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very good for home use. . Easy to set up print server. It worked great within 15 minute had it up and running on my small home network. I got it so that I did not have to keep a PC on all the time for printing duties. It also has wireless option (the card is free when you send in rebate). It is not wireless out of the box.
very good for home use. . Easy to set up print server. It worked great within 15 minute had it up and running on my small home network. I got it so that I did not have to keep a PC on all the time for printing duties. It also has wireless option (the card is free when you send in rebate). It is not wireless out of the box.
NETGEAR PS111W - Print server - parallel - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet - 10Base-T, 100Base-TX Reviews
Wired and Wireless Print Server . I bought this print server knowing that it was wireless ready, but you would have to send in a coupon to receive the free wireless pc card. I didn't immediately need the wireless capability, though, because I already have a Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router, and I could use the 100 MByte Ethernet connection--but it would be nice to have the wireless option.Installation was very easy--just plug it into the router, power it up, and pop the CD in my computer. It immediately recognized my HP Laserjet 6L printer, and worked great the first time. Now I don't need to start up my desktop computer to print wirelessly from my notebook computer.This is a great product, and you can't beat the price or the Netgear name.
Wired and Wireless Print Server . I bought this print server knowing that it was wireless ready, but you would have to send in a coupon to receive the free wireless pc card. I didn't immediately need the wireless capability, though, because I already have a Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router, and I could use the 100 MByte Ethernet connection--but it would be nice to have the wireless option.Installation was very easy--just plug it into the router, power it up, and pop the CD in my computer. It immediately recognized my HP Laserjet 6L printer, and worked great the first time. Now I don't need to start up my desktop computer to print wirelessly from my notebook computer.This is a great product, and you can't beat the price or the Netgear name.
NETGEAR PS111W - Print server - parallel - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet - 10Base-T, 100Base-TX Opinions
easy setup great value . We use this unit at work and it was a breeze to setup. After a great experience with it, we've picked up 4 more of these units for all the printers. Everytime, the unit was very easy to setup and everything was up and working in no time. For Windows XP machines, we didn't even need the setup CD; XP has the Netgear print server drivers support built in. Even Win2K could support the basic functions without installing the setup CD. For the cost of this unit, it is a great value. I did know that I had to send in for the wireless card, so that was no surprise.
easy setup great value . We use this unit at work and it was a breeze to setup. After a great experience with it, we've picked up 4 more of these units for all the printers. Everytime, the unit was very easy to setup and everything was up and working in no time. For Windows XP machines, we didn't even need the setup CD; XP has the Netgear print server drivers support built in. Even Win2K could support the basic functions without installing the setup CD. For the cost of this unit, it is a great value. I did know that I had to send in for the wireless card, so that was no surprise.
Does the job... maybe not for Macs . I use this print server on a home network. My primary machines are a Mac laptop and desktop, which posed a significant problem as initial configuration of this print server must be done from a Windows-based PC because of the proprietary software that Netgear uses. Virtual PC was my solution. Others may have to borrow a friend's PC laptop for an hour.Once you have supplied an IP address to the print server, it may then be configured from a web browser on any computer.Users of Mac OS X will find the free GIMP Print and GhostScript packages essential to use this device with anything other than a postscript printer.As others have mentioned, this print server is slow, but it does its job well and the test-page function has been useful for diagnostics.My main motivation for buying this box was that it was on sale dirt cheap and the free wireless card would cost as much as the print server did alone. It has performed very well since I installed it, with the caveat that the wireless 802.11b card has yet to arrive 2 months after I sent for it.
It is cheap but don't expect much . It works well as a basic print server. The ease of configuration may have been satisfactory a few years ago, but other companies have made the typical router configuration so easy that makes configuring this print server seem almost too technical. But once you get it going (it took 20 minutes for me), it works well. I bought it under the condition that there is a rebate to get a free wireless card for this box, but it has been 3 month, and nothing from Netgear. I am having second thoughts about Netgear's integrity.
15 minute Setup . I purchased this print server after returning the Linksys version out of frustration at the inability to get it to work (and the clueless customer service). Some folks here have complained about the Netgear manual and customer service - well I can't attest to the quality of the manual or CS because I have never needed to use them. I currently have a Netgear wireless access point/router, and am running two notebooks (wireless) and a desktop wired, and now the print server. With a gun held to my head, I could not explain the most basic TCP/IP, DCHP, or any of this terminology that goes with networking. I buy this stuff, install the software, plug it in and it works. Maybe I am lucky, but for me, Netgear is the way to go. As others have mentioned, the print process seems somewhat slower then with a direct connection, however, the ability to print from the notebook anywhere in my house is well worth the reduction in speed.
Beware the words "Wireless Ready" . OK, I didn't read the specs carefully enough to realize this unit wouldn't work as a wireless print server out of the box. Rather than return the unit, I sent the rebate forms, barcodes, and receipts in for a "free" wireless card. Given this unit is only about $10 more than the card, it's a reasonable bargain.Installation and configuration was quite easy, as with all Netgear products I have purchased. It performs as advertised. (I'm just grumbling it didn't work out of the box.)
PS111WNA Works Great If You Install it Right . As long as you install it right it works great. One thing they don't tell you is that you have to turn off your firewalls to install it.With a firewall in your Router you don't need one on in your PC anyway.After I did this the software installed it in about 5 minutes I have three PC's on a wireless network and they all use the same printer with this Printserver. It works GREAT!!!!!!!
Cons Review
Awful customer support... product never worked . I was persuaded to try this product after reading a couple of reviews here at Amazon from people who were using it with a Linksys BEFW11S4 DSL router. However, it just didn't work for me at all. Everything was connected properly, the print server's LAN light was on solid green (meaning that it could talk to router) and it could print its "test page" with all its configuration details (meaning that it could talk to the printer). However, no matter what I tried, I could never get the computer (running WinXP) to recognize that the print server even existed. I called Netgear support and after a very long wait I spent approximately an hour on the phone...until we were both equally clueless about what was wrong....Well, it's been 10 hours and I'm still waiting. I tried calling back to see if I could get more help, but their expected wait time was almost 30 minutes.Also, Netgear's online customer support and documentation is atrocious. I tried to download this server's documentation from the website before ordering the product, just to make sure that it could do all I wanted. Well, the materials were just awful. In fact, the document was really a draft, which even included "comments" from one Netgear employee to the others. Even the "cleaned up" version of these documents that came with the installation CD was so "terse" that it wasn't much help at all. Nothing like the screen-by-screen shots that I'm used to getting from Linksys.I've already repackaged this product and printed the UPS label off this site. It's going back to Amazon tomorrow.
Catch 22!!!!! . purchased this for the rebate of the wireless PC card and still haven't been able to use it since the free card has not been sent yet. It's been 3 months!!! Netgear is totally un responsive. Can't return the item because I had to cut out and send in the UPS from this package to get the free card. Catch 22!!!! Stear clear of Netgear!!!!
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Product Details
EAN : 0606449023459UPC : 606449023459
Brand : Netgear
Binding : Electronics
Manufacturer : Netgear
Publisher : Netgear
Studio : Netgear
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