Connecting a printer to a Linksys router with no dedicated server

I have a LinksysBEFW1114 Wireless router. The router is connected to my DSL
modem.

In my household we have three laptops, I have one for work, my wife has one
for work and my son has one for school. We all carry the laptop out during
the day and bring them back during the evenings and weekends. We do not
have a steady desktop anywhere.

I have wired the house to have three lines of CAT5 cable and are all
connected to the router, but they are hardly used since we are so mobile and
often time use the laptop at a different location.

I have two questions.

(1) Our three laptops never communicate. We never had a need to, when we
need to transfer a document or a photo, we typically just email each other.
But I was wondering whether it is possible to have the laptops "see" each
other while being on and connected. Do I need to have a dedicated desktop
set up with a server to do that or is there a way to do this with three
floating laptop and one wired/wireless router?

(2) I have a printer (not wireless capable) HP PSC1610 that I would like to
connect so I can print from any of the connected laptops. This printer has
a USB connection and a CAT5 connection. Is it possible for me to setup the
printer to do this? I guess I will need a print server? Most simple print
servers I see has a CAT5 connection and a USB connection. So my guess is I
will take it near one of the three wired locations, plug the CAT5 cable into
the print server and then connect the print server to the printer's using a
USB cable? Will something like this model work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Linksys-PSUS4-Pr...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/LINKSYS-PRINT-SE...QQcmdZViewItem

So the arrangement will be that I have three laptops connected wirelessly to
the router, and the print server connected to one of the wired ports, and
the printer to the print server.

Will then all the laptops be able to see the print server and print to it?

Thanks in advance,

MC




miamicuse

Why would your printer have a cat 5 connection if it doesn't have a built in
print server? In any event any simple usb print server would work, I
personally wouldn't buy anything new or used on Ebay and you can get
something like a Trendnet TE100-P1U pretty cheap


"miamicuse" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a LinksysBEFW1114 Wireless router. The router is connected to my
>DSL
> modem.
>
> In my household we have three laptops, I have one for work, my wife has
> one
> for work and my son has one for school. We all carry the laptop out
> during
> the day and bring them back during the evenings and weekends. We do not
> have a steady desktop anywhere.
>
> I have wired the house to have three lines of CAT5 cable and are all
> connected to the router, but they are hardly used since we are so mobile
> and
> often time use the laptop at a different location.
>
> I have two questions.
>
> (1) Our three laptops never communicate. We never had a need to, when we
> need to transfer a document or a photo, we typically just email each
> other.
> But I was wondering whether it is possible to have the laptops "see" each
> other while being on and connected. Do I need to have a dedicated desktop
> set up with a server to do that or is there a way to do this with three
> floating laptop and one wired/wireless router?
>
> (2) I have a printer (not wireless capable) HP PSC1610 that I would like
> to
> connect so I can print from any of the connected laptops. This printer
> has
> a USB connection and a CAT5 connection. Is it possible for me to setup
> the
> printer to do this? I guess I will need a print server? Most simple
> print
> servers I see has a CAT5 connection and a USB connection. So my guess is
> I
> will take it near one of the three wired locations, plug the CAT5 cable
> into
> the print server and then connect the print server to the printer's using
> a
> USB cable? Will something like this model work?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Linksys-PSUS4-Pr...QQcmdZViewItem
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/LINKSYS-PRINT-SE...QQcmdZViewItem
>
> So the arrangement will be that I have three laptops connected wirelessly
> to
> the router, and the print server connected to one of the wired ports, and
> the printer to the print server.
>
> Will then all the laptops be able to see the print server and print to it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> MC
>
>

From: "miamicuse" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I have a LinksysBEFW1114 Wireless router. The router is connected to my DSL
| modem.
|
| In my household we have three laptops, I have one for work, my wife has one
| for work and my son has one for school. We all carry the laptop out during
| the day and bring them back during the evenings and weekends. We do not
| have a steady desktop anywhere.
|
| I have wired the house to have three lines of CAT5 cable and are all
| connected to the router, but they are hardly used since we are so mobile and
| often time use the laptop at a different location.
|
| I have two questions.
|
| (1) Our three laptops never communicate. We never had a need to, when we
| need to transfer a document or a photo, we typically just email each other.
| But I was wondering whether it is possible to have the laptops "see" each
| other while being on and connected. Do I need to have a dedicated desktop
| set up with a server to do that or is there a way to do this with three
| floating laptop and one wired/wireless router?
|
| (2) I have a printer (not wireless capable) HP PSC1610 that I would like to
| connect so I can print from any of the connected laptops. This printer has
| a USB connection and a CAT5 connection. Is it possible for me to setup the
| printer to do this? I guess I will need a print server? Most simple print
| servers I see has a CAT5 connection and a USB connection. So my guess is I
| will take it near one of the three wired locations, plug the CAT5 cable into
| the print server and then connect the print server to the printer's using a
| USB cable? Will something like this model work?
|
|
http://cgi.ebay.com/Linksys-PSUS4-Pr...QQcmdZViewItem
|
|
http://cgi.ebay.com/LINKSYS-PRINT-SE...QQcmdZViewItem
|
| So the arrangement will be that I have three laptops connected wirelessly to
| the router, and the print server connected to one of the wired ports, and
| the printer to the print server.
|
| Will then all the laptops be able to see the print server and print to it?
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| MC
|

I don't suggest buying from eBay. Caveat Emptor !

I don't suggest getting a Router that has a built-in Print Server.

I stongly suggest getting a HP JetDirect Print Server. Wired or Wireless.

Example, HP Wireless Printing Upgrade Kit
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00764488


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