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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DGL-4500 => Topic started by: kargo27 on April 29, 2011, 06:57:17 AM
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I see that there's a USB port on the back of the 4500. Can I run my laser printer to that USB port so it will be a networked printer?
How do I get the network to recognize it if I can.
I plugged it in but can't seem to get it to print. :'( :(
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You have to install the DLink Shareport SW on each PC to make that happen.
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Thanks Robear. I installed shareport and it says it's connected but I still can't print. Boo!
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Eh, heard stories that printers connected to these ports don't work well. I hope someone else can offer up some help. Does the printer happen to have a LAN Port by chance?
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Eh, heard stories that printers connected to these ports don't work well. I hope someone else can offer up some help. Does the printer happen to have a LAN Port by chance?
Yeah, I think this printer may be incompatible.
No, unfortunately, no LAN port, just USB.
I did get this but it didn't seem to work, either. Maybe it's not configured correctly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833130079&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Network+-+Print/Scanner+Server-_-Zonet+Technologies++Inc.-_-33130079 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833130079&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Network+-+Print/Scanner+Server-_-Zonet+Technologies++Inc.-_-33130079)
UPDATE: I got the Zonet print server working! All is good!
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Nice find man...should keep this in mind as a good work around for people trying to work with printers with USB only connections and putting it on the LAN. NICE man. ;)
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Nice find man...should keep this in mind as a good work around for people trying to work with printers with USB only connections and putting it on the LAN. NICE man. ;)
Thanks Bro! 8)
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Was the set up easy? Curious. Can reference this to others as a work around for the Shareport thing.
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It looked straightforward but didn't seem to "take" initially.
The instructions were clear but even though the software said it installed correctly and I got no errors, printing wouldn't work.
But after some rebooting and tinkering it seemed to come together and work.
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tinkering...can you detail what you did? Hope this would be a good solution for the USB port thing. :-\
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Sorry, haven't been on the forum for a few days.
OK, what I had to do with the Zonet ZPW4000 was to change the settings from B/G/N to just "G" and then back to B/G/N. After I do that, it connects.
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Can you just use G or Mixed G and N? Long time no see man. LOL
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The most active and helpful guys here are Furry, Hard Harry and Look Into My Eyes. I've been chatting with them for about 3 or 4 months now, but they're the only "old timers" here, Nicole.
Hey Kargo27 thank you for those nice words :) you are also a helpful guy.
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Chris
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Can you just use G or Mixed G and N? Long time no see man. LOL
I know, here I am again, off and on!
The weird thing about that Zonet print server is that there is no setting for just mixed G and N. It includes B. So, it's B/G/N. I can do just G or just B but not just N.
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Hey Kargo27 thank you for those nice words :) you are also a helpful guy.
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Chris
No problem, bro!
Oh, I dunno about me being helpful. I ask more questions than I answer, but thanks!
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No problem, bro!
Oh, I dunno about me being helpful. I ask more questions than I answer, but thanks!
Well it is always great to have active users who are asking question, you learn we learn from helping. It is very great the forums.
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Chris
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I've had other routers, been on other forums which were very helpful, but this forum is a gem mainly because of you 3 guys. The knowledge base of you 3 is equal to 20 guys on the other forums.
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Stop it LoL :-[ You are very kind.
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Chris
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