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Linksys EFSP42 EtherFast 10/100 2-Port Switched PrintServer

Linksys EFSP42 EtherFast 10/100 2-Port Switched PrintServer

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Home Office Must Have!
Review: This worked great for me on all windows based systems I have used it with many HP printers without any driver conflicts. I have also used it with all my upgrades (win98 - winXP) without any problems.

It is fully configable with all the settings I have needed (DHCP, Static IP, SMTP, daisy chaining ect... And I like to try all the settings! If you are printing to different printers from any number of computers in a TCP/IP network or Windows domain this is for you.

It was a little slow on the large print jobs. Someone in a large printing enviroment should look to something with some built in memory. It also does appletalk ,NETBUI and IPX/SPX. I will be trying the bi-directional (scanners) stuff very soon.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: disaster
Review: We use linksys as standard in my company for wireless activities, we found normal to stack a print server from linksys on top of wireless AP.

Out of the fact the techs took one hour to find out how to configure it through fixed IP an installing bi admin a described in other critics, which does not make it user friendly but we can cope with that as IT professional.

However, bi directional is a joke. No printer is recognized and we lost all fax and scanner functions on a Brother MFC, this IS a problem (guess why we bought a Multi Function Center?)

We had to return this material to linksys...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buy the WPS11 or wait for the next version of this product
Review: Works fine, but the major drawback is that it only has 256kB of memory. For the same money, you get the wireless print server WPS11 which comes with 2MB of memory. So if you do not need the 4 switch ports, get the WPS11. Just don't use the wireless connection that's all. If you need the 4 port switch, buy a separate one or wait until Linksys rev's this product

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for those with some experience!
Review: Works flawlessly with our plug and play printers. It could not find a non plug and play printer, though. I feel the user needs experience with network protocols and setting up IP addresses as well as a general understanding of print servers. It's an awesome deal for a combination switch and dual print server.


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