Attaching printer to router

richlevy · 09-07-2003, 07:56 PM

I have a wireless/wired Linksys router which currently has one computer attached via cable and another accessing via wireless. I would like to attach a printer to be shared by both.

I bought a cheap printer with only a parallel connection. Is there any inexpensive piece of hardware which would allow me to attach the printer directly to the router?

I was considering attaching the printer the the wired computer and allowing printer sharing, but I have heard that even though the hardware firewall and my software firewalls, this is a bad idea.

09-07-2003, 07:56 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Attaching printer to router I have a wireless/wired Linksys router which currently has one computer attached via cable and another accessing via wireless. I would like to attach a printer to be shared by both. I bought a cheap printer with only a parallel connection. Is there any inexpensive piece of hardware which would allow me to attach the printer directly to the router? I was considering attaching the printer the the wired computer and allowing printer sharing, but I have heard that even though the hardware firewall and my software firewalls, this is a bad idea. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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