Re: USB to ethernet cable

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Gordon wrote:
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Gordon wrote:
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Five ports. Don't know. One the front I can see numbers -1,2,3,4.
But on the back I have one port? for the electric cord and five ports that accept ethernet plugs.
Netgear WGR614
OK. It has four ports and no print server capability. Therefore you can only connect your PC and three other devices. You WILL need either printers with NIC cards in them, or a print server for each printer in order to use your printers over the network. You should connect the external HDD to your PC and share it. The Tivo, I don't know because I don't know what it is.

HTH



Well, not that I doubt you guys - looks to me like I will not waste my money on an impossible dream. But. . .
FWIW, I had written to Belkin about the capabilities of their adapter cable. The response follows.
I believe the F5D5050 is a USB to ethernet adapter cable. I want to hook an Epson printer, a Dell photo printer, a Western Digital USB
hard >drive, and a Tivo DVR to my router. All four devices have only USB >ports. Will the F5D5050 allow these devices to successfully connect to >an empty ethernet port?
The response?
Yes, the F5D5050 should be able to support the below mentioned set-up.


What Belkin failed to mention is that you will need to assign an IP address to the printer - you can ONLY do that (afaik) by using either a print server or a printer with an NIC card in it. The fact that the Belkin cable will connect a USB port to ethernet is fine - as long as the ethernet port you connect it to is a print server!


Yeah, I've already decided not to waste my $$. thanks
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