On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 10:16 -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Thursday 23 November 2006 09:19, John Pierce wrote:
Hello, I no this is probably not the best place to ask this one but here goes.
I have network laser printer and I need to relocate it, where I am wanting to move it to cabling would not be practical. I have a wireless broadband router/network switch. Could I use a wireless AP to connect to the printer and then allow network access to the printer through it?
You could use such a thing, you would be essentially using the second access point as a bridge
Note: you need two
- thereby joining a totally disconnected lan segment via the bridge.
Sometimes its easier to set up a wireless print server. Google will find dozens of those for you, including Netgear's WGPS606 wireless print server with a four-port switch, access points to make a bridge. If the router supports wireless bridging (not to be confused with setting the pppoe modem as a bridge), then just get another access point that supports wireless bridging. The Netgear WG602 works fabulous for this.
I haven't worked with any wireless print servers, but there's a good chance that they, like many wireless routers, don't support wireless bridging. In such a case you'll need two dedicated APs for that. Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org