AX6000 RAX 80 print server absent!!!!!

aalexandrebeta
Master
Mar 04, 2019
schumaku wrote:

aalexandrebeta wrote:

Why is there no print server feature on that router?

Because it's not in the specifications, it's not implemented, not part of the offering, not part of the product - nothing to complain.

Remind me to write a complaint letter to Elon Musk that the Tesla X hasn't.any differential locks while my 4x4 Pinzgauer has three.

This is not on specifications, not implemented not an excuse, a 20 Y/O modem routeur is still able to do thet so, so it should be implemented directly to the standard specifications period.

I complain because it should go like the safety belts on a car!!!!

A good old cheated software VW is greener than a Tesla X!!!!!

The more tech you put in a car the less reliable it is!!!
- schumaku
  Guru - Experienced User
  Mar 04, 2019
  The RedyShare USB print feature is almost obsolete and given up by Netgear. Look at the poor maintenance of the required code to run it from Windows or (even worse) MacOS. A nightmare on it's own.
  
  Today's low cost printers have Ethernet ports or at least a WiFi client.
  
  Time to abandon the incomplete and unreliable USB ReadyShare for crappy USB disks, too: A router isn't a NAS. Why you ask? Netgear failed to keep things up to speed - WSD (WS Discovery) is stil not implemenented, however it's the Windows 10 set industry standard.
  
  Back to the roots of what a router should be and have: Configureable firewall rules for Internet->LAN, provide services like a local DNS, ... and much more. This is what I want to see today on a consumer router. Not legacy features like NetBIOS discovery/name resolution or USB port sharing.
  
  The more garbage features Netgear does put in a router the less reliable it is!!!
  
  Proof enough - just look around these communities. It's safer for Netgear to go back to the roots, removing what's not required on a router.
  - antinode
    Guru
    Mar 05, 2019
    > Because it's not in the specifications, [...]
    
       Which "the specifications"? I seem to see it in the RAX80 Data
    Sheet:
    
          http://netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/RAX80.pdf
    
          Sharing
          READYSHARE (R) USB ACCESS-Wirelessly access & share
          USB hard drive & printer via two (2) USB ports
    
       Which part of "& printer" is unclear (or absent)?
    
    > The RedyShare USB print feature is almost obsolete and given up by
    > Netgear. [...]
    
       I'm willing to stipulate that all Netgear USB-related file- and
    print-sharing software is garbage, but that doesn't seem to stop Netgear
    from advertising it.

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AX6000 RAX 80 print server absent!!!!!