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Linksys WPS54G Print Server
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Price Range $35 - $35 Featured Merchants
Product Description The Linksys Wireless-G PrintServer lets you connect a USB printer directly to your network, eliminating the need to dedicate a PC to print sharing 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. Connect the PrintServer directly to your network by 10/100 Ethernet cable, or wirelessly over 54Mbps Wireless-G (802.11g). The wireless option lets you put your printer wherever you want to, without having to run cables. Whichever way the PrintServer is attached to your network, both your wireless and wired PCs will have access to it, and the printer it's connected to. And if you don't use wireless for general networking in your office, you can still use the Wireless-G connection in ad-hoc mode to print from visiting Wireless-G and Wireless-B PCs.
A painful reminder of the old print servers
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Written By wildfirefox Date Written Jul 26 2006 Summary Printer server had been the pinnacle of networked printing, but the WPS54G Print Server is a falling point of any networked-wireless printing. The layout: Linksys DSL Router Linksys WAP54GX for wireless broadcast/receive WPS54G wireless print... Strength If you're an IT, every thing works well with a bit of patience. Weakness Average person will have a hard time with the unit. Bottom Line I wouldn't recommend this unit to anyone unless you have IT knowledge. Stick with Netgear, Belkin, or built-in print server wireless router. danger!, danger! Will Robinson...
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Written By eddie-rascalle Date Written Sep 03 2005 Summary This is more of a caution than a review of the product, or perhaps it can be considered a review of the customer service and documentation for the product. I was hoping that some of the negative review issues I had read on other sites about the... Strength None, except its not very heavy to carry back to the store for a refund Weakness Had better luck wireless printing to an empty Wheaties box Bottom Line Professional installation should be recommended for non-tech people -- can't yet speak to the function after installation Finally Got The Wireless Working
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Written By benthardunthat Date Written Oct 01 2006 Summary For those that had the same problem, where it works great as long as it's wired.... then loses it when goin Wireless.. Here's what worked for me after many hours of trial 'n error. First, like the other reviewers mentioned, the setup needs some... Strength Small footprint, good looks, wireless. Weakness Setup leaves you hanging & Didn't cover my setup. Bottom Line Recommended (so far)! Once you get past the setup,or have someone experienced with this unit do it for you, it's a great little device. Linksys Printer Wireless bad product
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Written By cm2gj Date Written Aug 28 2006 Summary Hard to setup (thanks to my +12 years in IT) i was able to setup a couple for a client after trick the installation. not... Strength wireless printing, high speed, usb2 supported Weakness hard to setup, no WAP, BAD SUPPORT FROM LINKSYS 1:4 ratio. 1 hour working for every 4 hours getting it to work
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Written By paegus Date Written Oct 18 2006 Summary baught it to replace an old laptop that was slowly dying to run a new HP LaserJet 1018. Initially it would NOT work. after 2 hours on the phone with some outsourced lady it STILL wouldn't print. eventually got it to work by randomly fiddling with... Strength compact, "cisco", works perfectly for 1 hour for ever 4 hours spent getting it to. Weakness repeadedly fails after some time. velcro glue fails even faster. Utter Trash
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Written By smasharolla Date Written Oct 13 2005 Summary It looks like the previous person got this right on the nose. This one is absolute trash, so stay away. Not knowing any better, I picked this up without doing a search for ratings of it and I was very sorry. I got the wireless working after about... Strength Wireless connection was easy to set up for a 128bit WEP key. Very small size. Weakness unstable and got hot to the touch when running. Firmware upgrade from 6046 to 6049 removes WPA option !!
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Written By mroset Date Written Jan 17 2006 Summary Just upgraded the firmware of the WPS54G to try and solve major problems with the device (unable to hook-up to the wireless network, unable to set fixed IP-address in Web-utility etc.). I went from 6046 to 6049 and found that where 6046 still offered... Strength Burns well when thrown in the fireplace Weakness Too many to state here.... Returning it - wireless doesn't work
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Written By jareti Date Written Nov 28 2005 Summary I bought this at Fry's and spent about 8 hours trying to get it to work. I tried every workaround i could think of and found that it will work when wired to the router or when wireless security is turned off. however it does not work once WPA or WEP... Strength seems to work fine as long as it's wired to the network Weakness doesn't work with Linksys wireless security (WPA or WEP) turned on Bad print server, good door stop
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Written By mikestraw Date Written Apr 17 2006 Summary I wish I would have read the reviews before purchasing. I have a house full of Linksys equipment including a Linksys wireless router. To cut right to the quick, this print server can not hold the wireless signal for more than 1 day. Once the wireless... Strength I can't think of any. Weakness Does not work for more than a few hours.  |
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