Netgear WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server w/ 4-port Switch

Average customer rating: 3.5

Printing to Canon MP780 from Mac OS X
doesn't support a lot of printers, otherwise works fine
Works as advertised
Good Hardware--nonexistant support
Great Product! Much easier to set-up than my last wireless print server

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Netgear WGPS606 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server w/ 4-port Switch

Manufacturer: Netgear
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0007OWNCC
2005-04-25

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Product Description

Would you and the other users in your network like the freedom to print wirelessly? And, to connect to more than one printer, without having to add print servers, wireless adapters, or unsightly Ethernet cables? With NETGEAR's 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server with 4-Port Switch, now you can! In seconds, you can connect two printers and four PCs to your wireless network - all with one simple device. NETGEAR's 54 Mbps Wireless Print Server has two USB ports, as well as a wireless Ethernet bridge mode with a 4-port switch. That means you can connect your computer to your high-end color printer for your business use, and send the kids' documents to your older Inkjet printer - all without wires! Best of all, more than four users can use the printer, without adding any additional wireless adapters.

Customer Reviews:

Printing to Canon MP780 from Mac OS X.......2007-06-06

I was finally able to get my Canon MP780 to work using this router. It was a pain to have to set it up from my old crusty Windows machine, as I couldn't get my Intel Mac using Parallel Desktop to recognize the router (though I had NOT power cycled my wireless modem/router and this netgear, and my pc didn't work until I did that as well. You may be able to get your intel mac to work using parallel desktop). Once I had the netgear set up using my windows machine, I went into my actiontec modem/router and reserved the netgear to a specific IP address. I did NOT assign the MAC address as another reviewer had to. I downloaded the Mac OS X Tiger instructions from the Netgear website (under "other useful documents"). I began following them on my Mac. As I followed those instructions I hit a point where I had to select the printer manufacturer and printer model from a drop down. They did not exist, as it seems there are no CUPS drivers natively installed on the Mac for this printer, and you need CUPS drivers to print over a network. I downloaded and installed a free 30 day test license of CUPS drivers from www.printfab.com (49 euros or so per license at time of this review), which took seconds, and includes a built in un-installer in case it didn't work. HOWEVER... it DID work. I just printed out the Mac OS X instructions from netgear to go install this on my wife's MacBook Pro. I plan on purchasing the CUPS drivers from PrintFab as soon as this review is done.

I am pretty sure I will NOT be able to fax or scan over the wireless, but that's fine for me (if I REALLY wanted those features, I would have bought a true network Multi-Function printer for a lot more money).

doesn't support a lot of printers, otherwise works fine.......2007-05-28

Got this at Bestbuy, when I had to replace my wifi router. My HP 1020 laser printer doesn't work with it, but my Canon Pixma i4000r does. There is really no way to know if your printer is supported until you test it out. Netgear is too lazy to do the testing themselves.

The HP won't print a test page. No error message, just doesn't do anything. I have read that the bi-directional communications are the problem.

The Canon works fine from all 4 of my computers. There is an error message when the printer tries to send info to the computer. Far as I can tell, the print server doesn't support any of that info, like out-of-paper messages.

Works as advertised.......2007-05-12

I just intalled the WGPS606. It works fantastically as a wireless bridge and print server. Installation was straight forward and easy. I now have two printers, a Canon i950 and an HP 1210xi, accessible on the network. I had a Dell running 24 hours a day so that my family could share a printer. Now all computers will sleep in the household. I should save enough money in electricity to pay for the print server.

Good Hardware--nonexistant support.......2007-05-10

I never got a response from Netgear, other than canned email saying they valued me as a customer--I got about 25 of those, but newer any contact--not even on-line chat! I finally solved my problem after searching microsoft KB--Needless to say I will NOT consider another Netgear product--perhaps I have been spoiled by the excellent support from Linksys and HP.

Great Product! Much easier to set-up than my last wireless print server.......2007-05-08

This print server was very easy to install. I bought a D-link wireless print server about 2 years ago that was a real pain to install (which later broke after a power surge). I have been putting off getting a new one because I thought that walking to the printer to plug in my USB cord was easier than installing another print server -- I was wrong.

This one couldn't have been easier to install! I would definitely recommend this print server!

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