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NETGEAR PS110 - Print server - parallel - EN, Fast EN - 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, English
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It does what it is a two-port print server . It does what it is, a two-port print server. So far there is no print server has two-way communication. It uses the concept, "redirect", each computer needs to install the printer driver then redirect to the port. If the two-way communication is important to you, you need use a dedicated computer as print server. Only a dedicated computer is capable to know who sent the printing job and who should receive the message from printer (such as "out of paper", "ink low", etc). I bought this to avoid a dedicated computer being always on.About the setup, for sure it is not plug and play; however it is not that hard. First, you have to have NetBUEI protocol at the "Administrative" computer (it is not installed by default; but can be added on easily), then run its setup (FirstGear) with Administrative ability to configure the PS110, then you can assign the IP address for it. I'd like to use a fixed IP and not using the DHCP. For the other computer, ( a Mac or PC), you can just use TCP/IP protocol. For PC, run its setup as client computer (only need "Add Printer Wizard"), it will find and add two ports for the system, then just install your printer driver on the port.Once the PS110 is set, it remembers its setting. You may turn it off if you want. The netgear also provides firmware update at its web site. I am very happy with this print sever. If this print server provided web-based setup ( by just using browser with a specific IP), I would give it a five-star evaluation. If it also came with a build-in Ethernet switches/hub ( it is not), I would give it a six star.
It does what it is a two-port print server . It does what it is, a two-port print server. So far there is no print server has two-way communication. It uses the concept, "redirect", each computer needs to install the printer driver then redirect to the port. If the two-way communication is important to you, you need use a dedicated computer as print server. Only a dedicated computer is capable to know who sent the printing job and who should receive the message from printer (such as "out of paper", "ink low", etc). I bought this to avoid a dedicated computer being always on.About the setup, for sure it is not plug and play; however it is not that hard. First, you have to have NetBUEI protocol at the "Administrative" computer (it is not installed by default; but can be added on easily), then run its setup (FirstGear) with Administrative ability to configure the PS110, then you can assign the IP address for it. I'd like to use a fixed IP and not using the DHCP. For the other computer, ( a Mac or PC), you can just use TCP/IP protocol. For PC, run its setup as client computer (only need "Add Printer Wizard"), it will find and add two ports for the system, then just install your printer driver on the port.Once the PS110 is set, it remembers its setting. You may turn it off if you want. The netgear also provides firmware update at its web site. I am very happy with this print sever. If this print server provided web-based setup ( by just using browser with a specific IP), I would give it a five-star evaluation. If it also came with a build-in Ethernet switches/hub ( it is not), I would give it a six star.
Netgear PS110 10/100 Print Server with 2 Parallel Ports Reviews
Straight and simple . I just received this print server. I was a bit anxious about buying it because of somewhat negative reviews, especially regarding its setup problems. I was pleasantly surprised when I didn't have to do anything except make sure up front that my network connections work fine. I connected the printer to the print server, powered up the print server, and then put NetGear's installation CD into my PC. NetGear's software recognized the print server, so installation was almost flawless. The only glitch that I encountered was with setting up printers and installing print drivers. NetGear's installation software failed here, but I blame Windows 2000/Windows 95 and printer drivers' distributions for this. What worked for me was *not* to proceed with adding printers in the print server installation process (this step failed anyway), but rather add printers and their drivers later (or before) as local printers connected to the parallel port, then reassign printers' ports to the respective print server ports. Here is the procedure in a greater detail:- Install printer drivers after connecting printers, one at time, directly to the computer's parallel port and adding printers as local. This will allow Windows to detect new hardware and properly install the drivers.- Reconnect the printers back to the print server.- Using START->Settings->Printers in Windows, access printer properties and reassign printer port to the appropriate port on the print server. Windows should see the port as PS110/..., where ... is one of the two print server ports. For now I am quite happy with this purchase.
Straight and simple . I just received this print server. I was a bit anxious about buying it because of somewhat negative reviews, especially regarding its setup problems. I was pleasantly surprised when I didn't have to do anything except make sure up front that my network connections work fine. I connected the printer to the print server, powered up the print server, and then put NetGear's installation CD into my PC. NetGear's software recognized the print server, so installation was almost flawless. The only glitch that I encountered was with setting up printers and installing print drivers. NetGear's installation software failed here, but I blame Windows 2000/Windows 95 and printer drivers' distributions for this. What worked for me was *not* to proceed with adding printers in the print server installation process (this step failed anyway), but rather add printers and their drivers later (or before) as local printers connected to the parallel port, then reassign printers' ports to the respective print server ports. Here is the procedure in a greater detail:- Install printer drivers after connecting printers, one at time, directly to the computer's parallel port and adding printers as local. This will allow Windows to detect new hardware and properly install the drivers.- Reconnect the printers back to the print server.- Using START->Settings->Printers in Windows, access printer properties and reassign printer port to the appropriate port on the print server. Windows should see the port as PS110/..., where ... is one of the two print server ports. For now I am quite happy with this purchase.
Netgear PS110 10/100 Print Server with 2 Parallel Ports Opinions
Great Product! No Problems! . I purchased this product about 1 month ago and abused the heck out of it. Print from detailed photo's to charts and displays to photosmart 1218 and a hp color lazer print. I don't have any back logs or transfer problems. Great product and highly recommended!
Great Product! No Problems! . I purchased this product about 1 month ago and abused the heck out of it. Print from detailed photo's to charts and displays to photosmart 1218 and a hp color lazer print. I don't have any back logs or transfer problems. Great product and highly recommended!
Good for Small Office . I bought this print server for my office so I could send print jobs from either of our networked workstations to either of our printers without having to worry about whether a particular workstation was on (or working!). Both machines are running NT4.0. I found the setup to be fairly straightforward -- just follow the direction in the booklet. To the other machines, the server basically looks like another computer with two attached printers which are shared. After the install, each workstation must run the installation program to configure the machine to use the print server. Each printer has a name which can be selected as the printer or default printer from a standard Windows print dialog. We have used the server for a month with no problems. Now I plan to get one for my house so I can print to printers from my laptop over a wireless LAN without leaving other machines on all the time. Apparently some of the reviewers did not check the manual on the CD to answer their problems, as I found full instructions to configure for Unix/Linux computers. Also, when the server has been set up, there is a web browser based administration utility. I didn't give the box 5 stars because there doesn't seem to be any way to remove a printer once it has been installed, other than to reset the box. If I could add another feature, I would include the capability to print using a USB connection from the print server to the printer.
Couldn't ask for Better . This server is simple to setup and get running. I works well with both my Linux and Windows systems, and can be setup by either. The best part about this print server is that it allows me to place my printer where it is convient for me, instead of right next to the computer (Which is inconvient). (LPT cables have a limit on the cable length.) I can print files from either my laptop or desk top system regardless of operating system. I would recommend this server to anyone who needs cross platform printing capability. I wonder what I ever did without it. Keep up the good work Netgear !!.
64K print buffer is inadequate for DOS capture printing . I have used the PS110 for SCO UNIX systems with netcat forseveral clients with complete satisfaction. Netcat makes aconnection to port 4010 or 4020 and sends data without errors.However, I have just recently (Dec 2002) placed a PS110 with aclient in a Win98 network to print from FoxPro 2.6 for DOS andhad to remove it as its 64K print buffer is too small for theFoxPro reports to be printed without error. NetGear's web site has a technical document indicating that theproper procedure is to capture the desired LPT port and directit to the print server as \\PSDXXXXX\P1 for parallel port1 or\\PSDXXXXX\P2 for paralle port 2. (PSDXXXXX is the hostname thatshows up when you browse network neighborhood)The PS110 that I delivered to the client had BIOS version 6024,while the Netgear web site listed 6017 as the latest availableBIOS that can be downloaded. The problem with buffer overflow on the PS110 using the Windowscapture setting appears to be a problem with Windows 98 and thetimeout Win98 appears to allow for captured print jobs to completely spool to the target host computer. If you use captureand send to a shared printer on another Win98 system, the file isspooled to the host win98 system in under a second. Sending thesame file to the PS110 takes over 20 seconds and results in anerror message indicating problems writing to the printer, and the remaining lines from the print job are lost or garbled. Testing using nc.exe (from Hobbit) to send from a DOS window under Win98 to port 4010 is sucessful and takes several minutesto print my 7-page test file.Netgear second level technical support admitted the problem andcould provide no solution as the 64k print buffer cannot be increased.
Works but not well with modern printers . The product does work as a basic printer/ network interface on Windows 98/ 2000. Install is a bit undocumented, as noted in another review - along with how to do it. However, if your printer communicates back to the PC with more than the 30-year-old wire signals for paper out, jam, etc. you're out of luck. For example, my Epson 860 works OK, but I can't see when ink is running low. This is a feature on most new printers and its absence is annoying.I did get one response from Netgear to the effect that they don't support two-way communication and they don't plan to.There is also no support for Linux, and I don't know the status for MAC OS-X. Since I use Linux this is an issue for me.I am now using simple network print servers that plug into the printer's parallel connector and let the printer act as a standard network citizen. That way all the boxes on my network can use the 'standard' network printer. Cost was about $80 each for the little print 'servers'. I found them at a computer show. D-Link has one now for about $90. I suggest this is a standards-compliant way to avoid problems. Or just buy your printer 'Network Ready' if the option is available. It's about the same cost.
Cons Review
Instructions don't mention XP. Neither does their web site. . The instructions don't mention Windows XP. The web site mentions it, barely, but wihhout instructions. I wasted an hour trying to do it myself, then an hour with tech support. Finally got it working, but only because I know about IP addresses, network configuration, etc. I imagine it would be easy to setup if they bothered to provide instructions for WIndows XP, and it may be easy with older versions of Windows. But XP users should stay away. And wonder why NetGear can't provide any attempt at instructions a year after XP's release.Once I got it working, it works fine. The only hassle was setting it up.
Beware - incorrect Amazon.com documentation . Beware: The Amazon.com documentations is wrong as it states that this is a print server and has an integrated network hub. However, it is NOT a hub so do not buy it if you need a integrated hub/print server as I did. If you look at the Netgear website, it correctly states that this product can connect to a hub...
Highly frustrating little blue box. . Let me get this off my chest first: I like Netgear products a lot. I also see that other reviewers seem to like this printserver, so take their experiences into consideration as well.I have experienced many irritating problems with this printserver since buying it. Printing complex PDF files to my laser printer is a lost cause- three or four pages will print and then I'll get an error. After this happens the print server locks up and needs a reboot (often my computer also needs a reboot to print again- I think there might be a problem with their printer driver as well). I've called tech support and tried replacement units to no avail. I am inspired to write this review because of a problem I'm currently having- I just tried printing a simple document from WordPad and the printer driver insists there is another job waiting on the printer (there isn't). My overall recommendation is to buy Netgear products but avoid this printserver.
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Feature Netgear PS110 10/100 Print Server with 2 Parallel Ports
- 10/100 Mbps print server lets network users share printers
- Built-in network hub solves file, print, and resource-sharing issues
- Switches from Ethernet to Fast Ethernet seamlessly
- 10/100 Mbps port and 2 IEEE 1284 bidirectional ports
- Supports Unix, Windows, and NetWare clients
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Product Details
EAN : 0606449002218UPC : 606449002218
MPN : PS110
Brand : Netgear
Color : Blue
Weight : 4 pounds
Height : 5 inches
Length : 13 inches
Width : 8 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
ItemPartNumber : PS110NA
Manufacturer : Netgear
Model : PS110
Platform : Unix
Publisher : Netgear
SKU : DSB00000JBHF
Studio : Netgear
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