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Posted by gecko on January 5, 2008, 9:43 am
Please log in for more thread options It is the D-Link EBR-2310 described thus: D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router (EBR-2310). Provides four 10/100 Ethernet ports to connect up to four Ethernet-enabled PCs or network devices. I see no USB or ports other than CAT5. I don't think it is a 'combo'. >
>Does your D-Link have RJ-45 network connections on it other than the one >for the modem or is it a truly wireless item? If RJ-45 = CAT5, then it has four ports for up to 4 computers plus one the external cable-modem. WIRED not WIRELESS. >You really need to share
>this sort of information if you want someone to give you an accurate >answer -- otherwise the best that you will ever get is a totally blind >guess. You're right. Sorry about that. >
>Take a look at these D-Link items: > >Wired print server: >http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html I will. >
>Wireless print server: >http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=482 Doesn't apply. >
>This assumes that you really like D-Link for some reason. Other makers >have functionally similar items which may be cheaper/better/simpler. I am not locked into D-Link. It's just that I have had 2 routers so far over the past four years, both D-Link. First one failed after 2 years. Thanks for response. Gecko | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John McGaw on January 5, 2008, 11:14 am
Please log in for more thread options > wrote:
> >> Which D-Link router do you have? Most consumer-oriented "routers" sold
>> today are actually a combination of a router and a hub or switch. The >> router function is there solely to connect the LAN to the internet (or, >> more rarely, to some other network) and isn't even necessary for setting >> up a LAN. If you have more than one computer networked it is almost >> invariably true that you have a switch/hub somewhere. >
> It is the D-Link EBR-2310 described thus: > D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router (EBR-2310). > Provides four 10/100 Ethernet ports to connect up to four > Ethernet-enabled PCs or network devices. > > I see no USB or ports other than CAT5. I don't think it is a 'combo'. > >> Does your D-Link have RJ-45 network connections on it other than the one
>> for the modem or is it a truly wireless item? >
> If RJ-45 = CAT5, then it has four ports for up to 4 computers plus one > the external cable-modem. WIRED not WIRELESS. > >> You really need to share
>> this sort of information if you want someone to give you an accurate >> answer -- otherwise the best that you will ever get is a totally blind >> guess. >
> You're right. Sorry about that. > >> Take a look at these D-Link items:
>> >> Wired print server: >> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html >
> I will. > >> Wireless print server:
>> http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=482 >
> Doesn't apply. >> This assumes that you really like D-Link for some reason. Other makers
>> have functionally similar items which may be cheaper/better/simpler. >
> I am not locked into D-Link. It's just that I have had 2 routers so > far over the past four years, both D-Link. First one failed after 2 > years. > > Thanks for response. > > Gecko OK. Now we know that you need a wired (RJ-45 = CAT5) print server which has an RJ-45 network connection on one end and at least one USB printer port on the other. If you will do a google search for "wired USB print server" (without the quotes of course) you will find more examples than you will ever need and some of these will doubtless show how the wiring and setup works. The chosen print server connects to one of the RJ-45 ports on your EBR-2310 router/switch and the printer plugs into the server. Good luck. I know it can be confusing in the beginning but home networking is not so bad once you get used to it. Or at least it is not nearly so painful as networking in a large facility. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Joel on January 5, 2008, 3:09 pm
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> OK. Now we know that you need a wired (RJ-45 = CAT5) print server which > has an RJ-45 network connection on one end and at least one USB printer > port on the other. If you will do a google search for "wired USB print > server" (without the quotes of course) you will find more examples than > you will ever need and some of these will doubtless show how the wiring > and setup works. The chosen print server connects to one of the RJ-45 > ports on your EBR-2310 router/switch and the printer plugs into the server. > > Good luck. I know it can be confusing in the beginning but home > networking is not so bad once you get used to it. Or at least it is not > nearly so painful as networking in a large facility. I am no experted on Lan Printer but I am not so sure if connecting Lan Printer to USB port will give access to wireless system. *If* wired then YES it's possible because it shares via USB (or system not LAN). But I may be wrong as I only have Lan Printer for few weeks, and connected to LAN not USB. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by John McGaw on January 5, 2008, 4:10 pm
Please log in for more thread options Joel wrote:
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> I am no experted on Lan Printer but I am not so sure if connecting Lan > Printer to USB port will give access to wireless system. *If* wired then > YES it's possible because it shares via USB (or system not LAN). > > But I may be wrong as I only have Lan Printer for few weeks, and connected > to LAN not USB. In this case the original poster does not have a wireless LAN -- the D-Link EBR-2310 router/switch has 4 normal RJ-45 Ethernet ports. The entire idea of the print server device is to handle the communications between the LAN and the printer. In this case the printer is a USB device so we select a print server which has a LAN connection on one end and one or more USB connections on the other so that the printer(s) can be connected. Some printers are made so that they can be connected directly to a network, either wired or wireless, and this means that they already contain their own print server. But in any case to connect a printer to a LAN a print server is needed either internal to the printer or external in a separate device. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Joel on January 5, 2008, 7:11 pm
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> Joel wrote:
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> > I am no experted on Lan Printer but I am not so sure if connecting Lan > > Printer to USB port will give access to wireless system. *If* wired then > > YES it's possible because it shares via USB (or system not LAN). > > > > But I may be wrong as I only have Lan Printer for few weeks, and connected > > to LAN not USB. >
> In this case the original poster does not have a wireless LAN -- the > D-Link EBR-2310 router/switch has 4 normal RJ-45 Ethernet ports. The > entire idea of the print server device is to handle the communications > between the LAN and the printer. In this case the printer is a USB > device so we select a print server which has a LAN connection on one end > and one or more USB connections on the other so that the printer(s) can > be connected. > > Some printers are made so that they can be connected directly to a > network, either wired or wireless, and this means that they already > contain their own print server. But in any case to connect a printer to > a LAN a print server is needed either internal to the printer or > external in a separate device. You are correct about wired network, and if the OP doesn't have wireless then it doesn't matter if the printer is connected to network or USB because it should work with all system connected (wired) to the network. I don't know any advance/disadvance between LAN/USB (for wired), but I know the advantage of wireless that user can print from remote. | |||||||||||||
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>today are actually a combination of a router and a hub or switch. The
>router function is there solely to connect the LAN to the internet (or,
>more rarely, to some other network) and isn't even necessary for setting
>up a LAN. If you have more than one computer networked it is almost
>invariably true that you have a switch/hub somewhere.