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Linksys EFSP42 EtherFast 10 100 2-Port Switched Pr
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Rating: 2.75/5 from 32 reviews A great print server, better than HP jetdirectdisasterWe use linksys as standard in my company for wireless activities, we found normal to stack a print server from linksys on top of wireless AP. Out of the fact the techs took one hour to find out how to configure it through fixed IP an installing bi admin a described in other critics, which does not make it user friendly but we can cope with that as IT professional. However, bi directional is a joke. No printer is recognized and we lost all fax and scanner functions on a Brother MFC, this IS a problem (guess why we bought a Multi Function Center?) We had to return this material to linksys... Works with XP but takes some tinkeringI read all the reviews so I was expecting some extra work to get this print server working with XP. The trick is using a static IP address, not DHCP. Go ahead and install the "BI Admin" utility because it allows you to configure the print server via a browser page, but use a static IP address. And just enter that same static IP when you configure your printer port (printer properties, add TCP/IP port). Linksys tech support can help - although this is yet another company that has outsourced tech support to the Phillipines and India. That's a big check mark against them in my book. | ||||||||||||||||
Remind you, I don't have any experience installing any router, or print server before, though understand how it works...
After hesitating for a while, I decide to take the risk trying another print server, that's Linksys Etherfast.
Once I got it, plug it into our campus LAN, then, install the CD-ROM. Instantly, I can see the printServer on the network. (Unlike HP, this is the only linksys I can see, so, easy to find.) Then, I hook two printers up, configure port, select device port. All of them worked immediately, without even reading its manual (said to be very bad. I don't know.)
One thing as some reviewers found, when setup the tcp/ip configuration, I have some problem. But it does not affect the function at all. With this price, and its many ports, good compatibility. I love it.