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NETGEAR PS121 USB 2.0 Mini Print Server | List Price: $85.00
Discount Price: $38.00
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Brand: Netgear
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Print server lets you share a printer with multiple users on a network
- USB interface is compatible with most printers from HP, Canon, Epson, Lexmark, and others
- 10 Mbps Ethernet port and on-board memory makes for quick printing
- Backed by a 1-year warranty
- Device measures 3.4 x 0.96 x 2.32 inches (WxHxD)
100% Recomended!! [Posted on 2008-07-03]
No problems! Took about 15 min. to set up to my Samsung 300 Color lazer printer on my network netgear router. Highly recomended. Thanks a lot.
The good reviews must be by shills; mine is junk. [Posted on 2008-07-30]
Completely unreliable. Printing is hit and miss. More miss than hit. And I need reliability. EVERY print job comes back with a "failed to print" message, whether it prints or not. When jobs do go through they are agonizingly slow. If I owned a gun I'd use it for target practice; it's that aggravating.
Installing the printer driver on the remote computers is a pain - do it over and over until it decides the time is right. It was loaded and kind'a working on one laptop, but has simply stopped and won't be reloaded. Called Netgear about a different piece of equipment and the experience was so bad I refuse to call them again. All the guy could say was it's 'software and the software is out of warranty.' I didn't fight 'em; trashed it and bought Linksys. Now I'm going to trash this "thing" and see what Linksys has for print servers. Do NOT waste your money.
Total garbage [Posted on 2008-08-24]
I have a degree in computer science and have been working with networks since the days of the Arpanet so I know something about this stuff. After many hours of trying to get this unit installed, I just gave up in disgust. I never was able to get it to work. This is a V1 unit - maybe the V2 is better - it sure can't be any worse. And Netgear's customer "support" is just a joke. Save your money and buy a network-ready printer. This server is total junk. It's not even heavy enough to make a good paperweight. It might make a good firestarter though - in operation it gets almost too hot to touch. I rate it one star only because Amazon doesn't have an option for handing out negative stars.
netgear [Posted on 2008-09-28]
The item was delivered as stated and is working as is supposed to.
I would deal with the company again when needing that kind of items.
I give high rating.
Richard
Poor Supporting Software and Lack Of Technical Support [Posted on 2008-10-07]
For the price, the PS121v2 is a good deal. The hardware works as expected but the supporting software may give you a USB error. And if you get this error, NetGear support may have you going in circles. I am running two machines - XP Pro and Vista. The printer is an all-in-one. The PS121v2 requires you install it's client software on each machine - no problem. And to access the non-printer functions (e.g. scan, fax,...), the user reserves the printer (locks access) through this software - no problem for me but possible annoyance for others. But on Windows Vista the software installation produced errors. The software still ran but never allowed me to reserve the printer. And after a week of playing e-mail tag with NetGear, I washed my hands of this device. I gave it away and got a printer with ethernet/wifi built-in.
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