On 29/11/2007, Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 02:16:39PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Hi all, this is not a Fedora question, but I am abusing the list's > > collective knowledge :) > > > > Our home network has two Fedora machines and a Ubuntu machine on a > > four-port router. As none of the machines are 'always on' machines, > > the poor USB printer is plugged into whichever one needs to print. I > > recently saw a device for connecting a serial printer to an ethernet > > port on the router, thereby giving the printer a local IP address and > > any connected computer could print to it. With NAT, even a remote > > computer could print to such a printer (actually a feature that we > > would use a lot in our home, as I am often at the university and I > > send documents home for the wife to print). > > > > Does anyone know of a similar product for USB printers? I've scoured > > Ebay but found nothing. I'd love to hear of anyone who has experience > > with such devices, and who could describe possible drawbacks that I > > have not considered. > > > There are now routers with a USB port to which you can attach a > printer. A quick Google suugests at least USR and Draytek Vigor. > > > Chris Green Thanks, Chris, though if I can avoid replacing the entire router I'd rather. Note, though, that with the price of routers being what they are it might in fact be cheaper to replace the router :) Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
