[RndTbl] Wireless PrintServer example

[Dan & Michele]

FWIW, I recall seeing a stack of boxes at BestBuy St James Saturday .. 
they were the linksys usb wireless printservers .. they were "blowing 
them out" at about $70 or something close to that I thought ... not too 
shabby for a dedicated usb print server . not sure if they're still on 
clearance or not ... they were on a table ...

as for other options .. you could always just plug it into a linux box 
and hook up a wireless card to it ...
or ... I like this one ...

The wrtsl54gs:

http://tinyurl.com/zjc6x (linksys own site)
http://tinyurl.com/n38l6 (londondrugs.ca) .. the only place I actually 
saw a unit in the city here .. although they want $150 for their unit 
and wont budge on price.
http://tinyurl.com/l2e99 (ncix @ 117.70)
http://tinyurl.com/kvpud (tigerdirect @ 127.00)
http://tinyurl.com/ghht3 (some review)

Naturally, you can hack up a wrt54g and add a usb interface as john 
mentioned ...
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Customizing

... there's some pretty cool hardware mods for this thing ... I 
personally like the 1wire temperature sensor project:
http://owfs.sourceforge.net/
... you can pick up some from maxim-dallas ...
**
Dan.

John D wrote:
> a query came up last meeting,
> "What's a good wireless PrintServer w/USB ? "
> _ _ _ _ _
>
> "Good" or not, I can't say, but this mfg "Airlink" is growing in 
> presence and  offerings.
>  http://www.airlink101.com/products/apsusb201w.html
>
> Stock? The apsusb201w is FOB Vancouver, wholesale approx. $85.
>
> it is one of four sibling models, all USB:
>  http://www.airlink101.com/products/printer_server.html
>
> Interesting to see Airlink offering both
> _PowerlineTransmission_ (APL8522 in stock, VanBC)
>  http://www.airlink101.com/products/apl8511_22.html
> and
> _PwrOverEthernet_ (asw308p not listed [yet]).
>  http://www.airlink101.com/products/asw308p.html
>
> The latter will be popular with IP cams like
>  http://www.airlink101.com/products/aic250w.html
>
>
> John Donovan
>
>
> P.S:  The OpenWRT project may list some WirelessAccessPoint models 
> where you solder-in a USB jack onto the PCB; similar to the many DB-9 
> (console I/F) retrofits.
>
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