fbrdphreak
Lifer
The situation:
Linksys E3000 hooked up to cable modem in living room (stock firmware)
PS3 & Xbox hooked direct to Linksys
Adding Xbox in office (~15 feet line of sight from router, through a couple walls)
Want to bring USB-only printer in office onto the network
The complication: will be adding a wireless headset setup that uses 2.4GHZ and doesn't respond well to interference. Need to have all devices in office on 5GHz band. Xbox has built-in WiFi, but it is 2.4GHz only.
The solution?
Solution A: Use 4-port dual-band wireless bridge. These are expensive ($70+) and I still have to buy a USB-Ethernet print server (~$15-20).
Solution B: Use 1-port dual-band wireless bridge (~$40) and plug cheap switch into it (~$10-15). Still have to buy USB-Ethernet print server.
Solution C: Buy 4-port dual-band wireless router that supports DD-WRT and use it in bridge mode. This ONLY makes sense if I can get one that has a USB port (~$70) that will support my old Samsung SCX-4100 and IF that will still work if the router is in Bridge mode. This is an attractive option to me, esp since it's one box, but I have no idea if the USB print support will still work if it's in Bridge mode.
What does ye olde peanut gallery think? Thanks in advance folks
Linksys E3000 hooked up to cable modem in living room (stock firmware)
PS3 & Xbox hooked direct to Linksys
Adding Xbox in office (~15 feet line of sight from router, through a couple walls)
Want to bring USB-only printer in office onto the network
The complication: will be adding a wireless headset setup that uses 2.4GHZ and doesn't respond well to interference. Need to have all devices in office on 5GHz band. Xbox has built-in WiFi, but it is 2.4GHz only.
The solution?
Solution A: Use 4-port dual-band wireless bridge. These are expensive ($70+) and I still have to buy a USB-Ethernet print server (~$15-20).
Solution B: Use 1-port dual-band wireless bridge (~$40) and plug cheap switch into it (~$10-15). Still have to buy USB-Ethernet print server.
Solution C: Buy 4-port dual-band wireless router that supports DD-WRT and use it in bridge mode. This ONLY makes sense if I can get one that has a USB port (~$70) that will support my old Samsung SCX-4100 and IF that will still work if the router is in Bridge mode. This is an attractive option to me, esp since it's one box, but I have no idea if the USB print support will still work if it's in Bridge mode.
What does ye olde peanut gallery think? Thanks in advance folks
