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| Thread ID: 101700 | 2009-07-23 10:57:00 | Help me choose a wireless system | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 794665 | 2009-07-24 02:45:00 | It's probably also worth noting that a Tomato-based router is by far the most stable system I've ever tried, and I've tested a ton of TP-Link, D-Link, Dynalink, Linksys, Asus and more ... It'd fail due to hardware failure first before anything else most of the time ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 794666 | 2009-07-24 03:27:00 | Definetly agree with Chill-Only rebooted my Tomato router once, and that was because of an accidental disconnection..:p Steve-You probably won't use any of the features, but when the time comes and you'll need a VPN, you know you'll be ready:D And the AJAX based GUI is very simple to use and *sexy*:D You can share a printer or HD too:) Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794667 | 2009-07-24 04:14:00 | Definetly agree with Chill-Only rebooted my Tomato router once, and that was because of an accidental disconnection.. Steve-You probably won't use any of the features, but when the time comes and you'll need a VPN, you know you'll be ready:D And the AJAX based GUI is very simple to use and *sexy* You can share a printer or HD too:) Blam Chill and Blam - I'll probably go for the WL-520GU so I can throw a tomato at it - it is not too much more $$ and I like the idea of stability. And I guess the next time I meet someone who thinks they know more about pc's than I do, I'll natter on and on about how I use the various Tomato features :D , and mention that I have a PF1 Geek Certificate. :lol: VPN? Hmmmnnnn, I had to look it up (www.homenethelp.com)... nice... guess it would be especially useful living in an apartment block with other wireless geeks. Share a printer? Does this mean my wife could print from her laptop to my desktop printer, without me having to USB stick transfer the document from laptop to desktop? Pleeeeaase tell me so...:p |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 794668 | 2009-07-24 04:17:00 | You can share a printer, whether youre on wired or wireless. Just do the same thing (you would do for ethernet), for wireless | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 794669 | 2009-07-24 07:00:00 | You can share a printer, whether youre on wired or wireless. Just do the same thing (you would do for ethernet), for wireless Ah but this is different-The printer is plugged into the routers USB port, therefore you don't need the PC to be on;) |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794670 | 2009-07-24 08:37:00 | Ah but this is different-The printer is plugged into the routers USB port, therefore you don't need the PC to be on;) Yes, this is what would be ideal: not to have my desktop on, so that SWMBO can print with her laptop independently. But if the printer is plugged into the router does it mean my desktop printer USB cable has to be changed? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 794671 | 2009-07-24 09:04:00 | That depends...is it using USB currently? If it is, then no |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794672 | 2009-07-24 09:41:00 | That depends...is it using USB currently? If it is, then no Yes, the printer is USB connected. So if you mean my desktop USB connector does not need to be changed, I do not see how the router can be connected to a printer / how can the laptop get the printer 'message' through to the printer via the wireless router? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 794673 | 2009-07-24 09:44:00 | The router has a USB port-like the one on your laptop/desktop | Blam (54) | ||
| 794674 | 2009-07-24 10:18:00 | The router has a USB port-like the one on your laptop/desktop Yes but how does that connect to the printer when the printer is connected the desktop? |
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