Best Print Servers for Setting

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Buffalo Technology LPV3-U2

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.newegg.com
put that in my browser and accessed the print server - opened the settings and entered it into the ip address with the default subnet mask- did not change any side settings and i was on my way- seems
from www.newegg.com
the macs see it on bonjour and appletalk and windows uses the tcp settings on the add printer wizard.
from www.newegg.com
thus far i've had no problems with it and setting it up was simple enough.
from www.amazon.com
then just a minute or two at each printer on the network to add the printer with the correct settings and i was done.
from www.amazon.com
a bit of fiddling with network settings did not help.

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

2 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for SETTING

Zonet ZPS2102

$69.00 Est. at Amazon

from Bob from the hilly part of Illinois, clickfrom.buy.com
the out-of-the-box setting would allow the server to be found, but not actually install to it.
from www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i guess if you have difficulty setting a static ip address on your computer then this print server (along with probably every other computer hardware part) might be a bit difficult.
from Steve, www.newegg.com
up to it via parallel cable and initially it kept printing random characters on the page but it turns out was a simple settings change that needed to be made on this device and all worked well.
from www.newegg.com
comments: i bought this print server after having problems setting up two others.
from www.newegg.com
add new printer | local printer | other port (set to tcp/ip) | enter ip address and port name | then select custom settings and check the queue settings on the ps.

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

3 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for SETTING

IOGear USB 2.0 1 Port GPSU21

IOGear USB 2.0 Print Server, 1 Port (GPSU21) Print Server

$57.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Clifton Park, NY, clickfrom.buy.com
within 2-3 minutes they were able to help me change some minor settings and it worked!!
from www.amazon.com
these instructions are given for setting up to print over the internet, but the same technique can be used to set up on a local home network.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
> next > enter the print server's ip address > next > select custom > settings > select lrp > enter a queue name > ok > next > finish > close > apply > close 4) try a test page.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
after you find the ip i would recommend just using the web based setup page to change any setting on the server; the wizard on the disk is pretty much useless.
from www.newegg.com
> next > enter the print server's ip address > next > select custom > settings > select lrp > enter a queue name > ok > next > finish > close > apply > close 4) try a test page.

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

4 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for SETTING

D-Link DP-300U DHDP300U

$84.00 Est. at Amazon

from Greg from Houston, TX, clickfrom.buy.com
after setting it up, the printer acts like it is directly hooked up to my computer.
from A Customer from Nashville, TN, clickfrom.buy.com
had trouble setting it up but d-link was very helpful.
from shopping.yahoo.com
after setting the port to use lpr, the printer worked great.
from bvrev.compusa.com
ive had this working for a little over a year, and had an ip address change, and i couldn't remember the password to change the ip settings...
from www.amazon.com
so, after taking it out of the box, and setting it up (simple) i was able to print in a matter of mins from my win2000 pc, and even less on my xp pro wireless laptop.

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

5 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for SETTING

Linksys PSUS4

$75.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mike from New Jersey, www.circuitcity.com
the default setting on dells driver is for lemf.
from bvrev.compusa.com
also, is seen as a 'printserver smb printer', so may need to adjust firewall settings to permit some of netbios smb protocals.
from www.mwave.com
this saved some $ (euros) opposed to original hp stuff.writing this review cost me more time than setting up the printserver.
from www.amazon.com
i'm setting up a couple of servers in the network, win 2003 server and sql server 05, and instead of using the controller as a print server, i am going to continue to use this linksys unit as an
from www.amazon.com
since i do not know if there is a mac config program hidden on the included cd, i would suggest setting up the print server through a pc on your network if possible first.

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

D-LINK DPR1260 Rangebooster G Multifunction

$101.00 Est. at Amazon

from shopping.yahoo.com
you must chage your computer/laptops ip address to static to be on the same ip range as the default ip setting for the print server.
from www.tigerdirect.com
setting it up on my powerbook g4 was a task but there was plenty of help online.
from andertod from Chicago, www.circuitcity.com
make sure you know your network settings and it helps if you are using with other d-link products.
from www.newegg.com
other thoughts: overall, i am very pleased with this product and would recommend it to anyone that is comfortable with setting it up manually, as you just may have to.
from www.amazon.com
you would think to have a bunch of product testers write the manual and have a combination of technological inclined and not so inclined users go through the motions of setting it up using the manual.

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

NetGear WGPS606 WGPS606NA

$67.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jim from Severn, MD, www.circuitcity.com
you need to manually configure the computer you're setting it up from to be on the same network as the print server.
from Gary from Tampa, FL, www.circuitcity.com
the mac was a little more difficult since i'm not a mac person (it's my wife's system) but after getting a feel for system preferences i was able to pull info from netgear's web site about setting up
from Lewis Edge from Princeton, NJ USA, clickfrom.buy.com
the included configuration disk works okay for setting the ip address of this device, but that's about it.
from cjkim@hotmail.com from Duluth, GA, clickfrom.buy.com
setting it up easy with a web browser.
from www.tigerdirect.com
had minimal difficulties with setting it up and no trouble with wireless mac filtering.

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

D-Link AirPlus DP-G321 790069269103

$199.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.mwave.com
* this is the product to get if you use more than one printer in home or office settings, which is often the case -- or if not yet the case, it allows for later expansion.
from www.mwave.com
since i've worked on some tcp/ip settings, i remembered the wireless router and the print server would have to have the same ip address (three numbers).
from www.newegg.com
overall, the set-up was quick and easy, but struggled with setting up my encryption but with some great support on the d-link helpline all was sorted.other thoughts: advise that you set-up one
from www.amazon.com
other than that, if you tinker around with its settings in the admin interface, you can make it work the way you want.
from www.amazon.com
i accidentially picked the same one as the router and then had to reset the print server to factory settings.

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Positives: Form Factor: External, Interface: Parallel,USB, Platform: PC,Unix,Mac

Linksys Wireless-G WPS54GU2

$159.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
it's a good idea to have your printer drivers and network settings handy during setup.
from www.amazon.com
i did not believe them so i just plugging in the cd and blindly followed the steps to first setting up the print server on the wireless router then setting it up on each computer separately.
from www.amazon.com
when the item arrived, i did spent quite bit of time setting it up, and it still wouldn't work.
from www.amazon.com
the print server has no way of knowing what your network setting are, and will not even attempt to find them out.
from www.amazon.com
linksys didn't provide adequate setup instructions for the wireless setup....anyhow just make few changes to the default settings and it works..

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Reliability, Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,HTTP, Remote Management Protoco: SNMP,HTTP

Trendware TEW-P1PG

$76.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
however i ended up setting it up as an lpd printer because i had some issues with the queue pausing.
from Scott, www.newegg.com
after setting up nothing would print on my xerox xd100.
from www.amazon.com
it also did not contain any information on setting up network printers on the operating system and also did not include info in doing factory firmware resets, setting up ip addresses, etc and was
from WiredGuy, www.newegg.com
pros: i had no problem setting this unit up and getting it to work with a business class page printer.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i avoided using any of the documentation which came with the product -- simply configured my laptop on the 192.168.0 subnet, plugged in the trendnet, configured the trendnet's ip address and

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

Trendware TE100-P21

$80.00 Est. at Amazon

from A Customer from Georgia, clickfrom.buy.com
the hp printers were a little difficult to set up, but, once i figured out how to configure the computer settings & made the printers local, it worked perfect.
from Happy from Los Angeles, CA, clickfrom.buy.com
i have been setting up so many soho network devices and this is the simplest network experience ever!
from bvrev.compusa.com
if you don't - you might consider setting up a shared printer on a pc you don't mind leaving on - that is much simpler.
from www.newegg.com
i went through and setup a new static ip on it, renamed the ports to something more sensible..maybe changed some other mundane settings...and then stood it up.
from www.newegg.com
web interface provided was also very clear, very easy to configure and get settings.cons: out of the six machines, i think i only had two in which the ps-utility couldn't automatically discover the

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

Trendware TEW-P21G

$122.00 Est. at Amazon

from Al, www.newegg.com
read the manual and then remember that it is a local printer, tcip, use a static ip and when setting up use the correct device name.
from www.newegg.com
someone unfamiliar with setting up a network could fail.other thoughts: the manuals are basic at best.

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

Linksys Wireless-G WPS54G

$105.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
as it is, it sees that you already have the driver installed and just changes the port setting on the printer object.
from rebelmrd from Hiram, GA, www.circuitcity.com
it was slighly more complicated than setting up a cable modem and wireless router, but if you go slow it should not be a problem.
from shopping.msn.com
change the settings to what you desire and save them to the server.
from shopping.msn.com
i had run into a problem with resetting the print server to its default settings.
from www.amazon.com
setting up the linksys wps54g on my wireless network was so easy and it was even easier adding my other computers once the inital print server was setup.

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

Trendware Trendnet TE100-MP2U 2-Port 10/100Mbps

$85.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
no fumbling with obscure settings, it just worked perfectly the first time.
from www.amazon.com
the instructions and the default will step you thru the process of setting it up in the directly attached mode.
from www.amazon.com
the quick start directions said to change this setting and that setting - no reason why, no behavior to choose between - just make the change.

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Positives: Form Factor: External, Interface: USB, Platform: PC

IOGear Multi-Function USB GMFPSU01C

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

$30.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the only problem i've had so far is after i installed the software for the print server on my xp box i had to change the setting on the printer from offline to online.
from www.amazon.com
after configuring the network settings in this device, i have had no problems with it.
from www.amazon.com
these instructions are given for setting up to print over the internet, but the same technique can be used to set up on a local home network.
from www.amazon.com
just find the ip address of the print server in your router's settings pages.
from lt.dell.com
spent an hour with the tech rep on the phone and tried everything including disabling firewall, setting a fixed isp address and reseting device.2- pretty good support.

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

HP HP Q6236A Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit

Hewlett Packard HP Q6236A Hp Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit Print Server

$89.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
setting the device up makes it a networked device that you can access from any other networked device.
from www.amazon.com
i can't speak to its effectiveness in a multi-user setting, but i highly recommend it for uncomplicated situations.
from www.amazon.com
oh yeah, be sure to select (copy 1) of the printer under start > settings > printers and faxes.
from www.amazon.com
i read some of the previous reviews with a degree of scepticism particularly as there seemed to be problems when setting this up with vista.
from www.amazon.com
after installed and connectivity is achieved with the printer side adapter you can access the advanced settings using the connectivity software.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy To Set Up, Form Factor: External, Interface: Ethernet

TRENDWARE INTERNATIONAL TRENDnet Wireless

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from Blackneto, www.newegg.com
i can print to it directly from my linux pc's instead of setting up a printer share on a windows computer like i was forced to with my old linksys printserver.
from Toren, www.newegg.com
it supports wpa-psk security, which most new wireless waps/routers support with the mixed wpa2/wpa-psk setting.
from dvatri, www.newegg.com
after trying a few different settings, i was able to get it up and running in about an hour, without any technical support.
from Juice, www.newegg.com
i opened the book(which was nice and in color) and then followed instructions on setting up the server and wireless.
from AC, www.newegg.com
follow quick install directions for setting up modem.2.

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Positives: Remote Management Protocol: SNMP,Telnet, Form Factor: External, Interface: USB, Platform: PC,Unix,Mac,Sun

TRENDWARE INTERNATIONAL TRENDnet TE100-P1P 1x

TRENDWARE INTERNATIONAL TRENDnet Printserver TE100-P1P 1x par. (7109313030568) Print Server

$52.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ian, www.newegg.com
i run a mixed network, win vista, win xp, and linux (ubuntu 8.04) and it was a snap setting the printer up on all 3 of the computers.
from Stiletto, www.newegg.com
you have to wait a few seconds between updating settings, so the print server itself can update internally.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the only comment in the manual is 'if you have a postscript printer, the settings will not print when you press the rest button.'
from Frood, www.newegg.com
pros: allows just about any parallel printer to be hooked up to a lan and, using windows xp's built-in tcp-ip print settings print from the lan to my hp laserjet 4p (ol' trusty).

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

HP HP Wireless G

Hewlett Packard HP Wireless G Print Server Print Server

$100.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the hp printing upgrade kit requires the usb dongle it comes with to install and modify advanced settings, the wireless g print server requires a usb cable.
from www.amazon.com
to my amazement, i worked good, though i had a hard time setting it up.
from www.amazon.com
the physical cable connection w/the print server as required for the first computer is solely for setting up the wireless access stuff (ssid & password, in my case a pass-phrase for wpa-psk) in the
from www.amazon.com
the documentation that comes with it assumes you are setting it up for the first time, each time you use it - it doesn't tell you how to install so a second computer can print.

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Compact

Linksys WIRELESS G

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
once i installed the complete disk, it worked.as i said before, if you do not have any experience setting up your router, get someone to install this for you, especially if your router was setup with
from Eduardo from Westminster, CA, www.circuitcity.com
setting it up was prettyy easy, it didn't take very long at all.
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 Prig from Chicago, IL, www.circuitcity.com
also, remember your router's settings.
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

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