10-26-2009, 07:43 PM
This ended up coming back in stock so I went with it http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030304&p_id=6042&seq=1&format=2
Great price comparatively, and now I can put the printer even farther away if I want. Plus it has to go through a wall and there's already RJ45 ports in the wall.
I don't want to buy a new printer, and my router is in the same location that I'm trying to run this to. I already have a file/media/fax server, just want to plug in a USB cable to make it a print server too.
I read other reports of people 15' is probably not quite enough. Plus I've read reports of problems with this using regular cables. I need to buy a new cable anyway, figured I'd just get a better one from the start.
That's what I'm currently doing, but now I need the cable to go somewhere else and not be on that hub. It'd be much more simple just to run a cable than plugin yet another device.
Great price comparatively, and now I can put the printer even farther away if I want. Plus it has to go through a wall and there's already RJ45 ports in the wall.
silvarios wrote:
Any reason you don't want a network printer, or a router with USB printing compatibility?
Nathan
I don't want to buy a new printer, and my router is in the same location that I'm trying to run this to. I already have a file/media/fax server, just want to plug in a USB cable to make it a print server too.
billb wrote:
You've tried a regular 15 foot printer cable or a 15 foot extension even, and neither of thiose worked ?
I've found the current capacity of chipsets varies between motherboards.
(specifications be damned)
I read other reports of people 15' is probably not quite enough. Plus I've read reports of problems with this using regular cables. I need to buy a new cable anyway, figured I'd just get a better one from the start.
Winston wrote:
Would a powered USB hub in the middle of the extension do it?
Good luck.
- Winston
That's what I'm currently doing, but now I need the cable to go somewhere else and not be on that hub. It'd be much more simple just to run a cable than plugin yet another device.