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Wireless Access at multiple points

Started by RAEnsbury , May 18 2005 12:27 PM

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RAEnsbury

Posted 18 May 2005 - 12:27 PM

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I have a wireless network up and running. I have a second printer which I want to use in a spot where i can't run a wire. A wireless print server would work, but it's not a USB printer and all the wireless print servers seem to be USB only. I have a "wired" ethernet print server. Can I put a second access router in the remote spot, hook a network cable between it and the print server and be able to use the second printer? Again, I can't get a cable between the primary access point and the printer location.

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miles_obrien

Posted 18 May 2005 - 08:57 PM

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As long as the second access point is on the same subnet as your other computers ( getting an IP from the main router) and the print server is supplied with an IP in that same subnet, then there should be no problem. A print server is the same thing as a computer so far as networking is concerned. In other words, either only 1 DHCP server on the network, or all devices supplied with IP's in the same subnet.
Mike