Unlike wireless printserver adapter, Linksys PSUS4 USB PrintServer is designed for network print server with 4-port Ethernet Switch. With this printserver, you can share your USB printer on the network and expand your network with 4-port Ethernet Switch in one compact box.
Mostly all the brand new portable printers today are equipped with a single USB port as the main connection port – replacing the old-fashion parallel port. If you need to share the printer over the network, you need to attach the printer to the computer as the printserver (sometimes you need to configure it as dedicated printserver computer and must be on). But with PSUS4 Linksys USB PrintServer, you can connect a USB printer directly to your network, eliminating the need of a dedicated PC as the printserver.
The main benefit of having this USB PrintServer is that you can free-up a dedicated computer as print share PC that need to leave it on all the time. With this PSUS4 we can removes the printing bottleneck, and set the PC free to do more useful work.
In addition, this USB PrintServer includes a 4-port 10/100 Switch to allow you add more devices to the network. All four ports are MDI/MDI-X auto speed negotiating, automatically detect the cable type used – either crossover or straight through cable. Each port independently negotiates the best speed and half- or full-duplex mode, for up to 200Mbps of bandwidth per port. Fast store-and-forward switching prevents damaged packets from being passed on into the network.
Setting up and configuring this USB printserver is easy with a user-friendly setup wizard, and you can remotely administer through your web browser or the included utility.
Home Usage
When you signup for a broadband internet connection, generally the Internet Service provider provides you a modem. Generally the broadband modem (either Cable modem or DSL modem) includes a single USB port and a single LAN port. You can either connect to the computer using the USB port or LAN port. Now, if you need to extend the network with a Switch and you need to share your USB printer over the network, you can connect this PSUS4 USB PrintServer to the LAN port of the modem. See also popular wireless routers with built-in DSL modem.
The configuration diagram is shown in the above figure, connect the LAN port of the modem to one of the USB PrintServer LAN ports and connect the USB port to the printer’s USB port. With this configuration, you can extend the network up to 3 computers with USB printer shared on the network.
Pros:
- A single device to extend the home LAN network and share the USB printer on the network easily.
- Fast and reliable wired print server connection
Cons:
- You cannot share the network printer wirelessly, compared to other USB wireless printserver such as WPSM54G Linksys printserver
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