Best wireless router with built in print server?

[LiekOMG]

There doesn't seem to be many options around, so i'd like to see if anyone has any recommendations. I'm currently looking at the US Robotics model which looks nice and is a great price, however their website doesn't mention which printers are or aren't compatible with it. I'm using a Samsung 1710 so I would need it to work with that.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Combo units, in general, are not a good idea. When it is time to upgrade the Wireless you would need to buy a new printer server as well.

The selection of Router/Printer Server combos is very small and none of the top Wireless Routers comes with printer server, so it is hard to use the term best.

Buy a stand alone printer server, or much better, buy a Printer that is Network Ready since the printer server are not too Hot to begin with.

Wireless What Should I Get?

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[JackBurton]

I would recommend, as JackMDS stated, getting two devices. I'd recommend buying the BADDEST consumer wireless router out, and a good print server. This should be a perfect combination for you. Your wirless and wired clients will all be able to print to your printer. A nice, cheap and easy setup.

 

[LiekOMG]

Thanks guys, but I am trying to cut down on the number of devices i'm using, thus why I wanted an all in 1 solution. Not to mention I would prefer not to be spending more than $60 for the router. The USR model is like $45 after rebate and does everything I need it to. Anyone else have any other recommendations? Thanks.

 

[jwhitt]

old box 2 nic's and a wireless card, your flavor of nix and set the wireless card to hostap mode

 

[WobbleWobble]

I have the SMC Barricade 2804WBRP-G and am very happy with it. It only cost me about $50 Canadian after rebates.

I then moved over to an Windows Server 2003 based router but still wanted to use it for its wireless and print server functionality. All I had to do was to print to the router's LAN IP like I did before and it works fine.

 

[harrkev]

If you go to CompUSA, the USR is $15 after rebate.

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At that price, if it does not work, you have not lost much.