wireless "b" print server on G network
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Posted by Julian Love on November 23, 2005, 4:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi there, I just recieved a Linksys Wireless Parralel Printer Server - WPS11. On the box it says wireless B, but the salesman said it'll work on my wireless G home network. Is this true or shall I place it on ebay and buy the wireless G version? Cheers Julian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by woo on November 23, 2005, 12:43 pm
Please log in for more thread options Linksys, return it. Its the cheapest brand but always gives problems. My wireless company does not even support it as Linksys is incompatible with all other wireless modems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Derek Broughton on November 24, 2005, 9:11 am
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woo wrote: >> Hi there,
>> I just recieved a Linksys Wireless Parralel Printer Server - WPS11. On >> the box it says wireless B, but the salesman said it'll work on my >> wireless G home network. Is this true or shall I place it on ebay and buy >> the wireless G version? Cheers >
> Linksys, return it. Its the cheapest brand but always gives problems. My > wireless company does not even support it as Linksys is incompatible with > all other wireless modems. Not entirely true. Linksys products are generally not cheaper than comparable D-Link or Netgear products, though they're all competing in the low end of the market, and the _modems_ are quite compatible. It's things like WDS that aren't interoperable - and nobody else's products are either. -- derek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jerry Park on November 23, 2005, 1:01 pm
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Julian Love wrote: >Hi there,
Most if not all 802.11g devices are backwards compatible with 802.11b.
>I just recieved a Linksys Wireless Parralel Printer Server - WPS11. On the >box it says wireless B, but the salesman said it'll work on my wireless G >home network. Is this true or shall I place it on ebay and buy the wireless >G version? Cheers > >Julian > > > > You will need to check the settings in your router. It may be set to use both 802.11b and 802.11g or it may be set to only use 802.11g. You should be able to set it to use both. The real problem with older devices on your network is security. Probably, the WPS11 only supports WEP encryption -- which is not worth much. Which means you will have to downgrade your security to the poor level afforded by the WPS11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Julian Love on November 23, 2005, 7:30 pm
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Thanks everyone for all those responses, very much appreciated and warmly welcomed. Thanks. J > Julian Love wrote:
> >>Hi there,
>>I just recieved a Linksys Wireless Parralel Printer Server - WPS11. On the >>box it says wireless B, but the salesman said it'll work on my wireless G >>home network. Is this true or shall I place it on ebay and buy the >>wireless G version? Cheers >> >>Julian >> >> > Most if not all 802.11g devices are backwards compatible with 802.11b. You
> will need to check the settings in your router. It may be set to use both > 802.11b and 802.11g or it may be set to only use 802.11g. You should be > able to set it to use both. > > The real problem with older devices on your network is security. Probably, > the WPS11 only supports WEP encryption -- which is not worth much. Which > means you will have to downgrade your security to the poor level afforded > by the WPS11. > | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I just recieved a Linksys Wireless Parralel Printer Server - WPS11. On the
> box it says wireless B, but the salesman said it'll work on my wireless G
> home network. Is this true or shall I place it on ebay and buy the wireless
> G version? Cheers
>
> Julian