NETGEAR WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print

 

Best Buy WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server with 4-port Switch
Brand: NETGEAR
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Product Features

• Print wirelessly and connect to more than one printer
• No need to add print servers, wireless adapters, or unsightly Ethernet cables
• Two USB ports and a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet Switch
• Easy setup via Smart Wizard configuration assistant
• Works with all standard 802.11g and 802.1b wireless routers and access points

I read scary reviews about print servers and was very reluctant to buy one, however, I eventually broke down and bought the Netgear WGPS606, 54Mbps. I was shocked that it was a piece of cake to install. The wizard spoon feeds you the installation steps.

1) You make sure that the printer you want to share has a driver installed on the computer any computer can be used to configure your computer.
2) You disconnect your computer from your router if applicable and connect the print server via network cable provided
 3) the wizard configures the printer to the Print server. I ran into problems at this stage, however, the wizard offered three possible troubleshooting scenarios one was related to the firewall. Surely enough, once I disabled my firewall, the wizard was able to continue with configuring the print server
4) the wizard then automatically assigned an IP and tested a print page. It worked great! Then I moved the print server to a corner in our living room. Next I ran the wizard on each laptop to configure the connection to the print server ... it took less than 5 minutes per machine before it started printing. Again, the only problem was related to my software firewalls (Zonealarm and Norton) Once I disable both and everything worked. Once done, I re-enabled my firewalls and everything still worked. Great product.