Re: Connecting my Printer to my Wireless router.
- From: Lem <lemp40@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:35:47 -0500
RonCarlson wrote:
I have a D-Link DI-514 wireless router connected to a cable modem. I amYou can't just connect your USB printer to your network -- it isn't "network ready." You need a "print server" device. The print server will have one or more USB ports (and perhaps a parallel port as well).
conected to my Laptop via wireless. I want to connect my usb HP printer
to the router. Now this wireless router has cat 5 connections in it
aswell. Is there a cable to go from USB to cat5 that will work, or do I
have to go another way? Thanks for any help.
Ron
You can get a "wired" print server, which will have one or more Ethernet ports. In this case, you would connect an Ethernet port on the print server with one of the available LAN ports on your router with a length of cat5 cable.
You also can get a wireless print server. In this case, you would configure the print server with the necessary info (SSID, encryption key) to communicate with your wireless router.
D-Link print servers: http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=10&sec=1
Linksys print servers: http://tinyurl.com/y6glox http://tinyurl.com/lervb
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