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Summary: Works Well
Review: I have been using the PS113 for over two years now and it works well. With the latest firmware upgrades made available on the netgear web site, performance has improved and I'm happier with it that I was initially. I would recommend the unit, but suggest checking the netgear site to make sure that your printers are on the compability list before buying.
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Summary: Less than Impressed
Review: I have been very happy with other Netgear products, but was disappointed with the PS113. It was tedious and difficult to install and may not be compatible with many popular printers. Rather than a modern web interface, it has an old fashioned administration/configuration program that is slow and clunky. The PS113 requires the old NETBUI protocol to be installed on all computers on the network--not supported by Windows-XP although I did finally get it to work with XP. Not mentioned in the documentation that certain Epson injets require changing the handshake protocol; otherwise they print one character per page and shoot paper across the room. Lost a night's sleep trying to figure that one out. Could not get it to print on the HP1115/1215/1315 series of photo printers--maybe because they have built-in SmartMedia & CompactFlash readers and look like both a printer and a disk drive. Appears to run out of memory and aborts when printing larger files to a laser printer--works great for text, line art and browser print jobs but will not print PDF files or other image files on an HP-4MP. Yes the PS113 does work, but it failed to meet my expectations based on my experiences with other Netgear products.
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Summary: A "CHOICE" Print Server
Review: I have the 2 LPT port version of the PS113 print server. I found that it was quick and easy to setup, and works great with my Linux and Windows systems. I can print to the same printer from any system. It has enabled me to place my printer where it is convient for me instead right next to the computer, which is inconvient. The best part is that it can be configured from either Windows or Linux. I would recommend this print server to anyone who needs cross platform printing compatablity. I wonder what I ever did with out it. Keep up the good work Netgear!
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Summary: Innacurate reviews
Review: The reviewer that said all computers must have NetBUI installed is 100% wrong. I am running this print server on my home network with only TCP/IP installed on all of my computers. He shouldn't blame the print server for his own network configuration issues.Just to clarify, this device will work with Windows (95 through XP) along with Mac, Linux, and Unix (and any other OS that can do TCP/IP printing). The only catch is that you have to have a Windows pc to run the configuration utility. It will also function with Windows-style printing, so you can browse to it in network neighborhood and set it up that way. You can even name the ports, so I have two printers that are //printserver/hp5l and //printeserver/apollo. I highly recommend this device. It does everything it claims to and more!
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Summary: Netgear Equals Superb Service
Review: This holiday season I was a good santa and purchased numerous wireless networking products for my various family members. Sure it was partially a selfish act as I wanted to be able to easily connect when I went to visit, but for the most part it was just an act of giving. I purchased mainly G products and they varied from routers to USB adapters to PC Card adapters. I did also purchase a couple of B products for those in the family that already had some wireless networking products (yes, I know they are backwards compatible but I didn't want to take any chances).
Only two members of the family had installation problems (considering my family is very non-technical I was quite impressed) and those two people both had yet to upgrade to Windows XP SP2. The rest of the family members were up and running within minutes.
As for the couple of family members that did have problems, well they called me first (of course) and I told them to just run back through the installation procedure again. This solved the problem for Uncle Dennis but Grandma Joyce still couldn't get it to work properly. I reluctantly told her to call Netgear's technical support (hey the reviews on Amazon haven't been too pretty for their tech support). I however was quite pleased when an hour later I got an email from Grandma Joyce thanking me for the great gift. I called her back and she told me that after fiddling with the settings with the Netgear people she was up and running within 30 minutes.
Overall, I consider this the ultimate test of product quality and support and I would give Netgear two thumbs up.
I hope this review was helpful to you in putting your mind at ease regarding ease of setup and trust of technical support if needed.
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