USB Wireless Hubs

[mattg1981]

My office is getting super cluttered and I have to move my big old all in one printer, which is usb. I was wondering if there was a simple little 4 port or so hub .. that was wireless, so I can put my printer in say my room, and have it still work.

I googled for some, but all I find is a usb wireless networking adapter.

Like said, I dont want it for networking, I just want something that I plug in my usb port in my computers usb port and then plug my printer into a wireless hub in a different room.

Any suggestions?

 

[TechnoPro]

I saw just such a product in a magazine several months ago. Can offer you no further details as I don't rememebr the brand.

However, what about a product like this? Pricey and perhaps overkill for what you need, but looks decent.

There's also this but it is not compatable with multi-function devices...

 

[mattg1981]

I found this here ... but it looks like I need alot more equipment than I was expecting

 

[JackMDS]

USB Hubs are not Networking Devices; you need a Wireless USB printer server.

Link to: D- Link DP-311U is a wireless print server with one USB port.

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[mattg1981]

True ...

or I could go with this and this together

 

[JackMDS]

Yes you can do it through BlueTooth.

I personally consider it as a Waste.

If you have a small network or you planning one day to have one you better off using Ethernet rather than BlueTooth.

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[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Yes you can do it through BlueTooth.

I personally consider it as a Waste.

If you have a small network or you planning one day to have one you better off using Ethernet rather than BlueTooth.

:sun:

Yeah. Ethernet is just plain better unless you need the freeom.

If you want the wireless conenctivity, try this.

Get a wireless bridge, and connect a switch behind it. I belive that they should let you use more than 1 MAC on wireless bride products.

Even easier would be to just buy a consumer router with a bridge built in. tHen just bridge the two networks and plug in your equipment to the routers built in witch.


OR

get a wired woruter, plug in your devicesto the built-in switch , and plug the WAN jack into a standalone wireless bridge.This might create problems however as routing Printer sharing (windows netowrking TCP/IP and UDP) are always routable to the WAN on many consumer routers.