Wireless adapter to make wired usb devices wireless...do they make such a thing?

11thHour

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Feb 20, 2004
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I've got a printer that connects via usb but not wirelessly. Does someone sell a wireless adapter that plugs into the back of, for example, a printer, where the usb cable goes, that communicates to a partner usb receiver that's plugged into usb slot, so the wired device can now connect wirelessly instead?

It would replace the need for this:

http://the-tech-guy.net/wp-content/uploads/usb-cable.jpg

Or perhaps the best way to go is plug the printer in a router's usb port that's configured as an extender?
 

VirtualLarry

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Yeah, whatever happened to "wireless USB"? Wasn't that supposed to be a thing by now?