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tomf87
Mar 4, 2004, 08:49 AM
My DSL speed just got bumped from 768kb/368kb to 3072kb/768kb for no charge. Yay!

Now my wireless 802.11b network is the bottleneck. I have a Linksys that I had to bump down to 1-2Mb transmit rate to get my PowerBook onlline.

At any rate, I'm looking for a G-based wireless broadband router that also has printer sharing. I would love to have the AEBS, but it only shares to Mac's. I have one PC that I would like to use as well to print.

Any ideas on a router that will support Mac/PC printing over wired/wireless? My other option, if anyone has had success, is to share the printer via my iMac that is always on.



LethalWolfe
Mar 4, 2004, 12:35 PM
My DSL speed just got bumped from 768kb/368kb to 3072kb/768kb for no charge. Yay!

Now my wireless 802.11b network is the bottleneck. I have a Linksys that I had to bump down to 1-2Mb transmit rate to get my PowerBook onlline.

At any rate, I'm looking for a G-based wireless broadband router that also has printer sharing. I would love to have the AEBS, but it only shares to Mac's. I have one PC that I would like to use as well to print.

Any ideas on a router that will support Mac/PC printing over wired/wireless? My other option, if anyone has had success, is to share the printer via my iMac that is always on.

Check outSMC (http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?action=home_page). I've had one of their wired 4 port routers for a few years and I love it. It works seemlessly w/my Mac and my PC and it also acts as a print server.


Lethal

tomf87
Mar 4, 2004, 12:42 PM
Thanks! It states in the manual that it can handle both Windows and Mac network printing so that's ideal.