Can I use the Wl-500g just as a wlan-printserver?

[frankbatzen]

Hi folks, great forum, spent last night reading...

Since yesterday I managed to irreparably destroy my Longshine parallel-port 802.11b-Printserver while opening the case with a screwdriver (yes, i am very stupid :mad: ), i am looking for a new one. Since the new one should be 54mbit with wpa and a parallel printer-port i thought of using a wl-500g as such, because i haven't found a plain printserver with the abovementioned characteristics.

I use a USRobotics 9106 DSL-Modem/Router/Wlan-AP with my desktop-computer (WinXP Pro connected by ethernet-cable) and two notebooks (1 XP Pro, 1 win95b, don't ask :rolleyes: connected by wlan). The printer is a HP Laserjet 6MP, which was connected to the Router by wlan and is installed on the computers on TCP/IP standard port (see picture http://www.wl500g.info/attachment.php?attachmentid=747&stc=1&d=1141207403)

I would be grateful if you could tell me the following:

Can i use a Wl-500g as a parallel-port-printserver just like the old standalone printserver i destroyed, just with 54g and wpa? All other functions of the Wl-500g should be disabled. And please be kind, i don't know a lot about computer networks....

Thanks a lot in advance and sorry for the long post!

frankbatzen

[erik_bies]

Me thinks that if your HP Laserjet 6MP is working when it is connected to a wired Wl500g, you can use it as a WLAN printserver.

Just configure it as to mode (in systemsetup-Operation mode): Gateway, and extended mode (in Wireless-Advanced): ethernet bridge.
Setup the SSID, encryption etc as needed to connect to your AP

[frankbatzen]

Hi erik, thanks for the swift answer!

To fully understand it, could you please tell me, what you mean by WIRED Wl-500g? Do you mean that if the printer works with the Wl-500g at all, it does not matter if the connection from the Wl-500g to the other router is by wire or wlan?

Can anybody else confirm this?

Thanks,

frankbatzen

[erik_bies]

Hi erik, thanks for the swift answer!

To fully understand it, could you please tell me, what you mean by WIRED Wl-500g? Do you mean that if the printer works with the Wl-500g at all, it does not matter if the connection from the Wl-500g to the other router is by wire or wlan?

Can anybody else confirm this?

Thanks,

frankbatzen

Yes, that is what I mean. So if your printer is normally working with the wl500g than in client mode it also works

[frankbatzen]

Hi,

this sounds very good. I have two more questions, though:

If I use the 500g as a Printserver, I would like to only turn it on only when needed.

1: How long does the device need to "boot"?

2: I have read in the following threads:

http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=4258&highlight=power
http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=2715&highlight=power+lost

that the WL-500g DELUXE has problems powering up correctly after beeing deprived of power. Are similar issues known for the WL-500g?


thanks,

frankbatzen