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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Wireless-G PrintServer with Multifunction Printer Support - Share your multifunction printer without running wires!Share a multifunction printer with everyone on your network -- works with most USB printersAllows full access to printing, faxing, scanning, and copying functionsConnects your printer directly to the network by 10/100 wired Ethernet or 54Mbps Wireless-GPrevents congestion on your PC with other users' print jobsThe Linksys Wireless-G PrintServer with Multifunction Printer Support lets you connect a multifunction USB printer directly to your network, eliminating the need to dedicate a PC to print sharing chores. Using a PrintServer frees up your "print share PC" so you don't have to leave it on all the time. It also removes the printing bottleneck, and sets your PC free to do more useful work. The PrintServer is compatible with most USB multifunction printers, and allows full access to printing, faxing, scanning, and copying functions. Like any print server, users on the network can print anytime. The other functions are treated a little differently -- any user can request access to one of the other functions, and get exclusive use of that function until his task is complete. Connect the PrintServer directly to your network by 10/100 Ethernet cable, or wirelessly at up to 54Mbps via Wireless-G. The wireless option lets you put your printer wherever you want to, without having to run cables. Whichever way the PrintServer is attached to your network, both your wireless and wired PCs will have access to it, and the printer it's connected to. And if you don't use wireless for general networking in your office, you can still use the Wireless-G connection in ad-hoc mode to print from visiting Wireless-G and Wireless-B PCs. Your wireless data is protected by up to 128-bit WPA-PSK encryption. A user-friendly Setup Wizard makes installation easy, the compact case fits anywhere, and the big print buffer handles even large graphics | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 11.25 inches | | Product Width: | 9.6 inches | | Product Height: | 3.5 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.8 pounds | | Package Length: | 11.3 inches | | Package Width: | 9.7 inches | | Package Height: | 3.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 147 reviews |
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| | Features | Share a multifunction printer with everyone on your network -- works with most USB printersAllows full access to printing, faxing, scanning, and copying functionsConnects your printer directly to the network by 10/100 wired Ethernet or 54Mbps Wireless-GPrevents congestion on your PC with other users' print jobs
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Incompatible with Windows 7 Mar 02, 2010
The Server installation went well, except to note that this device does not support 10 character ASCII WEP keys, so I had to change my network security settings - not a big deal since I wanted to upgrade to WPA-PSK anyway.
Client installations with the CD Wizard went well in my XP computers. The big problem came when it came time to install the wireless print server client in my Windows 7 laptop. The wizard immediately displayed an error message "OS not support" (sic).
Needless to say, I could not use this device.
 Linksys WPSM54G: GARBAGE!! Mar 01, 2010
UPDATE: March 7, 2010. An IT guru suggested that some of problem may have come from the print server being physically defective. So I purchased a new one & installed. Same problems with new unit (although I've gotten my install times down to Olympic record!) So the new unit goes back today. It's still garbage.
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I'm not a novice, but not an IT tech guru either. I had bought this print server at the recommendation of a friend (yes, I'll still talk to him, but ....). By this time I have read all the reviews, threads, helpful suggestions on Amazon and Linksys, as well as a few stray ones desperate Googling uncovered. Briefly, (1) everything said about the difficulty/impossibility of installation is true (I tracked at least 3-days of actual trying-to-install time, in addition to internet search time, phone time with Linksys, and calls with the original friend (who BTW is a computer guru) and other workarounds; (2) everything said about the "helpfulness" of Linksys support is also true--they are NOT--plus you get to wait a longish time on the phone to discover that; (3) there is apparently a combination of the different helpful suggestions people have posted at either Amazon or Linksys that makes for a successful installation--I have to admit that I have managed to successfully "install" (so that the printer prints wirelessly) twice. The first time was a weird combination of two different individuals suggestions (which I had printed off) which weren't exactly the same so I mixed sequences and the thing worked. Unfortunately the magic and functionability mysteriously went away 5 days later so I was priviledged to start over. The weird combination didn't occur that time, and I free-lanced. After only 8 hours of trying, the server decided to accept instructions (I still don't know why) and the printer (sort-of) works again. Sort-of because it turns itself completely off (stops receiving or apparently sending anything wirelessly) after each individual print job and requires essentially rebooting the printer (turn off/turn on) for each printing...yes, even if there are multiple print jobs in the que. (4) The sheer volume of user suggestions/solutions is daunting and many contradict each other...why hasn't Linksys at least looked at those suggestions and posted some updated instructions or cautions? Some of the solutions are suggestive, but almost all leave out some important step.
To be fair, I am running Windows 7 on 2 computers and XP Professional on the carry-around laptop. The printer is the Dell MFP 3115cn (oh, yeah, I talked to Dell too). And all computers are networked under a Belkin router (yes, mixing products = trouble). I found the print server much easier to install under XP (only 3.5 hours), but problems with actual printing/etc. were just as bad with that OS as for W7. Scanner and fax functions don't. I'm hoping that the print function will last until I can research a functional print server to replace Linksys. I should have read some of the earlier reviews and not listened to my friend in the store (my fault).
But: the product doesn't perform as it is advertised even with XP; W7 has been out a while which is apparently still news to Linksys; Linksys obviously doesn't care because not only is there no movement to "fix" their issues with W7, they actively blame their customers for not staying with antiquated software and hardware. They seem determined to make it more, not less, difficult to get information on potential solutions and seem too cowardly to admit any responsibility. More power to those individuals who have a functioning Linksys print server. One day soon I hope to be taking a hammer to mine. And there will never be another Linksys product in my house, shop, business, vehicles. Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G Print Server with Multifunction Printer SupportLinksys WPSM54G Wireless-G USB Print ServerLinksys by Cisco Refurbished Wireless-G Print ServerLinksys by Cisco Wireless-G Print Server with Multifunction Printer SupportLinksys by Cisco Refurbished Wireless-G Print Server
Works well if you upgrade firmware and use latest drivers. Feb 23, 2010
Purchased unit online after a lot of research regarding compatibility with XP and Vista. Have desktop PC in office area running Vista and numerous laptops running XP. Unit arrived with old version of firmware. Installation CD was also not latest version. Installation was unable to complete as shipped. Suggest anyone who buys this unit does the following: 1. Visit Linksys site and download latest firmware. Follow instructions and upgrade firmware of unit. 2. Visit Linksys site and download latest drivers/install software. Copy extracted files to CD for install on computers. DO NOT USE CD THAT COMES WITH UNIT! Unit has worked very well since install.
As other have said, setup is tricky! Feb 17, 2010
I know a fair amount about networking and suffice to say that as others have stated, the setup is tricky. I had conflicting info from Linksys support about if it'd work with Windows 7. They started by saying it was not supported by Win 7 but in the end I fiddled enough with the Print Server and Router settings to get it to work. If you know what you are doing and have the patience, this will work. If you are a networking novice then I'd go a different route.
 Doesn't work OFTEN... works on ONE computer Feb 11, 2010
This product took about an entire DAY to setup, and it is STILL not working on MOST of the computers in my home.
On the first computer I installed it, it works regularly, on all of the others it works RARELY.
I do not know what the problem is, and when calling LINKSYS the customer service was TERRIBLE. I got passed from one lackee to the next - I am a software engineer by trade, for 25+ years, and they go through the lame standard checkout and then finally pass you on to someone else.
But the first time I called, the guy made believe he couldn't hear me all of a sudden - I could hear him, and he was like "if you can hear me please call back, your call code id is ....... saying it way too ridiculously fast."
Horrible horrible - I've got a million things to do, with a home and raising three children, doing what I can to stay afloat - and can you imagine I've got to spend HOURS on a stupid little printer server?????
I bought the thing to do a simple little job, and I got RIPPED OFF not just once, but every minute I spend trying to fix it - guess I just have to face the music, that good old LINKSYS AND CISCO robbed me, and there's nothing I can do but leave this flame message, hoping that there business goes the way it should - OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's FIRE THEM America!!!
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