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| Thread ID: 92154 | 2008-07-31 01:45:00 | How to get wireless printing? | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 693799 | 2008-07-31 23:15:00 | Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread just figured it was a similar problem. Meg |
meg_h_nz (6960) | ||
| 693800 | 2008-07-31 23:24:00 | If the printer has a network connection, you could just plug it into a spare port on the router (if its got more than 1 port). I dont think it really matters, whether the printer is parallel, USB, network capable or wireless. You can still print to it wirelessly. I've had a parallel printer and at the mo a USB printer. And I've printed to both wirelessly from laptops with wireless. Share the printer on the main PC first. Go to printers on the main PC / right mouse / properties / sharing. Tick share this printer. Take note of the name that appears you'll need it for the networked PC/s. Go to printers / add printer / next, a network printer, next. On the network PC's. Connect to this printer. Type in something like \\name of desktop with printer\name of printer (the name that appeared, when you clicked on share this printer, on the PC with the printer). Thats it, it should print to the printer wirelessly. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693801 | 2008-08-04 10:08:00 | Speedy, Stormdragon, and anyone else, please have a look at the following and check that the items are the right kind . I want to make sure its right before I order . Thanks . SWMBO likes the idea of going wireless so I am ready to place an order . Stormdragon's suggestion of this wireless printer-capable router looks good: . qmb . co . nz/p . aspx?107299" target="_blank">www . qmb . co . nz It is $83 - price includes GST . I will also need to order two wireless USB adaptors (one for wife's laptop and one for my desktop) . QMB has this for $39 . qmb . co . nz/p . aspx?106834" target="_blank">www . qmb . co . nz QMB's total shipping charge is $13 which seems OK . All up cost is about $177 . PCPop has these items: . pcpop . co . nz/shop/main/product . asp?pid=1032&page=1&cid=&bid=&sid=&rote=2" target="_blank">www . pcpop . co . nz - and - . pcpop . co . nz/shop/main/product . asp?pid=1002" target="_blank">www . pcpop . co . nz - I don't know about this company but the total price is $144, saving $33 . If you know of a better deal, let me know . ;) |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693802 | 2008-08-05 00:50:00 | Can someone have a look at the items above (QMB, PCPop url's) to confirm that this is what will work for our set up? Thanks. And does anyone know about PCPop? www.pcpop.co.nz Thanks. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693803 | 2008-08-05 01:01:00 | What kind of modem are you using now?? Does it have ports for this router, (so you can plug it in)? If it's got ports, it and the USB adapter should be fine Never heard of PCpop. You'll only need 1 USB adapter as this router should act as the access point for it, for the desktop. Once you plug it in and configure it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693804 | 2008-08-05 06:57:00 | What kind of modem are you using now?? Does it have ports for this router, (so you can plug it in)? If it's got ports, it and the USB adapter should be fine Never heard of PCpop. You'll only need 1 USB adapter as this router should act as the access point for it, for the desktop. Once you plug it in and configure it The router I am using is a 4 port Dynalink RTA1335. One port to my desktop, one to the laptop, and two free. What I need is for my wife to use my printer from her laptop, without having to connect using a cable. Putting one USB adapter into one of the free ports will not work, will it? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693805 | 2008-08-05 07:05:00 | Putting one USB adapter into one of the free ports will not work, will it? Yup it should, After you configure it and the router. Just make sure she stays within range. (She can only go so far). Or else she'll lose the connection between her and the router. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693806 | 2008-08-05 08:24:00 | But the printer is not plugged into the router so how could it work? She needs to use the printer even if my desktop is off. Stormdragon's post #3 is about a wireless router that allows for printing. Isn't this what I need? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693807 | 2008-08-05 08:36:00 | Well the printer will be plugged into the router, since its got USB on it According to the ASUS site ( . asus . com/products . aspx?l1=12&l2=43&l3=0&l4=0&model=1671&modelmenu=1" target="_blank">au . asus . com) As it says on the above site Shares printer for multiple users without buying a printer server . I take it that means it'll work even if yours is off Yer thats the router I'm talking about, the one above You still have to configure it, so whatever is wireless can connect to it, and use it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693808 | 2008-08-05 09:04:00 | Yeah mate if you get the router and adaptor specified you should have yourself a nice little wireless network. The wireless router simply need to be plugged into your ADSL router via the WAN port on wireless and an LAN port on existing router to enable you to access the internet. Are you planning on making to desktop wireless also or leaving it hard-wired? (You've probably said and I've missed it.) The printer is plugged directly into the router via USB therefore there is no host computer that must be on in order to print. Just one thing to be aware off that I should have mentioned earlier is that if you have a multifunction printer this print server only supports printing not scanning. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
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