Yet another Crap LinkSys product..

Christ.. I was a big LinkSys advocate, but after the last few weeks
here, I've changed my mind..

I have yet another LinkSys product that took a dump.. Now it's the
PPS1UW. It's a print server to USB. All I wanted to do is get a Epson
Printer running on my network for other PCs to print to it.. I read the
manual, followed every step.. after 2 days of frustration I called tech
support.. this time the tech guy at LinkSys was pretty knowledgeable,
however, the end result is that it looks like this thing only worked for
a day at best.. Gotta send it in I think. It wont return back to the
default settings, but the DHCP sees it, and gives it an IP address.. no
network name though.

I took it back to the CompUSSR store, but after 14 days, I'm screwed..
cashier says we stopped carrying this model too.. My guess is the huge
amount of returns they got..

Anyone have any luck with this? Know how to reset to default? What a
bunch of crap.. no more LinkSys for me, I'm so done.

Thanks
-Richard

Have you been able to get to the setup pages for the unit? You may have to
start with an Ethernet cable to get it going. I have one (WPS11) and it
took me a while to get it going, but in the end, I had to disable
bi-directional printing to get it to work.

Normally holding down the reset button for several seconds should reset the
unit to Default settings.

Clark

"Richard Ragon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1mN1b.4405$(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Christ.. I was a big LinkSys advocate, but after the last few weeks
> here, I've changed my mind..
>
> I have yet another LinkSys product that took a dump.. Now it's the
> PPS1UW. It's a print server to USB. All I wanted to do is get a Epson
> Printer running on my network for other PCs to print to it.. I read the
> manual, followed every step.. after 2 days of frustration I called tech
> support.. this time the tech guy at LinkSys was pretty knowledgeable,
> however, the end result is that it looks like this thing only worked for
> a day at best.. Gotta send it in I think. It wont return back to the
> default settings, but the DHCP sees it, and gives it an IP address.. no
> network name though.
>
> I took it back to the CompUSSR store, but after 14 days, I'm screwed..
> cashier says we stopped carrying this model too.. My guess is the huge
> amount of returns they got..
>
> Anyone have any luck with this? Know how to reset to default? What a
> bunch of crap.. no more LinkSys for me, I'm so done.
>
> Thanks
> -Richard
>

"Clark" <ccurtiss-no-spam-@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:GrO1b.1890$(E-Mail Removed) :

> Have you been able to get to the setup pages for the unit? You may
> have to start with an Ethernet cable to get it going. I have one
> (WPS11) and it took me a while to get it going, but in the end, I had
> to disable bi-directional printing to get it to work.
>
> Normally holding down the reset button for several seconds should
> reset the unit to Default settings.
>
> Clark
>
> "Richard Ragon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1mN1b.4405$(E-Mail Removed) ...
>> Christ.. I was a big LinkSys advocate, but after the last few weeks
>> here, I've changed my mind..
>>
>> I have yet another LinkSys product that took a dump.. Now it's the
>> PPS1UW. It's a print server to USB. All I wanted to do is get a
>> Epson Printer running on my network for other PCs to print to it.. I
>> read the manual, followed every step.. after 2 days of frustration I
>> called tech support.. this time the tech guy at LinkSys was pretty
>> knowledgeable, however, the end result is that it looks like this
>> thing only worked for a day at best.. Gotta send it in I think. It
>> wont return back to the default settings, but the DHCP sees it, and
>> gives it an IP address.. no network name though.
>>
>> I took it back to the CompUSSR store, but after 14 days, I'm
>> screwed.. cashier says we stopped carrying this model too.. My guess
>> is the huge amount of returns they got..
>>
>> Anyone have any luck with this? Know how to reset to default? What
>> a bunch of crap.. no more LinkSys for me, I'm so done.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Richard
>>
>
>
>

Thirty seconds or more of holding down the reset button usually works. If
that doesn't work, then throwing it up against the wall will do it.

Duane

--
The protection of the machine is a process and not a given!

lol thanks for the laugh,

>>>>>> CompUSSR store,<<<<<<<<<<<<

Clark wrote:
> Have you been able to get to the setup pages for the unit? You may have to
> start with an Ethernet cable to get it going. I have one (WPS11) and it
> took me a while to get it going, but in the end, I had to disable
> bi-directional printing to get it to work.

I don't have a wireless setup yet. It is plugged into a port on the router.

> Normally holding down the reset button for several seconds should reset the
> unit to Default settings.

YEah, I went though tech support on this. It didn't reset it. Held the
reset while uppluggin it and plugging it back in too. no go.

> Clark
>
> "Richard Ragon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1mN1b.4405$(E-Mail Removed) ...
>
>>Christ.. I was a big LinkSys advocate, but after the last few weeks
>>here, I've changed my mind..
>>
>>I have yet another LinkSys product that took a dump.. Now it's the
>>PPS1UW. It's a print server to USB. All I wanted to do is get a Epson
>>Printer running on my network for other PCs to print to it.. I read the
>>manual, followed every step.. after 2 days of frustration I called tech
>>support.. this time the tech guy at LinkSys was pretty knowledgeable,
>>however, the end result is that it looks like this thing only worked for
>>a day at best.. Gotta send it in I think. It wont return back to the
>>default settings, but the DHCP sees it, and gives it an IP address.. no
>>network name though.
>>
>>I took it back to the CompUSSR store, but after 14 days, I'm screwed..
>>cashier says we stopped carrying this model too.. My guess is the huge
>>amount of returns they got..
>>
>>Anyone have any luck with this? Know how to reset to default? What a
>>bunch of crap.. no more LinkSys for me, I'm so done.
>>
>>Thanks
>>-Richard
>>
>
>
>

Duane Arnold wrote:

> "Clark" <ccurtiss-no-spam-@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
> news:GrO1b.1890$(E-Mail Removed) :
>
>
>>Have you been able to get to the setup pages for the unit? You may
>>have to start with an Ethernet cable to get it going. I have one
>>(WPS11) and it took me a while to get it going, but in the end, I had
>>to disable bi-directional printing to get it to work.
>>
>>Normally holding down the reset button for several seconds should
>>reset the unit to Default settings.
>>
>>Clark
>>
>>"Richard Ragon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:1mN1b.4405$(E-Mail Removed) om...
>>
>>>Christ.. I was a big LinkSys advocate, but after the last few weeks
>>>here, I've changed my mind..
>>>
>>>I have yet another LinkSys product that took a dump.. Now it's the
>>>PPS1UW. It's a print server to USB. All I wanted to do is get a
>>>Epson Printer running on my network for other PCs to print to it.. I
>>>read the manual, followed every step.. after 2 days of frustration I
>>>called tech support.. this time the tech guy at LinkSys was pretty
>>>knowledgeable, however, the end result is that it looks like this
>>>thing only worked for a day at best.. Gotta send it in I think. It
>>>wont return back to the default settings, but the DHCP sees it, and
>>>gives it an IP address.. no network name though.
>>>
>>>I took it back to the CompUSSR store, but after 14 days, I'm
>>>screwed.. cashier says we stopped carrying this model too.. My guess
>>>is the huge amount of returns they got..
>>>
>>>Anyone have any luck with this? Know how to reset to default? What
>>>a bunch of crap.. no more LinkSys for me, I'm so done.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>-Richard
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thirty seconds or more of holding down the reset button usually works. If
> that doesn't work, then throwing it up against the wall will do it.

Manual and tech support said 10, I'll try longer then too.. might try
the 2nd method too.

> Duane
>

itsrainin wrote:

> lol thanks for the laugh,
>
>
>>>>>>>CompUSSR store,<<<<<<<<<<<<
>

Hey, you caught that one. Most people miss it completely.

-Richard