Tuesday December 18, 2007
Printer sharing in the home
After buying a new printer for use at home, I was looking around for an easy way to share it.
A little investigation of the Kidanet Alvarion router sitting in the house revealed a USB port. A few Google searches later, a manual with instructions on how to configure a printer to use the built-in USB print server
Brilliant. The wife and I can both use the printer without juggling cables!
Kidanet’s choice of client-side equipment continues to impress me: PoE, Wi-Fi, 4 ethernet ports and a USB print server wrapped into a nice little router that comes with your plan.
Filed by Jachin Sheehy under Interesting-Finds
You must have different Alvarion modem/router then mine. Mine only has one port for antennae and one ethernet port.
Yeah! I’ve since heard that they stopped bringing that model of modem/router in: because it was a little more expensive than your model.
Just goes to prove that you can’t teach an ex-monopoly good customer service. They had a chance to go one up on the competition with that router, but now you’re in the lurch like everyone else and have to buy your own: adding $150 to the cost of setup