Re: what wireless printer server for HP PSC 1610 printer

Amanda wrote:



I already placed an order for a wireless print server (D-Link DPR 1260)
for my sister's HP Office Jet 5610. I just called HP and find out the
wire print server. The cheapest one is $ 159.99. I bet it would be
cheaper with other brand since even wireless print server from D-Link
for my sisetr's HP Office Jet 5610 is $99.99 at the store and cheaper
online.

I got a Cables to GO print server. It cost about $50 with tax from Tiger Direct. It works like a champ.



Both wire and wireless machines can print to the printer using the wire print server connected to the router.


But the printer must be kept near the router in this situation, right?

You can drag the cable as far as it can go. I wouldn't be getting 100
feet of cable. ;-) 5 maybe 10 feet will do the job.


My sister's house has built-in thing on the wall for the cable modem.
The router is connected to that modem via a wall connection point.
I've ordered a 25 ft network cable and a 15ft USB cable since I don't
know where my sister wants to put the printer.

The printer I use, uses a Centronics parallel printer port. The little Cables to GO print server device plugged/attached right into the parallel port on the printer. I then took a *regular* cable with RJ45 and plugged it into the little print server the size of a credit card and plugged the other end of the cable into a LAN port on the router.

It was good to go.

You should find out for sure, because wireless can be flaky in any
situation.


Okay, I will not suggest my friend to get a wireless print server. In
fact, I may be regreting to have ordered a wireless print server for my
sister already. Btw, do you know D-link tech support number by any
chance?. The one I got from the directory assistance got me nowhere.


www.dlink.com Support link it should have the number. You call them and tell them what you want to do. They will help you as they want to make the sell, even through it's Tech Support and not sales.

All routers become switches when you disable the DHCP server. They are
no longer NAT routers.


I see. I was just tying to refresh my memory of the difference between
switch and router.


http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

They are a standalone switch.

Well, the router is just a standalone switch when you disable the DHCP server on the router and you can convert one wire or wireless one to be a switch and plug it into a router that is the gateway router for the network, as in the example shown.

http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=358

It doesn't make any difference wired, wireless or brand name, the principles are the same when configuring one router to be a switch connecting it to the gateway router.

I am glad I could help you.

Duane :)
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