FWIW, I recall seeing a stack of boxes at BestBuy St James Saturday .. they were the linksys usb wireless printservers .. they were "blowing them out" at about $70 or something close to that I thought ... not too shabby for a dedicated usb print server . not sure if they're still on clearance or not ... they were on a table ...
as for other options .. you could always just plug it into a linux box and hook up a wireless card to it ... or ... I like this one ...
The wrtsl54gs:
http://tinyurl.com/zjc6x (linksys own site) http://tinyurl.com/n38l6 (londondrugs.ca) .. the only place I actually saw a unit in the city here .. although they want $150 for their unit and wont budge on price. http://tinyurl.com/l2e99 (ncix @ 117.70) http://tinyurl.com/kvpud (tigerdirect @ 127.00) http://tinyurl.com/ghht3 (some review)
Naturally, you can hack up a wrt54g and add a usb interface as john mentioned ... http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Customizing
... there's some pretty cool hardware mods for this thing ... I personally like the 1wire temperature sensor project: http://owfs.sourceforge.net/ ... you can pick up some from maxim-dallas ... ** Dan.
John D wrote:
a query came up last meeting, "What's a good wireless PrintServer w/USB ? " _ _ _ _ _
"Good" or not, I can't say, but this mfg "Airlink" is growing in presence and offerings. http://www.airlink101.com/products/apsusb201w.html
Stock? The apsusb201w is FOB Vancouver, wholesale approx. $85.
it is one of four sibling models, all USB: http://www.airlink101.com/products/printer_server.html
Interesting to see Airlink offering both _PowerlineTransmission_ (APL8522 in stock, VanBC) http://www.airlink101.com/products/apl8511_22.html and _PwrOverEthernet_ (asw308p not listed [yet]). http://www.airlink101.com/products/asw308p.html
The latter will be popular with IP cams like http://www.airlink101.com/products/aic250w.html
John Donovan
P.S: The OpenWRT project may list some WirelessAccessPoint models where you solder-in a USB jack onto the PCB; similar to the many DB-9 (console I/F) retrofits.
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