by Computer Addict Purchased this product due to the fact that Vista x64 refused to be my print server to a computer running XP Home. Had to reset the product (which is extremely easy to do) connected it to my router (the cable is included) and using the software that is extremely easy to use (it found my printer) and with a few short mouse clicks it was up and working. Set up time I would say less than 10 minutes. I am strongly going to recommend this product to my parents and anyone dealing with an older operating system communicating to a newer operating system. Was this review helpful? (2) (0) Thank you! You have successfully submitted feedback for this review. Computer Addict Van Wert, Ohio Would recommend to a friend? Yes Age:25 - 34 Ownership:1 week or less Gender: Male Usage: Every day.
I got a call from a customer who went out to a local computer store and bought the IOGEAR GPSU21 1 Port USB 2.0 Print Server under the idea that he could set it up and give himself and his kids access to a printer without networking ability. The problem was that he couldn’t get it working. Thus he called me. Before I get to how I got it working, let me describe the device. It’s a small device that fits into the palm of your hand that has one USB port and one Ethernet port. Power is provided by an external power adapter. Here’s how it should work: Plug in the printer into the USB port. Just make sure that you check this list to make sure it will work (though it is dated having been last updated in 2012). Plug in an Ethernet cable. Plug in the power adapter. It should then use DHCP to pop up onto your network. Follow the instructions for your operating system in the manual to set the printer up on your computers. This is exactly what this customer did. However, he could not get anything to print. Thus he called me. When I first looked at it, I noted that I was able to ping the device. So it was on the network and I concluded that it might need a reset. The process to reset it as documented here is needlessly complicated, and it didn’t help me fix the issue. Now the print server does have a web interface, though it is not documented in the documentation that comes with the print server. But if you can figure out what the IP address is of the print server, you can log in. Logging into their router and listing the devices on their network allowed me to find out the IP that the print server was using. However when I tried the IP address using the Safari web browser, nothing popped up. On a hunch, I tried Firefox, the web interface appeared. It would have been nice if IOGEAR either documented that or updated the firmware to support a variety of browsers seeing as the.
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