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Linksys WPS54GU2 Wireless-G Print Server for USB 2.0| Manufacturer: | Linksys | | List price: | $235.00 |
| Our price: | Too Low To Display that is 100% off! |
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| Linksys WPS54GU2 Wireless-G Print Server for USB 2.0 |
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Great Printer, Great Tech Support, Poor Documentation |
If you have a Linksys router the a Linksys print server is your best bet. If you don't have a Linksys router then ask your router tech support folks for advice as different brands of routers and print server are often not compatible, sad but true :(
I was looking for a print server for a home with two desktop PC's and one laptop and two printers. Having done my homework I knew that this server would only work with a Linksys router which is what I have. One printer connects to a USB port and the other one to a Parallel port. A word of caution here print servers work with printers not multi function printer/scanners.
The reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is you should just plan on spending 30 to 45 minutes on the phone with Linsys' excellent tech support folks the first time you set it up. Thankfully support is 7x24 and toll free. The manual is not fit to hang on an outhouse nail it's so worthless.
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| Linksys WPS54GU2 Wireless-G Print Server for USB 2.0 - Linksys | |
My experience: the provided installation manual is useless |
It didn't take me two hours of continuous work to install it but it did take a while. Following the instructions provided, it would not "find" my print server. You HAVE TO PLUG IT INTO THE ROUTER. This is not optional as the manual is not too clear about. You must have it wired to the router for installation and if successful then you can use the wireless function.
You don't need to hook it up to the printer until the print server is found and configured by the setup utility. The setup wizard was pretty much useless because if the system can't find the print server then you can't get any further in the setup process.
I was able to find the print server on the network after disabling the firewall, and installing the bi-admin utility to setup and configure the print server. I assigned it an ip address, assigned the wireless router it was on, and then setup the assigned ip address as DMZ. (I don't have much experience in networking except that I setup my own network of three wireless routers and one wired router.) All of this I found out from reading much more knowledgable and concise reviews further down this thread.
It can be done but it is probably a nightmare for anybody that expects to plug it in and just install the driver or for that matter follow the useless intstructions word for word. |
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Useless Piece of Junk |
| Normally I like Linksys products. But this time they let me down big-time. Let me say that I have worked in computing, data communications, and networking for over 35 years; so if I have problems with something like this then you can be rather assured that many, many people will. I tried this thing first with an HP multifunction printer, no luck, tech support, no luck, tinkered, got it to function with problems. Then I thought that maybe it was just some quirky behaviors of the HP, so I tried it with another printer, an Epson this time. Same disappointing results. Save your money --- buy ANYTHING other than this piece of junk. |
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