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.
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Chris Green