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Network printing
Unless someone here can tell me differently, it appears with the advent of wifi-6, Netgear (along with all other manufacurers), will no longer be manufacturing routers with included usb print servers for setting up network printing for my Canon 6000 laser printer, as I do now, and have been doing for years with my r7000 Nighthawk. As someone who has been using Netgear routers for 20 years and have loved the Readyshare software, this now leaves me open to the entire market for a new wifi-6 router. Been nice knowing you guys. Many manufacturers include usb storage which is easy enough to access - so hasta la vista baby.
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NG isn't the first to drop support on newer generation routers for Print serivces and USB support. Though NG still has some routers that still support USB drives, printers are not needing of Readyshare services as most printer connect to routers, wired or wireless, have there own share and support features that don't rely on Readyshare features, thus making RS unnecessary. Thus NG is probably going to depreciate RS services on NG products. Doesn't mean that NG routers are not capable of doing other router features. I've never used RS for my printers and never needed that but thats me.
Good Bye and Good Luck.
