Couldn't get it to work Never worked as I assumed it would. Windows driver program seemed like it hadn't been updated since Windows 98 or something.
Could never get it to work from Windows or as a general network printer for non-Windows machines.
I returned it and bought the D-Link DP-301+ and that device worked just as you would expect! Five stars for the D-Link! Every computer in the house can print to it and it has a web interface for configuration. Very slick.
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PS101 work pretty well depending on hardware version. I just bought 2 Netgear PS 101 mini print servers. They have been pretty easy to setup. Since I did not want to install the supplied configuration software, I had to look at my DHCP server to figure out what the IP's were. Once logged in I changed the IPs and other settings to my liking. Worked great. I unplugged the PS101's and installed them on their respective new printers. The PS101 v2 print server was fine, but the apparently older hardware version v1 with firmware 6026 lost all of th...
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If you do not need support... I have several PS101 and they work great! I am sharing laser and impact printers. Once setup, I can forget about them! This last one I was connecting to an old Okidata ML320 Turbo and the installer would not find the printer automatically as in previous installs. So I called tech support. Immediate transfer to non-English speaking person who knew nothing about the product except what he read in a book. Next level support was also very difficult to understand and just as helpful. Highest leve...
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Works fine with my HP LaserJet 4 Plus It works fine with my HP LaserJet 4 Plus. It took me a little while to figure out the setup and understand that it creates a kind of virtual parallel port. Once I got beyond that blip, everything worked fine.
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Worked well for me at home Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Small, connects directly to port on printer. Metal case seems durable. Responds very quickly to print jobs. Has been totally reliable in my simple home Windows network. With a small mod to the plastic cover on my Laserjet 5, I was able to completely hide the adapter with the cover closed.
Cons: Requires their software to set up.
Other Thoughts: I have h...
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RE: Netgear Print Server Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: Simple to setup, small, no clunky printer cable need, device connects directly to Printer port on printer.
Cons: Reliablity and stablity of putting, a formally directly attached printer on your network depends mostly on the drivers for the printer. If the drivers can handle sending the printer job over the network.
Other Thoughts: I have had few problems with is pri...
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Network Printing Heaven I wanted to use an up to date wireless print server, i.e. Dlink DPR-1260. Alas my medium format HP1000c printer is too old and too expensive to replace. This is the only network parallel port print server solution I could find. Make sure you check the printer compatibility list. Set up is easy if you don't try anything fancy. I did set it up using DHCP instead of a fixed address just to see if I could do it. Yup, it worked. Never thought printing a test page could be so exciting.
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Simplicity and compactness We've been using our PS 101 for a couple years. I have had to figure out how to hook it up several times for new laptops on our wireless network. Type in the "Netgear PS 101" name and "driver:- download it, un zip, and follow the prompts. Our old HP 6P loves it!
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Very Nice Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
Pros: I use two of these on my home network. One for my laser printer and the other for my color inkjet. These things are great. I've had them for over 4 years and hardly notice that they're there. They work fantastic.
Cons: none.
Other Thoughts: I've recommended these things more times then I can count on my fingers and toes. I've never personally met anyone who...
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Absolute Junk! Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: None.
Cons: After printing a couple of jobs, it would completely fall off the network and need to be reset everytime.
Other Thoughts: None.
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Adequate Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Small, easy to connect, sort of easy software to use, keeps LPT printers alive.
Cons: Power cycle sometimes. $xx can by you a new USB printer.
Other Thoughts: I have a nice non-USB color printer that I was not ready to get rid of. This print server kept me from having to by a new printer. I do have to power cycle it once in a while but I'm not sure why. ...
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No Consistency Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Nice color?
Cons: Based on the rather polarized good reviews, and the bad reviews, combined with our terrible experience with this product I would stay clear. We have set up over 100 print servers from other companys ,mainly Axis, and this thing is just not good. I would tend to belive that Netgear has some real probelms. Further, their doc...
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Don't get it Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: None, C R A P O L A! ! !
Cons: Continued to need to be reset. Had to unplug from wall. It would print for about 100 pages, then just ignore all requests to print. Used in a business environment. I bought a Zonet before this netgear, but the egg does not have that anymore otherwise I would have bought another one of those.
Ot...
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AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE In the span of less than 60 minutes, this device drove me to drink.
It will work with a Mac, this is true. I got it to print. Once. But you need a Windows machine to actually set it up, which my wife has just feet away from my Macs. So we ran the software that came with it ... and it cooked XP.
So I called tech support. After 26 minutes and three transfers to different support reps, two of whom spoke a variation of English that is not compatible with mine, where all I ...
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Avoid - setup is ridiculous I got a PS101 after having very good luck with a similar D-Link DP-101P+ pocket print server. We use Macs, which the setup software does not support.
No problem with the DP-101P, just used the Web Admin feature. The D-Link had a default IP address and was easy to connect to with a web browser. One-time setup with a fixed IP address. My only complaint is that the D-Link has no way to tell you what the new IP address is if you forget it. Some print servers have a button which will pri...
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Works With Linux I've had an excellent experience with mine. It's small, simple, and compatible with my HP Deskjet 812C. I've had no trouble with Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, and Gentoo. Nor has my wife had trouble with Windows XP. I bought this to replace a huge external print server. I appreciate that this one is about so small. Very simple to use.
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Works great Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Small, doesn't take up much space, we no longer have to keep a computer on 24/7 to network a printer, works like a charm fairly easy to set up once I figured out what to do after some trial and error. Best to assign a static IP. We used this on an Epson C88 + to our network for 5 users. It took a little trial and error to set it up right, it's not really in...
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Works great, although the first one was DOA Does the job. Installation was fairly easy. I suggest downloading the latest driver and installer. Works great, although it occasionally must be reset if the power goes out.
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1 out of 3 works Bought 3 for the company.
The 1st one works great w/ HP DJ 9800.
The 2nd one didn't.
It sees the printer, Canon D861, but nothing was printed.
Netgear said that it wasn't compatible w/ the printer.
The 3rd one printed only once on HP Color Laserjet 4550.
Now the supplied admin program does not see both 2nd & 3rd.
Overall intallation should be simpler.
The factory default static IP 192.168.0.150 is wrong choice.
No reset button.
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Easy but ports wear out too quickly. I work at a company that has had a many as 10 of these installed at once. The problems were few at first, but over time you had to turn it off and back on to get it to start printing. Eventually, the ethernet port seemed to wear out. You had to "jiggle" the cat-5 cord to get the link light to turn on. The software is great, but the device itself is poor quality. We have begun phasing these PS101's out at our company and only have 2 left.
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Works Great I have owned this product for over 2 years now. I was worried at first as most of my print jobs still come from a Windows98 PC, and by default doesn't have the ability to use an IP address for defining a printer port. The software added this to my 98 system, and it wasn't needed on any later Windows version. It installed and ran without a hitch (highly unusual today). I was able to give the printer (print server) a name, tell it the workgroup name, and assign it an IP address), reset everythi...
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. Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Worked grea, easy set up and no problems finding on the network
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: I really like popcorn
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Works fine Product worked great, with little customization and no issues. Unit itself is *tiny*. Very impressed.
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god little unit I like how tiny this unit is, it takes up no useable space in my somewhat small office, since it attaches directly to the parallel port on the back of the printer. Setup was easy, I had 3 Windows XP machines configured & printing in 30 minutes. The only downside is that the ink monitor utility on my Epson printer will not work, I don't think there is any way around that. I was getting a communication error on all 3 computers every time I printed even though the print job went through, but was...
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Printer server Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Easy to use.
Cons: I set IP address but after disconnect power, configuration was cleared. Every time, after I reconnect power cable, I have to reconfigure IP.
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