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Linksys PSUS4 Print Server
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Price Range $30 - $74 Product Description The Linksys PrintServer for USB with 4-Port Switch is a double upgrade for your network. First, it lets you connect a USB printer directly to your network, eliminating the need to dedicate a PC to print serving chores. Using a PrintServer frees up your print share PC so you don't have to leave it on all the time. It also removes the printing bottleneck, and sets your PC free to do more useful work. In addition, the PrintServer includes a 4-port 10/100 switch, so you can easily add more devices to your network. All four ports are auto speed negotiating, and have automatic MDI/MDI-X crossover detection, so you don't have to worry about the cable type. Each port independently negotiates the best speed and half- or full-duplex mode, for up to 200Mbps of bandwidth per port. Fast store-and-forward switching prevents damaged packets from being passed on into the network. A user-friendly Setup Wizard makes installation easy, the compact case fits anywhere.
Unit worked as advertised. Setup not exact but worked!
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Written By shashinka Date Written Mar 05 2006 Summary I got this working on 2 computers within about 30 minutes. I am an advanced user and thought the setup instructions were fine. Driver install didn't start automatically I had to click on it from the menu. I had to unselect printer offline to start... Strength Metal construction. Cheaper then Netgear that has no switch ports. Integrated with switch nice! Weakness The unit locked up the whole network. Works Some Times
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Written By veaseyr Date Written Jan 12 2006 Summary This device does not work the way they state on the box. Either the wizard never finds the device or the software says it can't talk to it. It does print, but with only one way communications (two way is important when trying to see just how ink is left... Strength 4 Port 100 basa-t switch built in Weakness Runs very warm, work very limitedly. Flaky and unreliable
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Written By trolletdad Date Written Sep 29 2004 Summary My first one ate its own power supply after a few days. Not sure what went wrong, so I exchanged it for another of the same model. Both the first one and the second one were invisible to the setup utility, but visible by using a web browser to connect... Strength If it had worked, it might have had many. Weakness Difficult to set up, only works for a brief time after that. Not compatible with HP Laserjet 1000
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Written By wa7unw Date Written Aug 08 2005 Summary This will not work with the HP Laserjet 1000 printer. It sees the printer, but can't communicate with it. Any PC's can see the printer also, but can't print... Strength Nice small form factor and 100 MB ports are great. Weakness Not compatible with HP? Seems odd for a company like Cisco. No USB Support
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Written By jimbo_guy Date Written Oct 29 2005 Summary Tried to get this device working for 3 nights but no luck. Does not support many USB printers but this is not stated on the box. Will return to... Strength Looks good on box. Weakness Will not support bi-directional USB printers. Back to the Drawing Board
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Written By millstom Date Written May 07 2005 Summary I have spent hours trying to make this device work. I tried two different ones; first was DOA, the second at least worked, but though it would print its own test page readily, I simply could not coax this thing to work with either an HP PSC950 printer OR... Strength Can't think of any. Weakness Simply doesn't work. The worst con of all.  |
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