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I really wanted to use the LAN port on the printer. I appears that all the print servers are USB. Oh well, I ordered a wireless print server (NetGear WGPS606). It wasn't under $50, though.

It's nuts that LinkSys' WAP54G won't slave to a WRT54G, though. I would have much preferred that solution, though the NetGear print server has two USB ports, so I could hook up my inkjet printer (need space for it though).

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I use some old HP jet Direct interfaces for Centronics printers that don't have a LAN card. I do have a few really old HP laser printers with LAN cards. I just had to scrap a HP4050 that the fuser supposedly died, and the repair shop swiped parts out of. My freind 'Didn't want to bother you' when it started misfeeding paper.

WRT54G

It has a LAN port, yes.

Nope, to my computer's LAN port (through a switch).

I would if they were in the same location. The printer is in a spare bedroom and the WRT45G is on the top of a bookcase in the great room (10' off the 1st floor - about 2nd floor level - in the center of the house).

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Ah, the confusion is lifting. I think i have seen wireless client to = printer=20 devices but they may cost more than two WAPs. Does your printer also = have USB? =46or that matter just what is the make and model of the printer? I will have to do some googling to come up with a recommendation. It may= be a=20 day or three.

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After some googling, i found 3 reasonable candidates for you:

Netgear WGPS606, Airlink 101 AMPS240W, Linksys WPSM54G.

BTW the Linksys WPS54GU2 is not a good choice, bad documentation, = difficult setup.

In all cases the SSID and other wireless parameters must match your = existing=20 WRT54G for the device to function properly.

WRT54G

Yeah, I ordered a NetGear WGPS606 USB print server. It came today so I tried it out on my printer when I got home. It took a while to get everything convinced that it wanted to play nice together, but it's looking up. I would have rather connected the printer via Ethernet but USB is working.

Interesting, though, the WGPS606 has an Ethernet switch on it. I wonder if the printer bits will come out of there? ;-)

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That's alright. It's working on my machine now. I'll probably try my wife's (damned Vista crap) tomorrow. Thanks anyway.

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That's the one I bought. No one carries this stuff locally so ordered it from NewEgg Tuesday night. It came today (NewEgg is *good*), so it seems I'm all set.

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Yeah, that's what the reviews on NewEgg said. I likely would have gone Linksys to keep it all in the family but the reviews were really bad.

The NetGear setup makes that pretty hard to screw up. It scans for the router and lists the possible SSIDs. The only problems I had setting the thing up were scanning for the address (had to add it manually) and the first wireless print attempt it printed garbage. DOn't know what happened but after checking everything (including logging into the WRT54G to check that the WGPS was logged in) the next attempt worked.

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You might consider asking her to switch to Win 7. It is a bit cleaner.

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doable.

Maybe I'll try it. I have a mess of USB cables plugged in everywhere now. I'd like to clean it up.

Dunno. She hated Vista so I got Lenovo to send me a "downgrade" to XP, but after dumping all her existing programs she wanted to stay with Vista. I'd also be a bit concerned that all the drivers I need wouldn't be available.

In the attic or ceiling might be bad from the point of view of heat. Attics (and ceiling joist spaces) can get pretty hot if the sun is out. And that could reduce the life of the unit.

Mount it on the wall. Test the reception around the house. Once you've found a good spot, run the ethernet cable (and power) inside the wall to that location. Then find a nice picture and have in mounted in a deep picture frame that will cover the AP. Hang the picture over it.

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Why would you have to had to dump a lot of programs? What did those = programs do=20 that was specific to Vista?

AFAIK the Vista driver problem has mostly been solved and they are = supposed to=20 be compatible with Win 7 mostly. Clone the system before hand, then you= can try=20 updating the clone. If that works you can update the master.

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She had already dumped the programs because she moved to Vista. There was no reason to go back to XP.

try

If it doesn't, I'm out the price of Win7. I'll wait until she buys a new computer. Hers is now three years old, so she's made noises.