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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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| 693809 | 2008-08-05 09:20:00 | 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 Probably a misunderstanding here - I thought you meant that I could use my current (wired) 4 port router with a USB adapter so that my wife's laptop could use the printer on its own. Now I see you mean the ASUS wireless router. Stormdragon - With a wireless router I thought that I would have to make my desktop wireless rather than wired, or am I missing something here? So it looks like I'll give PCPop a try since their price looks good. Getting 2 USB Adapters and one wireless router for $144. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693810 | 2008-08-05 09:25:00 | You could use wireless adapters on both, but youre right you would have to leave yours on so the wife can print Since the router is wireless it'll act as the wireless (which will save you buying an adapter for it), for the desktop and will act as the access point for the USB adapter on the wife's laptop. Thats the point of the router having wireless. You can connect wirelessly or by ethernet. But the ASUS looks like a router ONLY. Not a modem. So, you'll have to keep the modem you've got, to connect to the net. If you dont want to use the modem you've got, you would have to buy a modem/wireless router |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693811 | 2008-08-05 21:10:00 | Thanks for the clarification, Speedy. For some reason I thouht the ASUS Wireless Router included internet connection. So I guess my present Dynalink unit that came with my Slingshot set up would be termed a "broadband modem" and not a router - correct? | Strommer (42) | ||
| 693812 | 2008-08-05 21:16:00 | If the modem you've got now, gets you on the net its a modem. If its got ethernet ports and you can login to it, its also a router. But the router by the sounds of it doesnt include wireless Thats the difference between yours and the ASUS. Yours has everything but the wireless. The ASUS has the wireless but not the modem, to connect to the internet. Which is pretty much useless. No point getting the ASUS, if you can't get on the internet with it. (since it hasnt got a modem in it) You would have to plug the router into the modem you're using (which can be tricky to configure sometimes), to get onto the net |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693813 | 2008-08-06 00:08:00 | If the modem you've got now, gets you on the net its a modem. If its got ethernet ports and you can login to it, its also a router. But the router by the sounds of it doesnt include wireless Thats the difference between yours and the ASUS. Yours has everything but the wireless. The ASUS has the wireless but not the modem, to connect to the internet. Which is pretty much useless. No point getting the ASUS, if you can't get on the internet with it. (since it hasnt got a modem in it) You would have to plug the router into the modem you're using (which can be tricky to configure sometimes), to get onto the net If its going to be problematical to connect the new wireless router to my present broadband modem, it would seem that I should get a wireless broadband router/modem, but they are pricey, such as this one for about $240: pcpacific.net Or maybe I should get a wireless router at DSE's so I can easily return it if it does not work. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 693814 | 2008-08-06 00:22:00 | Thats because its wireless N. Wireless N is expensive. But then you'll have to get a wireless N USB adapter for the laptop. To use its full speed Which will probably cost another $180 There is nothing wrong with Wireless G modem / wireless routers, like This (www.dse.co.nz) Mines similar to this, but it wasnt from DSE There's probably something cheaper, somewhere else. Altho this doesnt inc a print server. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693815 | 2008-08-06 04:41:00 | You could use wireless adapters on both, but youre right you would have to leave yours on so the wife can print Why? The router that both Steve and I linked to includes a print server therefore no computer except that which is executing the print needs to be on. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 693816 | 2008-08-06 04:48:00 | I know that, but like I said its only a router, he'll have to plug it into the modem to get onto the net And the threads in here (on how to configure a separate router and modem, I dont think anyone figured out how to do it). They probably purchased a modem / wireless router in 1 I didnt say he had to get 2 adapters, that was if he got 2 which he said he was going to get. As Steve said So it looks like I'll give PCPop a try since their price looks good. Getting 2 USB Adapters and one wireless router for $144. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 693817 | 2008-08-06 04:58:00 | Ok I'm getting a bit lost as to who said what, about what. Basically Steve: If you buy the previously mentioned router. You will still be able to plug your desktop in via Ethernet (Wired Connection), therefore you will only require one wireless adaptor (for laptop). You will be able to print without a host computer as everything is managed by the print server. You will still need your existing adsl modem/router to connect to the internet. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 693818 | 2008-08-06 05:15:00 | Thats correct. He'll have to keep the modem he's got now if he wants whatever to get onto the internet. Unless he buys another modem / wireless router in 1 (with or without the print server) I wouldnt bother with Wireless N unless you've got money to burn. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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