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netgear wgps606 54 mbps wireless print server with 4 port switch
NETGEAR WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server with 4-port Switch
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List Price: $120.00
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Netgear
EAN: 0606449039542
Feature: Print wirelessly and connect to more than one printer
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Label: Netgear
Manufacturer: Netgear
Model: WGPS606
Publisher: Netgear
Special Features: nv:Device Type^Wireless Print Server|Form Factor^Desktop|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11g|Wireless Data Transfer Rates^54 Mbps|Wireless Network Configuration^Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)|Wireless Network Configuration^Infrastructure|Security Protocols^128-bit WEP|Security Protocols^64-bit WEP|Modulation Technology^DBPSK|Modulation Technology^CCK|Modulation Technology^BPSK|Modulation Technology^16-QAM|Modulation Technology^64-QAM|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Studio: Netgear
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Print wirelessly and connect to more than one printer
No need to add print servers, wireless adapters, or unsightly Ethernet cables
Two USB ports and a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet Switch
Easy setup via Smart Wizard configuration assistant
Works with all standard 802.11g and 802.1b wireless routers and access points
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Editorial Reviews:
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NETGEAR's 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server with 4-port Switch allows you to connect one or two printers to your existing wireless network, without using unsightly Ethernet cables. Simply place your printers anywhere in your home or office that works best for you, plug them into the print server's USB ports, and the Smart Wizard set-up function automatically guides you through configuration. Then you can send your business documents to a high-end color printer, and your kids' homework to a black-and-white printer. The print server also acts as a wireless Ethernet bridge, connecting a cluster of up to four PCs and laptops without requiring dedicated wireless adapters. It employs powerful WEP Encryption and WPA-PSK to keep your wireless network secure, and interoperates with all standard 802.11b and 802.11g wireless devices. All this in a sleek, space-saving stand-up case.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Does what it says
Comment: I bought the Netgear WGPS606 last year, and it has been a rock-solid device for our wireless network. It took a little bit to get configured like many wireless devices out there, but it hasn't dropped a signal one time in a year. I have even had to reset my Linksys router a few times during that time, but never the 606. I works fine within our router firewall, and it does not interfere with the default setup for Norton Internet Security.
It does a really good job of serving a small Epson printer, and I now have it as a gaming adapter for my Xbox 360. It also allows us to plug ethernet cables into the back of it, instead of going to the wireless router.
All in all, it does exactly what it is supposed to do...and more.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Netgear WGPS606 Print Server
Comment: I am using this Print Server in order to "create" a wired
network cluster of several PCs, while allowing connection
to a remote wireless Netgear router that interconnects with
the Internet (Modem) and other wireless laptops.
A very good product. It does require some basic know how in
the configuration of more suffisticated netwrok other than
"using its defaults". Works well. Reliable.
Strongly recommedned not just as a Print-Server.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I really wanted to like this device...
Comment: It looks great - sleek modern design and all. Straightforward and simple setup went smoothly. My need for this device was as a wireless ethernet bridge - I did not need or test any USB printer functions. Initially, it worked. I could ping into and through the device, and all seemed well.
But after a short time, an hour or so, it would stop working. Connecting directly to the unit with a cable, its status screens indicated all was working, but no wireless connection would work. Rebooting the device would sometimes get it back on line, but several times only a complete reset and setup would get it working. I attempted various combinations of starting routers and other devices, but this unit never worked reliably.
Maybe I just had a bad unit, but I returned it and got a Linksys WRT54GL router, flashed it with the open source Tomato OS and set it up as a wireless bridge. Works great - and costs $30 less.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wouldn't recommend it, but it's so useful
Comment: It seems like a good buy at full price, but there are a couple of vendors selling it recertified for less than half.
I wanted to connect two printers for my PC and a Linux portable I usually connect with wireless. Netgear's instructions only include Windows, but documentation shows Win 2000 and XP connects via lpr, so it should work for Linux and Mac, no? Trick is the queues are "L1" and "L2", not "LPT1" and "LPT2"--or "P1" and "P2", as the Windows connection would indicate. Once I found that (from someone's web page, not Netgear's site) my Deskjet 812C works fine from both, without having to have the Windows PC turned on for the portable to print through. Now I just need to see if my little Samsung laser printer works as well, and I'll be good.
And the four-port switch built in means you can turn off wireless and use it as a wired print server, and that you could connect several computers with only wired NICs to your wireless network.
Just a few hoops to jump through to get started, and you shouldn't need to do that more than once.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very reliable and easy to use.
Comment: I have set up two of these for family members. My 81 year old mother has no problem using it as an access point or printing to either of two Canon printers. Same goes for my son except one of his printers is an HP Lasrejet. Neither one has ever had it lose connection with the router. Set up was easy IF you FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. Jump ahead and you will likely have problems.
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