2 wireless routers w/print servers?

I bought a new D-Link vpn router with a built-in USB print server. I
also have a older D-link router that _also_ has a built-in print
server.

Is it possible to connect different printers to both these routers
have them talk to each other on my home network? I would assume so, in
the sense that I know you can hook multiple wireless routers up to
extend the range of a wireless network. I'd like to keep both routers
right next to each other, I'd just like 2 printers on my network.

Is this possible? If so, what sort of setup am I googling for to find
resources? is this an ad-hoc network?

Gwen

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"Gwen Morse" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I bought a new D-Link vpn router with a built-in USB print server. I
> also have a older D-link router that _also_ has a built-in print
> server.
>
> Is it possible to connect different printers to both these routers
> have them talk to each other on my home network?

Why not? It's the computer's O/S that must be configured to use a network
printer if the computer can see the printer server on the router.

> I would assume so, in
> the sense that I know you can hook multiple wireless routers up to
> extend the range of a wireless network. I'd like to keep both routers
> right next to each other, I'd just like 2 printers on my network.

You can use routers to segregate networks that's what routers do.


>
> Is this possible? If so, what sort of setup am I googling for to find
> resources? is this an ad-hoc network?

No, an ad-hoc network deals with wireless card to wireless card networking
no Wireless Access Point such as a wireless AP router or standalone WAP
device is invloved.

Duane
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:56:27 -0400, Gwen Morse
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>I bought a new D-Link vpn router with a built-in USB print server. I
>also have a older D-link router that _also_ has a built-in print
>server.
>
>Is it possible to connect different printers to both these routers

Yes.

>have them talk to each other on my home network?

No, unless:
1. you can configure one of them as a wireless client bridge; or
2. you turn off wireless on one of them and connect by wire.

>I would assume so, in
>the sense that I know you can hook multiple wireless routers up to
>extend the range of a wireless network.

1. Tricky to do.
2. Not what you're trying to do.

>I'd like to keep both routers
>right next to each other, I'd just like 2 printers on my network.
>
>Is this possible? If so, what sort of setup am I googling for to find
>resources?

See above.

>is this an ad-hoc network?

No.

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