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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 ...<br>
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as for other options .. you could always just plug it into a linux box
and hook up a wireless card to it ...<br>
or ... I like this one ...<br>
<br>
The wrtsl54gs: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/zjc6x">http://tinyurl.com/zjc6x</a> (linksys own site)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/n38l6">http://tinyurl.com/n38l6</a> (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.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/l2e99">http://tinyurl.com/l2e99</a> (ncix @ 117.70)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/kvpud">http://tinyurl.com/kvpud</a> (tigerdirect @ 127.00)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/ghht3">http://tinyurl.com/ghht3</a> (some review)<br>
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Naturally, you can hack up a wrt54g and add a usb interface as john
mentioned ...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Customizing">http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Customizing</a><br>
<br>
... there's some pretty cool hardware mods for this thing ... I
personally like the 1wire temperature sensor project:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://owfs.sourceforge.net/">http://owfs.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
... you can pick up some from maxim-dallas ...<br>
<b></b><br>
Dan.<br>
<br>
John D wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid450F3766.4000505@Westman.Wave.Ca" type="cite">a
query came up last meeting,
<br>
"What's a good wireless PrintServer w/USB ? "
<br>
_ _ _ _ _
<br>
<br>
"Good" or not, I can't say, but this mfg "Airlink" is growing in
presence and offerings.
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.airlink101.com/products/apsusb201w.html">http://www.airlink101.com/products/apsusb201w.html</a>
<br>
<br>
Stock? The apsusb201w is FOB Vancouver, wholesale approx. $85.
<br>
<br>
it is one of four sibling models, all USB:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.airlink101.com/products/printer_server.html">http://www.airlink101.com/products/printer_server.html</a>
<br>
<br>
Interesting to see Airlink offering both
<br>
_PowerlineTransmission_ (APL8522 in stock, VanBC)
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.airlink101.com/products/apl8511_22.html">http://www.airlink101.com/products/apl8511_22.html</a>
<br>
and
<br>
_PwrOverEthernet_ (asw308p not listed [yet]).
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.airlink101.com/products/asw308p.html">http://www.airlink101.com/products/asw308p.html</a>
<br>
<br>
The latter will be popular with IP cams like
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.airlink101.com/products/aic250w.html">http://www.airlink101.com/products/aic250w.html</a>
<br>
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<br>
John Donovan
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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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