USB to ethernet adapter??

KingTermite · 10-21-2003, 09:39 AM

Has anyone seen or heard of any kind of USB to ethernet adapter?

One that would allow me to connect a USB printer to a router so that it could be used as a network printer if the printer did not already have an ethernet jack?

Does it exist and/or is it possible?

Edit: Maybe I should further explain why I want this. The all-in-one printers I'm looking at are mostly USB. I can get one that will work perfectly for about $150, but it is a USB. There is a slightly upgraded one that has ethernet capability, but it is $300. I'd like to save a few bux if possible.

oldfart · 10-21-2003, 09:50 AM

You could get a print server that has a provision for USB printers.
DLink has one

You could also just network share the printer, but the host PC would have to be on for others to use it.

KingTermite · 10-21-2003, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by oldfart
You could get a print server that has a provision for USB printers.
DLink has one

You could also just network share the printer, but the host PC would have to be on for others to use it.

Thanks...that wasn't exactly what I was looking for (defeated the money saving purpose), but it dead lead me to find this thing.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=133

Got me wondering now.....

Thanks.

oldfart · 10-21-2003, 10:26 AM

That wont work. It is just a USB Ethernet adaptor. You need a USB print server.

here is a cheaper one

fischyfinger · 10-21-2003, 11:03 AM

Quote:

You could also just network share the printer, but the host PC would have to be on for others to use it.

This is what I do with the same setup that you want to have, see my post in your other thread...

I think (I could be wrong) that you either need a print server, or a printer with a print server built in. I don't think you can just plug a regular printer into a router and share it.

rayray9 · 10-21-2003, 11:07 AM

This here works for me like a charm, in several rigs.http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=30&prid=497

oldfart · 10-21-2003, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rayray9
This here works for me like a charm, in several rigs.http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=30&prid=497

That is a USB Ethernet adapter for connecting a PC to a LAN via a USB port. It will not allow a printer to sit on a LAN and be seen. A print server is needed to do that.

RoadHazard · 10-21-2003, 11:42 AM

I've seen some USB-Ethernet adapters. But they're required to plug into a host PC, not a peripheral, according to how a USB port works. You need a print server to do that like someone already mentioned. I'd just plug it to a main rig and share it. No other hardware involve. That's how I have mine setup too.

KingTermite · 10-21-2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by RoadHazard
I've seen some USB-Ethernet adapters. But they're required to plug into a host PC, not a peripheral, according to how a USB port works. You need a print server to do that like someone already mentioned. I'd just plug it to a main rig and share it. No other hardware involve. That's how I have mine setup too.

That's exactly what I think I'll do now. (See my other thread). My main rig virtually never gets shut off anyway, so it shouldn't be a big issue that the computer has to be on.

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