Decent modem router with USB printer support

Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
support?

Absolutely no Belkins though.


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Conor
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In uk.comp.home-networking on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:55:59 +0000, Geoff Lane
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

}Conor wrote:
}> Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
}> support?
}>
}> Absolutely no Belkins though.
}
}Draytek Vigor is a quality (Or at least my experience is) make, I
}haven't got one with USB printer support but would suspect it is reliable.
}

Very reliable and plays nicely in a mixed Windows and Linux system.

{R}

Geoff Lane <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Conor wrote:
> > Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
> > support?
> >
> > Absolutely no Belkins though.
>
> Draytek Vigor is a quality (Or at least my experience is) make, I
> haven't got one with USB printer support but would suspect it is reliable.
>
I have a Draytek Vigor 2820n which does pretty well "what it says on
the box", that includes having a USB port which can be used for
putting a printer on the network. I did use it to do that and it
worked OK. I no longer use the USB port for a printer because I have a
second ADSL connection now and I'm sharing my two ADSLs using the USB
on the 2820n as its second WAN.

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In article <f7vvs6-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> Geoff Lane <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > Conor wrote:
> > > Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
> > > support?
> > >
> > > Absolutely no Belkins though.
> >
> > Draytek Vigor is a quality (Or at least my experience is) make, I
> > haven't got one with USB printer support but would suspect it is reliable.
> >
> I have a Draytek Vigor 2820n which does pretty well "what it says on
> the box", that includes having a USB port which can be used for
> putting a printer on the network. I did use it to do that and it
> worked OK. I no longer use the USB port for a printer because I have a
> second ADSL connection now and I'm sharing my two ADSLs using the USB
> on the 2820n as its second WAN.

Well that's a couple of votes in favour of the Draytek. Must admit its
not one I've used.

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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In article <f7vvs6-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >
> > Geoff Lane <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > > Conor wrote:
> > > > Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
> > > > support?
> > > >
> > > > Absolutely no Belkins though.
> > >
> > > Draytek Vigor is a quality (Or at least my experience is) make, I
> > > haven't got one with USB printer support but would suspect it is reliable.
> > >
> > I have a Draytek Vigor 2820n which does pretty well "what it says on
> > the box", that includes having a USB port which can be used for
> > putting a printer on the network. I did use it to do that and it
> > worked OK. I no longer use the USB port for a printer because I have a
> > second ADSL connection now and I'm sharing my two ADSLs using the USB
> > on the 2820n as its second WAN.
>
> Well that's a couple of votes in favour of the Draytek. Must admit its
> not one I've used.
>
They're a bit more expensive than most, though not by a huge amount, I
guess that's why they're not so common/popular. Their support is
quite good in my experience, I've E-Mailed them a couple of times with
queries (one about intricacies of setting up load balancing) and
they've come back within a reasonable time with helpful replies.

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Chris Green

In article <up30t6-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...

> They're a bit more expensive than most, though not by a huge amount, I
> guess that's why they're not so common/popular. Their support is
> quite good in my experience, I've E-Mailed them a couple of times with
> queries (one about intricacies of setting up load balancing) and
> they've come back within a reasonable time with helpful replies.

One thing I've learned over the years is that a few quid more for decent
kit usually saves far more than the difference in grief and headaches.
Interesting to see that there's 3G dongle support now with a firmware
update. Being on Entanets Sheffield node, the ability to unplug the
printer and stick in my dongle (calm down you dirty minded lot) is worth
quite a lot.

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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

Conor <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In article <up30t6-(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> > They're a bit more expensive than most, though not by a huge amount, I
> > guess that's why they're not so common/popular. Their support is
> > quite good in my experience, I've E-Mailed them a couple of times with
> > queries (one about intricacies of setting up load balancing) and
> > they've come back within a reasonable time with helpful replies.
>
> One thing I've learned over the years is that a few quid more for decent
> kit usually saves far more than the difference in grief and headaches.
> Interesting to see that there's 3G dongle support now with a firmware
> update. Being on Entanets Sheffield node, the ability to unplug the
> printer and stick in my dongle (calm down you dirty minded lot) is worth
> quite a lot.
>
My Vigor 2820n is connected to Entanet too.

One *minor* negative about the 2820n is that it doesn't get as much
speed out of the connection as does my BT Business Hub (2Wire 2700HGV)
though that 2Wire is known for getting the best out of things. On two
near enough identical connections the 2820n usually manages around
3Mb/s whereas the 2Wire does about 4Mb/s most of the time.

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Chris Green

In article <c640d711-ccc9-4d6e-ac2d-7ea791a0aad0
@d10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Brian Graham says...
>
<snip>

Many thanks for that Brian. Still not got round to getting one so
there's a nice list there to choose from.

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Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.

Conor pretended :
> Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
> support?
>
> Absolutely no Belkins though.

Netgear, but check your printer is one of those supported.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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> Any suggestions for a wifi ADSL Modem router with decent USB printer
> support?
>
> Absolutely no Belkins though.

ASUS WL-600g - £57 @ Lambda Tek, & Scan Computers, or try ebay