.11 b/g/n/a/ac); if the 2.4GHz network
name is Michelle24 and the 5GHz network is Michelle5, can an iPhone,
connected to Michelle5 print to the printer which is connected to
Michelle24?

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Airport question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-10 18:01 -0700
  Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-10 20:05 -0500
    Re: Airport question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-02-10 23:28 -0500
  Re: Airport question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-02-10 20:21 -0500
    Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-10 20:28 -0500
      Re: Airport question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-02-10 21:02 -0500
        Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-10 21:43 -0500
        Re: Airport question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-02-10 23:29 -0500
      Re: Airport question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-11 08:33 -0500
        Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-11 12:22 -0500
          Re: Airport question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-12 17:06 -0500
    Re: Airport question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-10 19:55 -0700
      Re: Airport question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-02-10 23:33 -0500
        Re: Airport question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-02-11 00:44 -0500
      Re: Airport question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-11 18:55 +1300
      Re: Airport question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-02-11 10:46 -0500
        Re: Airport question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-11 09:29 -0700
          Re: Airport question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-02-11 11:32 -0500
            Re: Airport question Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-11 13:08 -0700
            Re: Airport question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-12 16:51 -0500
          Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-11 12:22 -0500
            Re: Airport question John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-11 11:37 -0800
              Re: Airport question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-11 15:03 -0500
                Re: Airport question John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-11 17:29 -0800
          Re: Airport question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-12 01:43 +0000
    Re: Airport question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-11 08:31 -0500
  Re: Airport question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-11 12:28 +0000

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