Print server help: will this work? DSL router-->WAP-->Wireless router w/print server-->printer

[hunter111]

First off, thanks to all the members here...very informative and helpful forum that I'm glad I found.

Upstairs I have DSL--> dsl modem/router. My desktop is connected to one port. A Linksys wireless access point (.11b) BEFW11S4 is connected to another port.

Now I have a printer (minolta 1350w w/usb and parallel ports) that I want to connect downstairs on my wireless network so I can print from my laptops not have to go upstairs to retrieve it. I can't run wires from upstairs to downstairs.

How can I do this? I am guessing a wireless print server or a wireless router w/built in print server will work, such as this one: dlink di-713p

I'm not sure how I would configure this or if it would even work. I think (noob here) that the new wireless router w/print server would have to be set up as a client of the AP? I'm not sure how to do this either.

Any insights/answers are appreciated.

 

[hunter111]

bump for help

 

[JackMDS]

Yeah it can be done.

The principle is to connect any additional Router unit as a Switch with Printer server or and as a Switch with an Access point.

The following is for Wireless, but you can follow the same principle for your purposes.

Link to: Using a Wireless Cable/DSL Router as a Switch with an Access Point

 

[buleyb]

Jack, you are the link master...you bind those links to your F-keys or something

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: buleyb
Jack, you are the link master...you bind those links to your F-keys or something

I use a Clip Manger and keep these links there as clips. The most repetitive (like the above link) are assigned as Text Macros. :music:

While the Setting look like this. Working Computers.

 

[AFB]

LOL@JackMDS