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
