[G4] Wireless network question

[Philip J Robar]

On Jun 22, 2006, at 3:04 PM, David Gilbert wrote:

> After a week of emailing back and forth from the local Belkin  
> Support "guru" I have finally managed to obtain an apology and  
> confirmation that the Belkin Wireless USB Print server (Part #  
> P57122au ? ) will not work with Macs. This is despite the fact that  
> the Belkin Network Router will work with a mixed PC/Mac  
> environment. He finally asked someone from marketing who confirmed  
> it. (Why do I hate tech support so much?). Unless I can find a  
> third-party USB  ethernet or wireless print server It looks like I  
> am going to have to ditch the Brother printer (even though it works  
> fine as a stand alone USB printer with both Macs and PCs).
>
> So, can anyone suggest a third party USB Print server which they  
> know works in a PC/Mac environment? It doesn't have to be wireless,  
> an ethernet connection would do.

A few minutes of web searching found the following:

D-Link has several which support Macs. IO Gear would be someone else  
to check with.

Here's an article on getting a print server which doesn't support  
Macs to work: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? 
story=20020930060410464

I'm sure a little web searching on your part will find even more.

Phil