SILEX TECHNOLOGY SX-2000WG Hi-Speed USB 802.11g Wireless Device Server

Average customer rating: 3.0

SILEX TECHNOLOGY SX-2000WG Hi-Speed USB 802.11g Wireless Device Server
Pretty neat technology for the price
Great Wireless USB device!
Not worth the effort....

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SILEX TECHNOLOGY SX-2000WG Hi-Speed USB 802.11g Wireless Device Server

Manufacturer: SILEX TECHNOLOGY
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BS6S0M

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Product Description

<b>Package Contents:</b> SX-2000WG, Setup Guide, AC adapter, Warranty booklet, CD-ROM with configuration utilities.</B>
The Silex SX-2000WG Hi-Speed USB 802.11g Wireless Device Server brings greater flexibility and productivity to your USB devices. It instantly converts your USB devices to a shared resource on your 802.11g or 802.11b wireless LAN. Enjoy the convenience and freedom of remotely using multifunction printers, scanners, storage devices, or various other USB devices. Visually manage all of your networked USB devices in one window. Remotely know what devices are available across your network on a real time basis. You can also set your individual USB device application software to be launched automatically. The Hi-Speed Wireless USB Device Server comes with a Intelligent utility ?SX Virtual Link?Ewhich allows you to visually manage all of your networked USB devices in one window. Remotely know what devices are available across your network on a real time basis. You can also set your individual USB device application software to be launched automatically when the device is connected to your PC using the Intelligent SX Virtual Link utility. Power supply Universal AC adapter (AC100 - 240V) Operating Systems - Windows 2000, Windows XP Dimensions - 1.4 x 4.5 x 5.4 (36 x 140 x 143 mm) Weight - 5.6 oz (172g) minus antenna and stand

Customer Reviews:

SILEX TECHNOLOGY SX-2000WG Hi-Speed USB 802.11g Wireless Device Server.......2007-04-24

I don't know if "Hi-Speed" describes this device but it worked with everything that I hooked up to it, including an HP inkjet printer, USB 2.0 hard drive, USB 2.0 memory card reader, USB Mouse, Cannon scanner and an Epson scanner. Large files seem to take a long time to transfer, even for 802.11g speeds. The "Wireless" interface works OK, though the signal seems to drop off significantly at 15 feet or more, but it works great where my printer is only just across the room. I was able to configure and use the device through both the built-in wireless and wired ethernet interfaces with no problems. If you need more distance, just connect the device to a wireless router.

Pretty neat technology for the price.......2007-04-11

First off, a great idea -- the ability to run most USB equipment remotely and not rely on a host PC. We used it for a scanner. Item works well hard-wired with an ethernet connection. However, like most "gadget" items, the wireless operation is less consistent, could only get one use at a time before needing to power-cycle the device.

Brand seemed trustworthy, as they supply servers for some OEM printer makers. Virtual Link software works OK, detected the scanner easily. Wanted to update the device firmware, but their Version Up & packet driver software is buggy, so I didn't.

Great Wireless USB device!.......2007-01-09

I use this device to extend my HP scanner to the opposite side of my home office. Cabling is not an option. It works great! Automatically starts when the scanner one-touch buttons are pressed. I only wish is had an auto-connect feature, so when I started the computer, it would auto-link. Currently, you have to go to the software interface and select "connect" to link-up. Everything else is perfect.

Not worth the effort...........2006-07-16

I bought the SX-2000WG for two reasons.

1) I have a Lexmark X6170 I wanted to share on the network and use its MFP features from another room via wireless

2) The possibility of having a USB hard drive on the network too was a extra benefit

The first thing I did when I got the product was flashed the firmware and got the latest client software. With this USB Server product like the others I have looked at only one computer can have the USB device in use at a time. I had read Silex added new features for the auto connect/disconnect function when using the device as a printer.

Pros: It did work with my Lexmark X6170. I was able to scan and print from two different machines on the network, but only on a wired connection.

Cons: Could not get the device to work over wireless. I could get the device on the network and able to login and use the management interface with no security and with WPA enabled. I was able with the client to see the USB Server and attached device. But every time I tried to connect to the USB device it would not work. (NOTE: When using a wired connection it worked fine.)

It would not work with by USB hard drive either. I was very surprised about this since it should treat the HD as a simple block USB device.

I also had times when testing on the wired connection it would not connect, it was rare. It seemed intermittent, but worked most of the time.

A note to other consumers about shared USB devices: I read that only one computer could attach to the device at a time which I was okay with. What I did find in my testing with this device and vendor was they would treat the USB device off-line when configured as a printer (meaning you are not connected to the USB server). When I would create a print job, it would send the print job to the spooler, and the software would initiate the network USB connection. It worked, but in my case and I am sure with other printer devices, the printer software could not communicate to the USB device initially. What I would experience would be a USB communication error telling me it could not talk to the USB device and to check my connection. However, the print job would still begin to spool and the software would connect the USB device and send the print job. Its not a big deal and I could ignore the error message and knew the print job still worked. This just proves there is still more work needed here with these types of devices to fully integrate with the software and devices in order to be transparent.

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