SMC2621W-U Wireless USB Print Server 802.11b

Rating:
Summary: Needs networking pro standing by!!!
Review: Good for WiFi/Ethernet hoockup. Product is basic, compact-- one port. Everything seemed fairly easy until the documents would go to cue but not print. I eneded up on the phone with tech support (which was very responsive) for hours that, after exhausting every other caveat, told me that the problem was with getting the right IP from the print server. NOWHERE in the enclosed instruction or the CD-ROM manual is there a note of the little resessed button labeled "Diag" on the server which, once pressed, prints out the damn IP address. Once I had that, everything worked fine. So four stars for the product and tech support. BIG ZERO for the manual.

Rating:
Summary: Big ZERO all around
Review: Lousy manual, lousy software, terrible support website. At one point I did get the device to cause my printer to jump, but never to print. You will be a much happier person tripping over wires than trying to set this thing up.

Printers: Brother MFC-3420C, Epson Color 880 - neither worked. Computers: HP Celeron Notebook, Mac G4 OS 10.2.

Rating:
Summary: Very Nice
Review: This device worked fine on my network with a little attention to detail... Here's how to configure it if using Windows XP.

1) With the power off, plug in the printer to the print server's USB port. Plug one end of a standard network cable into your wireless router and the other into the print server.
2) Plug the AC adaptor into the print server.
3) Install & start the Bi-Admin software utility. It should seek out the print server successfully if your completed the first two steps. (An alternative is to use web interface to configure the networking settings, WEP etc - if you know the IP for the print server ahead of time)
4) Configure the print server with the Bi-Admin utility. Record the IP number down of the print server for future use (eg 192.168.2.3) It should be readily displayed.
5) Use the IPP printing protocol to setup your Networked printer under Windows. eg http://192.168.2.3

Good luck, the print server is a decent product unlike other reviewers have stated.