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Buffalo Technology LPV3-U2

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
anyway when this product arrived i was determined to install it using only my mac and not resorting to one of my windows systems because it seemed that most people were having difficulties on the mac
from Stooge, www.newegg.com
it can be run from the cd or the executable can be copied to a system, but don't expect an installation routine to appear as the documentation describes.
from www.amazon.com
however, these utilities are often only made for windows and due to this they do not install as easily on other operating systems.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the system gives you a choice of about 7 protocols and frankly none seemed appropriate so i began trying them sequentially.
from www.newegg.com
just as stated in the manual, this device does not include any printer device drivers, as whatever driver came with your printer (or was included with the operating system) should work.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Form Factor: External

2 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for SYSTEM

NetGear WGPS606 WGPS606NA

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
when trying to add the netgears mac addy to the system, it was denied/couldn;t be found.
from bvrev.compusa.com
the reason that i wanted this setup is that the xp machine no longer finds the wireless printer that i have (must have been one of the windows updates that made it not work as my son's system in his
from Gary from Tampa, FL, www.circuitcity.com
i had some initial trouble installing the windows software until i realized that windows was running a firewall on my system without my knowledge.
from www.amazon.com
however it may be difficult to get netgear's product and your system configured due to poor documentation and support on netgear's behalf.
from www.newegg.com
might be a little tricky to configure for novices or those not familiar with wireless systems.other thoughts: this really isn't what i wanted (ie i wanted a wired dual usb print server) but it's what

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External

3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for SYSTEM

NetGear PS101 PS101NA

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

from JayC from Elizabeth, CO, www.circuitcity.com
i highly recommend this to anyone that has multiple computers in their home and need/desire printing from any of their systems.
from www.amazon.com
i did these 2 steps as the dhcp server could assign a different ip address on the next power up as my system did not use a default value for the ps101.
from www.amazon.com
even though i really did need a standalone print server (4 computers running a smorgasbord of o/s's with removeable drives for different operationg systems)what prompted me to
from www.amazon.com
the software added this to my 98 system, and it wasn't needed on any later windows version.
from www.amazon.com
this entire situation is a great improvement over our wired di-704p 10/100 system.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Compact, Easy To Use, Form Factor: External

4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for SYSTEM

Zonet ZPS2102

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.newegg.com
it works great with my 2wire system from sbc.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: great price, support for most operating systems, good instruction manual but the print server configuration software is garbage.
from www.newegg.com
pros: multi-port print server that supports most printing protocols (windows, unix and apple) systems at a cheap price.cons: parallel port is a bit slow.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP

5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for SYSTEM

Trendware TE100-P21

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
-operating system: windows xp professional and windows xp home.
from www.amazon.com
lpr/lpd mode worked fine with the various linux and windows systems.
from www.newegg.com
cons: for my windows xp systems, printer took about 5 seconds to respond when sending a print job from my pc when i added the printer using the set-up option in manual to "connect to this printer."

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP,Telnet, Form Factor: External

D-Link DP-300U DHDP300U

$86.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i followed the directions in the quick installation guide (changing the ip address of one computer so it can connect to the dp-300u's default address; using the web-browser based setup system to
from www.amazon.com
printouts are fast, clean and with no issues thus far (running non-stop for about two weeks.) microsoft, apple, and multiple other networking systems are supported.
from www.newegg.com
had no problems setting up cups on my gentoo system to see the printers.
from www.newegg.com
the only quarrels i have after installation are the following: 1) i lost the printer status program in the system tray (but this was expected), 2) i lost the ability to tell the printer to reverse
from www.newegg.com
in the configuration tab, system sub-tab, you are presented with each port and a box for "port name." i just used lpt1, lpt2, and usb for the names (to match the ports).

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet

D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction

$106.00 Est. at Amazon

from David from Nashville, TN, www.circuitcity.com
1 router, 2 range extenders, 3 laptops, 2 printers, and 1 wireless home monitoring system.
from Andy from Atlanta, www.circuitcity.com
i have a network with lots of different systems and operating system levels.
from www.newegg.com
when you browse out to the setup page in mac os x, it says that the operating system is unsupported, view this page for instructions on how to setup mac os x with the print server:
from www.newegg.com
1-system preferences 2-select "print & fax" 3-select "+" to add printer 4-open dlink website, in my case 192.168.1.4 to status page back to "print browser" 5-protocol: "line printer daemon-lpd"
from www.newegg.com
for folks that had problems getting the dpr-1260 to work, i recommend setting your system using tcp/ip as a local port or lpr for mac’s.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP

Linksys WIRELESS G

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

from GR from Sol, www.circuitcity.com
also when installing the second or third computer, after restarting, if the icon is not in the system tray go to programs and start the software manually then reboot the server by removing the power
from Geoff from State College, PA, clickfrom.buy.com
i had some trouble early on with setup, but that was entirely attributable to my firewall settings being so tight that my system was not relaying information back to the print server.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?easy to set up and configure, compatability with printers what's not so great:?client software must be installed on other systems.
from www.bestbuy.com
this was a wonderful contrast to the terribly written instructions that had come with the dlink which i had previously purchased.anyone could set this system up and use it and the instructions are
from Mark from Lake Hopatcong, NJ, clickfrom.buy.com
i was able to work around these issues by simply setting up an internet printer with a fixed ip address using the operating system software and setting a fixed ip address for the printer in the router

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Positives: Easy To Use, Compact, Easy To Set Up, Form Factor: External

NetGear PS121

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
i didn't continue with steps 6-8 or the "printing" section; i just went to the mac system preferences, print & fax, and added a printer from there.
from www.amazon.com
after a couple of hours trying to do a "work around," i finally figured out i could go to a website and download the .dll file which was missing from my operating system.
from www.amazon.com
i spent 6 hours trying to share my printer attached via usb to my vista machine with other xp systems on my home network.
from www.amazon.com
i have a home network with several computers, running a variety of operating systems.
from www.pricegrabber.com
works fine with windows based systems.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Compact, Form Factor: External

IOGear Multi-Function USB GMFPSU01C

IOGear Multi-Function Print Server, USB (GMFPSU01C) Print Server

$38.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i suspect it's because msvpc doesn't support usb devices at all, not that it just doesn't connect to the host system.
from www.amazon.com
printing works flawlessly from windows xp, vista, and mac os x systems.
from www.amazon.com
then i found out how to set up my netgear via lpr to any computer regardless of operating system.

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Positives: Compact, Good Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: HTTP, Form Factor: Plug-In Module (External)

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