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Wireless Router Print Server

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Shelnutt2

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So I was looking at print servers and they are all $40-$50 for wired and $80-90 for wireless. So I was thinking why not just get a router/switch with usb, it'll be easier. Well looking on newegg I've found two,

Asus WL-520gU
or
RT-N13U

. Now the first one support dd-wrt while the second doesn't but support for dd-wrt is just pending someone donating the hardware because there is already other routers running similar chipsets. So my question is with the RT-N13U can I set it up like a printer server wirelessly? I already have an existing router and wireless, but I'd like to be able to have the router connect to my existing wireless, or will I have to just hardwire it in?

Since they are the same price if this will work, then I'll get the RT-N13U, even though dd-wrt isn't supported yet.

Thanks
 
Interesting after reading your post I got interested in this hardware. Do you know after flashing to dd-wrt the print server is supported?
 
Interesting after reading your post I got interested in this hardware. Do you know after flashing to dd-wrt the print server is supported?

The 520gU can use multiple USB devices, such as a printer, but it does not work out of the box. For DD-WRT, I had to install a SVN build that supports USB and then install the print server manually on the router.

As far as the RT-N13U question, you might want to try and contact ASUS and see if it supports wireless client bridge mode. That is what you want. DD-WRT offers that, but that does not help you right now.
 
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