Editorial Review:Product Description:Easily allow a printer to be shared by all computers in one wired Ethernet network. Turn any stand-alone multi-function USB printer into a shared resource on your network with the TE100-MP2U 2-Port 10/100Mbps Multi-Function USB 2.0 Print Server. It's easy since an intuitive utility application and user-friendly configurations provide a seamless user interface. Get effective solutions to the challenge of sharing multi-function printer, fax, scanner and storage devices with support for most operating systems. Simply connect a multi-function device to this product for instant multimedia and file sharing. LED indicators, bidirectional support and e-mail notifications allow for easy management. Supports USB storage devices such as hard drives, flash drives and memory card readers Supports SANE servers for scanners Supports auto-connect for printing and scanning Email notification for adding/removing USB devices or system error messages Windows based utility program and Web based configuration Built-in flash memory for easy firmware upgrade Standards IEEE 802.3 10Base-T & IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Printer Interface - USB 2.0, 1.1 compliant USB type A port, LAN Port 10/100Mbps auto-negotiation UTP/STP Ethernet port USB Storage NetUSB Mode - Single-user access, FAT12/16/32(read/write) and NTFS (read/write) Server Mode (FTP/SMB server) - Multi-user access, FAT12/16/32(read/write) and NTFS (read) Diagnostic LEDs - Power, link, status, USB1, USB2 Transport Protocol TCP/IP - Supported DHCP, SNMP, UPnP, FTP Compliant with Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista (32-Bit) operating systems CE, FCC Certification Dimensions - 3.98 x 2.76 x 1.02 inch (101 x 70 x 26mm) Weight - 110 grams (3.88 ounces)
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Average Rating:
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Not ready for prime time!
When I saw a USB print server I thought - great! I left an old PC on all the time to work as a print server. This was supposed to reduce my electric usage. I have been unable to get it to work with a Dell injet printer and Windows XP or Vista. USB usually makes my life easier, but not this.
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Works, but will take some work
I bought the TRENDnet 2 port print server to replace the existing print server I had, which apparently does not support Vista. The TRENDNet does support Vista (somewhat), but it will take some work to get it working.
First of all, there are 2 modes it works in; a "virtual" directly attached mode, and a more classic server mode. The instructions and the default will step you thru the process of setting it up in the directly attached mode. I got this mode working on some, but not all of the PC's on our wireless network. At that point, I contacted their customer support, and gave them (via email) extensive information on my setup, and asked why it wasn't working on all my networked PC's, and also asked how to set it up in the classic server mode. The response I got was a one line answer to change a setting used when connecting to a disk drive; I was using this for a printer, so this response was useless to me. I gave up on the customer support, and did my own research on the internet to answer all the questions I had on what setting I should use to use this in the classic mode. So, I did get this working in the classic server mode for the printer. I also added a disk drive, and got this to work on all but the Vista PC.
The good:
1) It works (for the most part) with Vista
2) There are 2 modes; the directly attached mode is good if you are the only one using the printer - in this case the printer will work bi-directional. The classic server mode works good if you have muliple people using the printer - in this case everyone can print whenever they want, you just don't get the bi-directional printer feedback.
3) In addition to the printer, you can also hook up a disk drive.
The bad:
1) You may have to figure out your own problems - customer support was not too helpful to me.
2) You may not be able to get disk drives to work with Vista.
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It worked first time right out of the box
I have been in the computer business since I opened a computer store back in 1977 and have sold and installed computer and network systems for 30 years. In all of these years this is the first time I have happily wanted to write a review. This product does exactly what they say it will do and worked flawlessly when first installed. Highly recommended!!!
My configuration:
IBM R50 Thinkpad
Windows Vista Ultimate
HP Photosmart C4150 All-In-One
Wireless connection to a Linksys WRT54GC Access Point
TRENDnet TE100-MP2U connected to the WRT54GC Access Point via Cat5 Cable.
Instalation was quick and exactly as outlined in the excelent Quick Instalation Guide. It worked absolutely perfectly the first time I clicked print. Not only that, but as soon as I installed it, it recognized my camera's memory card in the printer slot and poped up the Windows autoplay options to upload the pictures etc.
It printed a 15 page document in exactly the same amount of time as if my printer was directly attached.
I thought the real test would be to bring up a scanning application. I put a document on the scanner and clicked scan in MS Office and up it came! No fumbling with obscure settings, it just worked perfectly the first time.
This product actually does what they say it will do, and does it out of the box.
Dalton Williams
