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cli1010
Nov 18, 2012Aspirant
Lexmark x8350 on DUO V2
Hello, Anybody has any experience connecting a Lexmark X8350 USB printer to Duo V2? Just got my ReadyNAS and can't see my printer at all. Tried on all three USB ports, rebooted my NAS, started...
PapaBear1
Nov 23, 2012Apprentice
You may have inadvertently clicked on the Technical Specs of the (original) Duo rather than the Duo v2 if you saw printer sharing listed. While the Duo/NV+ has been removed from the comparison charts, their technical specifications are still listed among the home units. If you plan to place the printer in the same room and fairly close to the router, you do not need to limit your printer to wireless and an ethernet port will do the job just fine. Do keep in mind that very few if any networked printers with an ethernet port include an ethernet cable. Most of us who have a fair number of ethernet connected devices usually have more cables than are needed at the moment, as an all wireless home at the present you are unlikely to have one.
When ordering the ethernet cable, you might want order a spare to use if you find yourself downloading a very large file. It is much faster to download to a PC connected via ethernet than wireless, even if it is 802.11n. While on small files it ins not significant, but for large update files or video files it can speed things up greatly. After the download you can easily revert to wireless on the laptop.
When ordering the ethernet cable, you might want order a spare to use if you find yourself downloading a very large file. It is much faster to download to a PC connected via ethernet than wireless, even if it is 802.11n. While on small files it ins not significant, but for large update files or video files it can speed things up greatly. After the download you can easily revert to wireless on the laptop.
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