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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
