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Install printer to use it thru RBR50 USB port
I follow Netgear Orbilogin.com guidelines but it did not work. Someone can help? I have an RBR50, 2 sattelites and and outdoor sattellite. I cannot find any support about this in the community or any...
You would be best served by finding you a USB to LAN print server device to connect the printer too. Then anyone can print to the print server device for there printing needs. HP has a couple I believe.
Miklosman wrote:I follow Netgear Orbilogin.com guidelines but it did not work. Someone can help? I have an RBR50, 2 sattelites and and outdoor sattellite. I cannot find any support about this in the community or any document from netgear.
Guidelines:
ReadySHARE Printer lets you share a USB printer that is connected to a USB port on your Orbi Router or Orbi Satellite. You can share this USB printer among the Windows and MAC computers on your network.
1. Using a USB cable, connect one end to the Orbi Router's or Orbi Satellite's USB port and the other end to the printer's USB port.
2. Install the USB printer driver on each computer that will use the printer.
If you don’t have the driver installed, it’s usually available through the printer manufacturer.3. On each computer that will use the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility from http://www.netgear.com/readyshare
FURRYe38 wrote:You would be best served by finding you a USB to LAN print server device to connect the printer too. Then anyone can print to the print server device for there printing needs. HP has a couple I believe.
Note that these devices have an ethernet port to connect to the network and one or more USB ports for devices like printers. The USB port on the Orbi is not involved in this solution. I guess I am fortunate that my old HP printer has USB, ethernet, and WiFi capability. Right now, I have it connected to a cheap 8-port gigabit switch that is wired to one of the Orbi LAN ports. I assigned an IP address to the printer so that everything in the house can print to it (iPhone, iPad, Android tablet, desktop PC's, laptops, etc.)
Ya I know. I have setup many printer server devices. This would be a solution for them to use there USB printer and get it connecte to PCs or devices that need to print. The print servers are more flexible. Sometimes you can add more then just one printer as well. :smileywink: