Wireless Networking

WGPS606 NETGEAR Print Server is a 54 Mbps Wireless Printer Server with 4-port switch and 2-port USB Printer, provides up to 2 USB wireless Printer Server and connect up to 4 four computers with wired connection.

WGPS606 Wireless Printers Server

If you would like to build a simple LAN network that will support up to 4 computers with “wired” connection, and you also need print server that supports up to two USB printers, then you need this WGPS606 NETGEAR Print Server. This is a simple peer-to-peer configuration that requires you to provide IP address for each of the computers. But if you have a wireless network environment where many users need access to the printers wirelessly, you can maximize the utilization of this Netgear Wireless Printer Server. You can connect up to two USB type printers to allow the users access them wirelessly, with just this one device, no need to buy two print servers.

WGPS660 Wireless Priters Server Diagram

WGPS606 NETGEAR Print Server has two USB ports, as well as a wireless Ethernet bridge mode with a 4-port switch. With this bridge, you can integrate these two printers into your wireless network environment together with the other four computers. For example if the wireless router your network has is WGT624 Netgear Super-G wireless router which is also connected to the cable modem to the broadband Internet, you can also share the Internet to the four computers that are connected (with wired) to this Wireless Printer Server. The other computers on the wireless network can also print to the printers wirelessly. With this integration to the wireless router, you don’t need to provide the IP address manually for the “wired” computers connected to the print server, because the wireless router will provide the IP address automatically with its DHCP server capability.

NETGEAR’s 54 Mbps Wireless Printer Server employs powerful WEP Encryption and WPA-PSK to keep your wireless network secure. In addition, it’s fully interoperable with 802.11b, 802.11g, and RangeMax™ (MIMO-G) networks.

Installation is easy, you can use the included new Smart Wizard Configuration Assistant automatically detects and configures your print server, providing simple-to-understand prompts to guide you through the process. It’s fast, easy, and completely hassle-free.

This WGP660 Wireless printer server is suitable for a medium to large organization which deploys wireless infrastructure to support many mobile laptops to print wirelessly, while the computers on the “wired” LAN still able to print to the wireless printers.

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