Motorola/GI 512723-001-00 802.11G Print Server USB 2.0

Average customer rating: 3.0

works if you don't give up
This thing is a bag of old pants... Works, but only just!
Great concept, very poor implementation
False advertising by Motorola--do not buy
Works Fine For Me

Motorola/GI 512723-001-00 802.11G Print Server USB 2.0

Manufacturer: Motorola/GI
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0006AZ5AY

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Product Description

Compact and convenient, this wireless print server makes it easy for you to add up to two printers to your wireless and/or wired home or small office network - without a dedicated PC. Network printing has always had many benefits - and one drawback: you had to dedicate a PC to be your print server. Not any more. Motorola's smart new wireless print server is a simple-to-use, stand-alone printing solution that directly connects up to two printers to your home or small office network. Whether you prefer an 802.11g and 802.11b wireless or Ethernet network - or a combination of both - the WPS870G delivers network printing functionality. Both wireless and wired users can simultaneously access and share network printers from almost anywhere in, or around, the home or small office. What's more, you can also allow outside users, such as friends, clients and vendors, to access your printer over the Internet. And set-up is a breeze with Motorola's easy-to-use installation wizard. Take advantage of network printing the easy way, with the Motorola WPS870G Wireless Print Server.

Customer Reviews:

works if you don't give up.......2006-07-22

Spent hours and several phone calls with tech support. Finally got someone who kept working until she got it working. Set up wisard seems to be missing some steps. Wouldn't work when we changed the SSID and has to be on channel 11. Got it to work well using WEP64. It's currently working, but have had to deal with "crash override".

This is not a solid piece of equip. I do have a Motorola w/l router that has worked great for almost a year. If the print server starts acting up I will probably replace both with another manufacturer.

All the tech support staff I dealt with were pleasant and knowledgable, but not knowledgeble enough.

This thing is a bag of old pants... Works, but only just!.......2006-02-17

[...] I have 3 desktop PCs and one or 2 laptops in my home WEP WiFi network, and only one HP6540 printer. Seemed like the ideal solution.

Setting it up was no problem whatsoever. Got it to print the Windows test page first time, and was quite pleased with myself. There the fun ended...

I have found that:

* I need to keep it switched off, and only turn it on when I need to print something. If I leave it switched on, the next time I turn on a PC and try to print, I get the old "Print Server connect failure" message, and it needs a reboot.

* When it decides to print, it will print large or small documents quickly if, and only if the print queue is already completely empty. Every time I print something, it leaves a couple of KB worth of the print job in the queue, with status "Printing". This stays there for about 5 mins, and I can't even delete it. If I try, Windows just says "Deleting" for 5 mins.

* When I tried to do a firmware upgrade off their website to see if it would fix the above, it toasted the Flash memory in the print server, and I had to send it back to Mot at my expense for an exchange.

* Gets exceedigly hot if left switched on in the summer.

* Sometimes things get really screwed up. My 7 year old daughter tried printing one of her creations and unbeknownst to me kept getting the "Print Server connect failure" message, so she kept hitting print. Even after rebooting PC, printer and print server, one of the three somehow remembered all those print jobs and started spewing them out. Could I stop it? I could not.

Great concept, very poor implementation.......2005-10-01

Couldn't get this to work with WPA despite advertising saying that it would work.

Couldn't get the product to work with WEP - had to send it back and have another one sent out (at my expense despite the fact the product was broken).

Both the current and the replaced print server has to be rebooted after a couple of hours because it stops working. Motorola "customer support" says this is a known issue.

False advertising by Motorola--do not buy.......2005-09-08

1) Product spec states it supports WPA encryption. I couldn't get it to work so I contacted Motorola tech support by email. The return email stated "the printserver doesnot support WPA security. (sic)" Thus, the false advertising claim.

2) WPA issues aside, I really couldn't get my printer to work using this printserver.

Works Fine For Me.......2005-07-28

I had to play a bit with the installation wizard and, while the installation instructions say that you can disconnect the ethernet cable between the router and the server after installation, I have to leave them connected. Otherwise, it works fine using WPA and the parallel connection. Good range throughout my house. Got a good buy on it--under $50.

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