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Cisco-Linksys Wireless-G Print Server with Multifunction Printer Support

Cisco-Linksys Wireless-G Print Server with Multifunction Printer Support

(218 customer reviews)

SKU:

745883576319-WPSM54G

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Description:

Put It on Paper, Wirelessly
The multifunction printer is designed to provide constant wireless connectivity so everyone on your network can share it, any time they want, from anywhere in your home. The Wireless-G Multifunction PrintServer helps to break the bottleneck, free up your computer, and be more productive. Print, fax, scan, and copy, all without running wires.

Share Your Printer
Turn your multifunction printer into a wireless device. Connect your printer to your wireless network, or to your router with Ethernet cable. Now all the wired or wireless computers on your network can share a printer, any time. No need for a dedicated computer. And when it's connected wirelessly, you can place your printer anywhere you want.

Be More Efficient
Get more done, faster. No more swapping cables or waiting for access. No more turning on or leaving on the one computer that connects to the printer. Designed to allow multiple users to print anytime, or have exclusive use of fax, copy, or scan functions while completing their task. Large print buffer handles even very graphics-intensive jobs. Compatible with most multifunction printers.

Easy and More Secure
User-friendly Setup Wizard helps make installation a snap. Powerful encryption helps protect your wireless data. The compact case fits almost anywhere.

Features:

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Linksys Wireless-G Multifunction PrintServer - WPSM54G-RM

Product Details:

Product Length:	11.5 inches
Product Width:	9.75 inches
Product Height:	3.6 inches
Product Weight:	0.39 pounds
Package Length:	11.3 inches
Package Width:	9.7 inches
Package Height:	3.5 inches
Package Weight:	1.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 218 reviews

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Customer Reviews:

Average Customer Review: 2.5

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183 of 184 found the following review helpful:

Setup is tricky but once it works, it works wellSep 11, 2007
By Michael Sandman
Once you get this gizmo going, it works nicely. You can connect multiple computers on your home network to a printer that's within WiFi range. But setting it up is a challenge, because you have to do exactly the right things in exactly the right sequence, and some of the things you have to do right aren't mentioned in the setup wizard that runs when you insert the Linksys setup CD into your computer, or they're mentioned so late in the process that you may have to start all over again!

The process takes about 90 minutes if you do everything right the first time around and don't have to double back. Most of the time you're watching software load - it's as exciting as watching paint dry. Here's what you have to do, as far as I'm able to recount from having just done it for a friend's home network. If you think the following is written in Greek or maybe in Geek, get someone else to do this for you. If you're up to the challenge, this review may save you time and frustration and prevent more 1-star reviews.

(1) Before you set the print server up, it's a good idea to go to the web site of the company that makes your router (Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc.) and download and install the latest "firmware" for your router. That takes maybe 15 minutes.

(2) Move the printer close to the PC that's connected to your wireless router. It has to be close enough to the router for you to connect it via a standard Ethernet ("patch" or "Internet") cable. It's not a big deal, but it means you may have to set the printer up in one place and then move it back to where you want it to be. (Linksys supplies the necessary cables in the box, which is to their credit. Most printer manufacturers make you buy your own cable.)

(3) The printer needs to be set up on the computer using a wired (USB) connection *before* you try to set up the wireless connection. If you're just going wireless with a printer you've already installed on the PC that's connected to your WiFi router, you're all set. But if you're installing a new printer, or trying to go wireless with a printer you've moved from some other computer, be sure to install it as a USB printer first. (3-a) Once you have the printer set up as a wireless "network" computer, you may want to uninstall the USB version of the same printer, because when you boot up, some versions of Windows will give you endless warnings that the local printer isn't connected. (3-b) This also means that if you ever buy a new printer and you want to connect it wirelessly via the Linksys print server, you have to install it first as a (wired) USB printer, and then re-run the "Set Up Computer" wizard from the CD that comes with the Linksys. Don't lose that CD!

(4) The setup wizard asks for a password for the print server. You can use any password you like, BUT then it asks for a passphrase, and the wizard fails to point out that you need the exact WEP passphrase or WEP key you've (already) used to set up your wireless router. (You are using WEP or stronger security on your wireless router, right? If not, go find out how to set up WEP security and do it immediately.) (4-a) The setup wizard asks for a passphrase, but if you've used a passcode on your router, there's a way to enter it you look carefully at the screen.

(5) Once you complete setting up the wireless print server, the wizard leads you through setting up your computer. Again, you must have already installed the printer onto the computer via a USB cable before you get to this point! Follow the instructions and by gosh - it works! Then at the very end there's a small note saying that if you want to set up other computers, you have to install the printer drivers first. Nice of Linksys to point that out at the very end; it would have saved me an hour of messing around if they'd said that at the beginning!

(6) Once the printer is set up, it's the default printer, and it wasn't possible (at least for me, with Windows XP) to set a different printer up as the default printer on one of the computers on my home friend's network. A minor irritation, in most cases, and there may be a workaround. If I find it I'll add it to this review.

So: 5 stars for convenience once it's set up; 3 stars for the glitch with the default; 2 stars for poor setup instructions... how do you rate this thing? 4 stars, I guess.

52 of 53 found the following review helpful:

Seems to work great with a canon mp530Jan 05, 2007
By David A. Sobel
I would consider giving this product 5 stars, but I haven't yet put it through it's paces. However....

I received this device today and within 30 minutes I got my canon mp530 (print/scan/copy/fax) connected to it and printing and scanning wirelessly! This is the first device I've seen that has good support for multifunction printers, and setup was a really easy and well-documented.

As of Jan 4, 2007, this device must be VERY NEW. So new, in fact, that the linksys website has almost no documentation of this device. There is a list of MFP's that this device is known to support. See:

[...]

But note that this list is not exhaustive. For instance, my Canon MP530 is not listed here, but the printer was recognized by the printserver and everything seems to work fine. (Note that the next model up, the Canon MP830 IS listed as being supported, however.) Nonetheless, if the printer isn't listed here, buyer beware!

For each computer that you want to use w/ your networked printer, you need to first install the printer drivers (e.g from Canon/HP/Epson/whatever). Then you install the drivers that came w/ the linksys printserver and you're pretty much good to go.

One last note: This print server supports 802.11g (54Mbps max rate). However, my wireless router only supports .11b (11Mbps). Therefore, when I scanned a big image, the "download time" (from scanner to computer) seemed slow. My guess is that the 11mbps link speed was the bottleneck

Addendum: If you want to use this device from a computer that has a software firewall installed, BE SURE TO MANUALLY DISABLE THE FIREWALL DURING THE PRINT SERVER INSTALLATION. (In other words, go into your system tray and manually turn off ZoneAlarm, Symantec Firewall, etc.)

Addendum #2: This applies specifically to the Canon MP530 that I'm using with this PS, but might also apply to other printers. In order to install the Canon printer driver (not the LinksysPS driver), I am required to physically connect the printer to the computer in question via a usb cable. This MUST be done BEFORE the PS is installed. Therefore, I needed to lug the printer around the house to connect it to the various desktop machines I had. This was a minor inconvenience, but would have been a major hassle if there were >5 desktop computers to connect to.

26 of 26 found the following review helpful:

Working great with Canon MP830Jan 14, 2007
By David Trenkle
I was able to easily setup this print server with three computers. I have been printing and scanning sucessfully! I do not expect to fax with it so I haven't tried that function.

If you have the printer already installed, I found that I had to uninstall the printer first then re-install it then install the print server next. I had a bit of an issue until I found in the manual, 'NOTE: Linksys strongly recommends that you set up your printer and install your printer's driver before you install the PrintServer's driver.' I found this to be a requirement rather than a recommendation.

I found very little info on the Linksys website. In fact I only found one website out of 14 that had more than just the model number and price. I found out about this model from Linksys Tech support while trying to make the WPS54G work with my Mult-function Machine.

I am using the WPSM54G with a built-in WI-FI w/Speedbooster and a Linksys WMP54GS w/Speedbooster PCI slot adapter. The print server is not a Speedbooster product however all my printing and scanning has been fast enough for me!

20 of 22 found the following review helpful:

Doesn't work, Linksys couldn't help (I knew what I was doing)Dec 25, 2007
By Ryan G. Johnson "k3for"
So many problems - where to begin?
- The antenna point is week, one small bump and the plastic breaks off.
- Software very buggy. Windows Defender will shut it down every time because it's unsigned and unnamed (suspicious flag).
- Huge firewall issues. If you're willing to KEEP your firewall off, fine. I'm not.
- Two-way doesn't work, even on multi-function printers that were supposedly supported. My HP DJ 4180 is fine, when hooked up via local USB - wirelessly wouldn't scan. And _PRINTING_ was incredibly slow.
- Wireless discovery is awful and unreliable - put the computer program on 8 laptops and desktops around the house - half of them _NEVER_ found the print server.
- The three printers I tried all pretty much REQUIRED the printer be hooked up to each by USB for initial driver loading _THEN_ remoted - this is impractical. Not necessarily this product's fault, but you will spend TOO MUCH TIME trying to get this work. Just go back to printer sharing.
- Linksys support was awful. First time, the guy tried for 45 minutes, then said he'd kick it up to his immediate supervisor and I should try back in 30 minutes.
- Second time I called, that support person couldn't even find evidence of my previous call, and wouldn't let me talk to a supervisor, and wanted me to try to do a bunch of things all over again, including permanently uninstalling Windows Defender.

11 of 11 found the following review helpful:

lousy interfaceJan 28, 2008
By J. Peirce "jp"
I am very unhappy with this Linksys product, who I have always had good luck in the past. It has a very bad "wizard" interface that will not let you print any other way except using this interface. I could not connect through the wizard (despite being able to connect through the "secret" web interface) and was unable to use this device. I'm very knowledgable about print servers and networking and have never had an issue setting them up before this (I have two other network servers in my house already). I recommend a different brand.

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