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Feature Request: USB Printers
Please concider adding the ability to add a USB printer without the use of the ReadyShare software in your next firmware update.
Other brand routers allow you to simply add a printer to a compu...
Since I'm using all 4 Ethernet ports already that would mean that I'd have to purchase a switch and a print server, even though with a small tweak to the router's software I could use the USB ports on the router as intended.
Hopefully they will. May take longer than expected for that to happen. Suggestions would be much quicker...
Good Luck.
Do you know if Netgear actually check these forum posts themselves or am I just wasting my time?
I’ve posted twice now about 2 separate issues and haven’t even heard a peep from them.
You can post here about it:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
You'll generally not see anything from NG officially. They supposedly do review that exchange threads for ideas and requests there.
OlegP wrote:
Do you know if Netgear actually check these forum posts themselves or am I just wasting my time?
I’ve posted twice now about 2 separate issues and haven’t even heard a peep from them.
The usability of a single direction simple printer access ie. by LPR or Microsoft SAMBA printing is not sufficient for many modern printers drivers requirements.
The software Netgear does provide is creating a virtual USB port, permitting to use any kind of printer, including bi-directional communication, multi-function devices like scanners and much more - just like a USB printer connected direct to the computer. Ways ahead, and much less cumbersome (if it's installable and workable) than any simple remote printer protocol for consumers.
