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HP Wireless G 2101nw - an embarrassing waste of my time

Advantages: None. It does not work for any length of time.
Disadvantages: Setup is not quick. Product gives up the ghost and does not reconnect. Telephone support unhelpful

hp 2101 nw I bought one of these for a friend/customer of mine, to make his life easier printing from his new wireless laptop. He has a standard wireless router that works just fine. He has an HP printer that has worked just fine for ages via USB cable with his desktop PC, but with the addition of his new laptop to his house, a wireless solution that could be shared by the desktop PC and the new laptop was an obvious choice. I even phoned HP to ...
...reconnect. Only a full re-instal will repair it - but only temporarily. HP tech support have been their usual inept selves and finally concluded that there is a known problem with XP SP 3 and suggested downgrading to SP 2. Excuse me? I shall never buy HP again. ...

jamescollett 16.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of HP Wireless G 2101nw

I would go with a different print server

Advantages: Good web interface, does what it says on the tin
Disadvantages: Hard/slow to install, a few bugs, expensive

This is a fairly expensive, but simple, printer server. With this print server you can easily share a normal printer over a network. You can then printer from this printer without having to have any other computers in the network on. Setup is easy for the server, but it can take 20-30 minutes to follow the advanced instructions and set this up on each computer in your network. Once it is up, you can manage the settings and connect to it using the ...
...settings and reboot the server and manage the print queue. A few disadvantages are that it is quite expensive for what it does and any extra printer functionality such as a scanner is lost when using the server. It also seems to have a few bugs causing things to not print or it will stop responding. But overall it is a fairly good product. ...

calumneilson 03.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of D-Link DP 301U

Dose what it says it will, in a very basic manner

Advantages: small, dose the job
Disadvantages: gets hot, prints a little slow, over priced for what it is

Normally i dont like Belkin products they often dont do what they promise and are usually hard to set up, this one dose however do the job and in fact was easy to set up. I do use a Belkin router which perhaps helped. I just followed the quick start sheet stage by stage and the unit worked first time. I did not need any additional drivers from the printer disk (hp all in one 100 series) .Print start is quick but printing is a little slow. Belkin ...
...only) but no USB cable (needed to link the printer during use) which is a mistake in my view. Like many of there products the unit gets quite warm and may act up when over hot as some of the other products do, Biggest problem is (perhaps not one everyone will have) my printer has only one usb port but i want it connected to both my desktop(by cable) and my laptop (by wireless). Can i use a usb hub as a splitter or not? only a test will tell the manual ...

coppinpr 30.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Belkin Wireless G All-In-One Print Server Print server

D-link DP-300U for all your printing needs

Advantages: Link upto 3 printers on 1 IP address. Simple setup
Disadvantages: None

...these only worked with the D-link DP300u print servers due to some strange setting within the printer. With this information, we were forced into buying the D-link blind with no time to do any background research or fact finding. The D-link is a 3 port print server, 2 ports are serial with the other being USB. This means that upto 3 printers can be attached to the print server at any one time. At the time we bought them, they were around £80 each. ...
...to comply with the standard d-link colours of blue and silver with a black trim on one of the edges. Then there is the power supply which is pretty standard with the adaptor on one end which plugs into the print server. Finally there is the utility disk and manual. The manual is very informative which , in my opinion is rare for hardware. The utility disk also needs to be installed as this will be used for flashing the print server (storing all of ...

craggybuk 22.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of D-Link DP 300U

Belkin Wireless G "All-in-One" Print Server

Advantages: Printer can be sited out of the way anywhere in the house
Disadvantages: Installation was tricky

...the house. I chose a Belkin wireless print server because I have a Belkin wireless broadband router and assumed that installation and compatibility issues would be avoided. As with other Belkin devices I have purchased, installation was tricky. The Quick Start guide was far from quick and I had to resort to reading the full manual (on the installation cd). Anyway I got it going although I remain unsure as to how exactly I managed it. For the "home ...
...can print but, as with the installation, I can never be sure why it worked and there are times when turning everything off and on again seems to be the only solution. It's probably me! In conclusion, however, the device is neat, tidy and compact and in time I feel I shall conquer the vagueness of its operation. Update: Everything is working fine having mastered it 9 times out of ten. ...

FrankBee 07.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Belkin Wireless G All-In-One Print Server Print server