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Summary: Beware - incorrect Amazon.com documentation
Review: Beware: The Amazon.com documentations is wrong as it states that this is a print server and has an integrated network hub. However, it is NOT a hub so do not buy it if you need a integrated hub/print server as I did. If you look at the Netgear website, it correctly states that this product can connect to a hub...
Rating: 
Summary: Very good, but still has some minor problems.
Review: I bought a new Canon i850 and wanted to use a printserver for it. I originally bought the expensive Linksys PPSX1v2 print server but the performance was slow, no bi-directional support, and no linux support. I returned it and bought the Netgear PS110. What a big difference! Its great! Great performance and I can print with my linux box too!I found two problems. 1) Doesn't support the bi-directional functionality of the Canon i850. 2) When I first received the PS110, it was set to DHCP disabled. So nothing could connect to it. I found out that in order to MANUALLY set the IP, you have to connect the printserver directly to your NIC with a crossover cable, then set the ip using the "IPSetup" tool.
Rating:
Summary: Very good, but still has some minor problems.
Review: I bought a new Canon i850 and wanted to use a printserver for it. I originally bought the expensive Linksys PPSX1v2 print server but the performance was slow, no bi-directional support, and no linux support. I returned it and bought the Netgear PS110. What a big difference! Its great! Great performance and I can print with my linux box too! I found two problems. 1) Doesn't support the bi-directional functionality of the Canon i850. 2) When I first received the PS110, it was set to DHCP disabled. So nothing could connect to it. I found out that in order to MANUALLY set the IP, you have to connect the printserver directly to your NIC with a crossover cable, then set the ip using the "IPSetup" tool.
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Summary: Good for Small Office
Review: I bought this print server for my office so I could send print jobs from either of our networked workstations to either of our printers without having to worry about whether a particular workstation was on (or working!). Both machines are running NT4.0.
I found the setup to be fairly straightforward -- just follow the direction in the booklet. To the other machines, the server basically looks like another computer with two attached printers which are shared. After the install, each workstation must run the installation program to configure the machine to use the print server. Each printer has a name which can be selected as the printer or default printer from a standard Windows print dialog. We have used the server for a month with no problems. Now I plan to get one for my house so I can print to printers from my laptop over a wireless LAN without leaving other machines on all the time.
Apparently some of the reviewers did not check the manual on the CD to answer their problems, as I found full instructions to configure for Unix/Linux computers. Also, when the server has been set up, there is a web browser based administration utility.
I didn't give the box 5 stars because there doesn't seem to be any way to remove a printer once it has been installed, other than to reset the box. If I could add another feature, I would include the capability to print using a USB connection from the print server to the printer.
Rating: 
Summary: Best print server available
Review: I have tried numerous other print servers including HP JetDirect and the Linksys network print servers. My experience with NetGear has been the best.
Rating:
Summary: Best print server available
Review: I have tried numerous other print servers including HP JetDirect and the Linksys network print servers. My experience with NetGear has been the best.
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Summary: 64K print buffer is inadequate for DOS capture printing
Review: I have used the PS110 for SCO UNIX systems with netcat for
several clients with complete satisfaction. Netcat makes a
connection to port 4010 or 4020 and sends data without errors. However, I have just recently (Dec 2002) placed a PS110 with a
client in a Win98 network to print from FoxPro 2.6 for DOS and
had to remove it as its 64K print buffer is too small for the
FoxPro reports to be printed without error. NetGear's web site has a technical document indicating that the
proper procedure is to capture the desired LPT port and direct
it to the print server as \\PSDXXXXX\P1 for parallel port1 or
\\PSDXXXXX\P2 for paralle port 2. (PSDXXXXX is the hostname that
shows up when you browse network neighborhood) The PS110 that I delivered to the client had BIOS version 6024,
while the Netgear web site listed 6017 as the latest available
BIOS that can be downloaded. The problem with buffer overflow on the PS110 using the Windows
capture setting appears to be a problem with Windows 98 and the
timeout Win98 appears to allow for captured print jobs to
completely spool to the target host computer. If you use capture
and send to a shared printer on another Win98 system, the file is
spooled to the host win98 system in under a second. Sending the
same file to the PS110 takes over 20 seconds and results in an
error message indicating problems writing to the printer, and
the remaining lines from the print job are lost or garbled. Testing using nc.exe (from Hobbit) to send from a DOS window
under Win98 to port 4010 is sucessful and takes several minutes
to print my 7-page test file. Netgear second level technical support admitted the problem and
could provide no solution as the 64k print buffer cannot be
increased.
Rating:
Summary: 64K print buffer is inadequate for DOS capture printing
Review: I have used the PS110 for SCO UNIX systems with netcat for
several clients with complete satisfaction. Netcat makes a
connection to port 4010 or 4020 and sends data without errors. However, I have just recently (Dec 2002) placed a PS110 with a
client in a Win98 network to print from FoxPro 2.6 for DOS and
had to remove it as its 64K print buffer is too small for the
FoxPro reports to be printed without error. NetGear's web site has a technical document indicating that the
proper procedure is to capture the desired LPT port and direct
it to the print server as \\PSDXXXXX\P1 for parallel port1 or
\\PSDXXXXX\P2 for paralle port 2. (PSDXXXXX is the hostname that
shows up when you browse network neighborhood) The PS110 that I delivered to the client had BIOS version 6024,
while the Netgear web site listed 6017 as the latest available
BIOS that can be downloaded. The problem with buffer overflow on the PS110 using the Windows
capture setting appears to be a problem with Windows 98 and the
timeout Win98 appears to allow for captured print jobs to
completely spool to the target host computer. If you use capture
and send to a shared printer on another Win98 system, the file is
spooled to the host win98 system in under a second. Sending the
same file to the PS110 takes over 20 seconds and results in an
error message indicating problems writing to the printer, and
the remaining lines from the print job are lost or garbled. Testing using nc.exe (from Hobbit) to send from a DOS window
under Win98 to port 4010 is sucessful and takes several minutes
to print my 7-page test file. Netgear second level technical support admitted the problem and
could provide no solution as the 64k print buffer cannot be
increased.
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Summary: Straight and simple
Review: I just received this print server. I was a bit anxious about buying it because of somewhat negative reviews, especially regarding its setup problems.
I was pleasantly surprised when I didn't have to do anything except make sure up front that my network connections work fine. I connected the printer to the print server, powered up the print server, and then put NetGear's installation CD into my PC. NetGear's software recognized the print server, so installation was almost flawless.
The only glitch that I encountered was with setting up printers and installing print drivers. NetGear's installation software failed here, but I blame Windows 2000/Windows 95 and printer drivers' distributions for this.
What worked for me was *not* to proceed with adding printers in the print server installation process (this step failed anyway), but rather add printers and their drivers later (or before) as local printers connected to the parallel port, then reassign printers' ports to the respective print server ports.
Here is the procedure in a greater detail:
- Install printer drivers after connecting printers, one at time, directly to the computer's parallel port and adding printers as local. This will allow Windows to detect new hardware and properly install the drivers.
- Reconnect the printers back to the print server.
- Using START->Settings->Printers in Windows, access printer properties and reassign printer port to the appropriate port on the print server. Windows should see the port as PS110/..., where ... is one of the two print server ports.
For now I am quite happy with this purchase.
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Summary: Does not work with multi-function printers
Review: I purchased this printer server early this year, and returned
it after found out that the server does not support
multi-function printers (such as printer/copier.) Other than
that the server works fine and the installation is easy and
staightforward as well. I am wondering if Netgear has found
a way to fix the problem (limitation.)
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