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Trying to use a USB scanner by wireless... No USB cable... Win 10 environment...
Hi... Hope I have a very easy question... I have a new Dell i7 Win 10 laptop and I need to connect a USB scanner to it. Normally, the scanner would use a USB 2.0 cable to make the connection, but I d...
Respectfully, "impossible" is inaccurate... USB is just a transfer protocol (pretty simple too...) As I mentioned, I do have a wifi network... I just checked, and my first floor machine easily talks with one of my second floor machines, including a scanner. All I need to do is hook up my new scanner into one of my network machines (I think I'll buy a dedicated machine), and wifi and Windows will take care of the rest... Easy breezy...
Alan
A.S. Microprocessor Technology
B.S. Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
P.S. Have you ever written a driver or dll? I have...
Hi,
I don't know if I need a router or not... I don't see why USB wireless can't work with scanners... In fact, I have a wireless scanner/printer/fax that works with both USB or wireless, and that works fine as a wireless USB scanner. Beyond that, wireless has been around since 2010 (look up WUSB). Iogear used to make a standard wireless dongle, but they no longer make it... There must be some manufacturer out there that makes such a thing...
Alan_123 wrote:
I don't see why USB wireless can't work with scanners...
Do some research then. It ain't gonna happen.
If you want to use a plug-in USB adapter to connect something like a scanner to your wifi, forget it.
USB adapters depend on drivers and things. These need an operating system. Sadly, your scanner cannot run an operating system. Netgear's adapters won't even work on Unix systems, and only some will connect with Macs.
People ask about using a USB adapter to connect various things, especially TVs. It won't work.
If you want to confirm this, just ask the people who made your scanner. They know what will work with their hardware.
Respectfully, "impossible" is inaccurate... USB is just a transfer protocol (pretty simple too...) As I mentioned, I do have a wifi network... I just checked, and my first floor machine easily talks with one of my second floor machines, including a scanner. All I need to do is hook up my new scanner into one of my network machines (I think I'll buy a dedicated machine), and wifi and Windows will take care of the rest... Easy breezy...
Alan
A.S. Microprocessor Technology
B.S. Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering
P.S. Have you ever written a driver or dll? I have...
Alan_123 wrote:
Respectfully, "impossible" is inaccurate...
I still maintain that it isn't possible to plug a Netgear USB adaptor into a scanner and then to use the scanner over wifi.
Your solution is completely different.
It is a rule of thumb around here, that people who turn up claiming IT expertise are generally the least reliable when it comes to understanding problems and solutions. They rarely work in the area, and allow their knowledge of something completely different to get in the way.