Re: Does this work?

In article news:<gdOdnaNHi4vwBW3ZnZ2dnUVZ8t2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mo wrote:
Printer with an ethernet conenctor - conencted by wire to a wireless
router.

As long as you're talking about a LAN-side ethernet port ...

Laptop wirelessly connected to router over wi fi.

Will the laptop be able to printer to the printer like that - and will
multiple laptops wirelessly connected to the router be able to print to
the printer?

... that should be fine. That's how it's supposed to work.

Are all wireless routers run over wi fi?

I don't understand the question -- routers are not "run over" anything. The
fact that the router supports wireless (aka WiFi) means that it supports
WiFi connections, if it also has wired ethernet ports then it also supports
wired connections. There's no logical difference between these connections,
they differ only in the way the signal is carried.

Note though that a router is a piece of kit that provides an interface
between two (or more) networks. At its simplest it might have just two wired
ethernet connections, one for each network. An ADSL (or cable) router is
really a combination of an ADSL (or cable) modem and a router, and might
have just an ADSL or cable connection and one ethernet port. One connection
(ethernet, ADSL, or cable) is called the WAN (or remote) port, the other is
the LAN (or local) port.

A "wireless router" is a combination of a router and a wireless access point
(providing wireless connection to multiple computers), and may also contain
a wired hub or switch to provide wired ethernet access to multiple
computers. These wired/wireless connections are all LAN connections, but
there will still be one WAN connection.

As long as your printer and all PCs are connected to LAN ports of one sort
or another what you're trying to do should work. Don't try to connect an
ethernet WAN port to your printer -- the router won't know what to make of
the printer.

Finally has anyone any experience with Printers and bluetooth? I imagine
you stick a USB Bluetooth dongle into the printer ...

The USB port on a typical printer is a USB device port. Bluetooth dongles
are designed to be connected to USB host ports. You'd need to have a printer
that was specially designed to take a dongle, or a specially designed dongle
(or both?).

I am sure I saw a HP Bluetooth adapter which makes thiers prieters
wireless over bluetooth - any idea?

That's quite possible, but it probably didn't just connect to the printer's
USB port.

Bluetooth is quite short-range (a few metres). Bluetooth is typically used
in printers so that people can wander up to the printer and print from a
PDA or camera (or cellphone) that has Bluetooth (and the right protocols
installed for printing) rather than for connecting a printer to an office
network. One can get printers with WiFi built in, if that's what you want.

Cheers,
Daniel.




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