Linksys WPS54G Wireless-G 802.11g Print Server

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $91.00

Features:

• Share a printer with everyone on your network -- works with most USB 1.1 or 2.0 printers
• Connects your printer directly to the network by 10/100 wired Ethernet or 54 Mbps Wireless-G (802.11g)
• Prevents congestion on your PC with other users' print jobs
• No need to leave a PC on 24/7

Customer Reviews:

All promise, no payoff [Posted on 2008-02-25]
Quite simply, it doesn't work. Ask to return it, and your only response is silence.

Set-up was a chore, and requires you to precisely follow the instructions so specifically that most of your time is wasted. Then once I tried to connect to my wi-fi (encrypted) it wouldn't connect. The problem was NOT my wi-fi encryption, though. The setup program would not accept my WEP key.

A massive waste of time and money. Couldn't be more disappointed in a product.

Poor device...Be aware. [Posted on 2008-03-07]
I believe that Linksys fault in the development of this product and must retire it of the market. No all printer models (not multifuntional) are supported and they don't publish a list of compatible printers.
I contacted the Customer Support and they told me that they can't published the list because it's for internal use only.
The concept of the product is excellent but this one doesn't work properly.
Be aware before buy it... check with them if you printer is supported.

Reboot, reboot, reboot.. [Posted on 2008-03-28]
Did I mention "reboot"? I have a Linksys wireless-G router and this server is very consistent. Meaning, it constantly needs rebooting before I can print.

It's a paperweight! [Posted on 2008-04-19]
This has been the most stubborn, non-working piece of hardware to date. I've spent hours trying everything to get it to work - and when it does work, it's only for a short time then it drops out of the network. It all starts with the install wizard not recognizing it, so you have to set it up manually which is no big deal...if it worked.

Going to get a D-Link now.

Bad design no longer works and support is terrible [Posted on 2008-05-10]
This worked fairly good for a few months. Biggest problem I had was that: (1) This forces the attached printer to become the default printer. This is not what I wanted as I bought this for a secondary photo printer and still use a close by, and attached, laser printer for 95% of my printing needs. Linksys support confirmed there is no work around for this. (2) You can not monitor printer status through the print server so you lose the ability to monitor ink levels.

But after a few months my WPS54G decided to stop working. It will no longer connect wirelessly and any attempt to do so, or access the internal web based set up screens, causes the WPS54G to totally lock up. Tried troubleshooting myself for several hours with the only result being that I saw comments from others posting on other web sites who have the same unresolved problem. Spent a couple hours with Linksys Tech Support only to be either hung up on or disconnected twice before problem was resolved. Complained to customer service who transferred me to Sr. Tech Support only to wait on hold for about 45 minutes before giving up. I will say I got a follow up call from a nice US based customer support rep. who is attempting to resolve, but that was three days ago and no resolution yet. I know this unit is defective and needs replacement under warranty, but getting a return authorization or diagnosis has taken hours over four days so far with no resolution in sight. It really doesn't make sense to spend so much time on this (maybe that is what Linksys hopes for) but I want to see this to some resolution on principle at this point.

re: WPS54G V2.0 purchased December 2007

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