D-Link DP-G321 Wireless-G Print Server USB 2.0/Parallel Port

Never was able to get this printer server to work and I spent 6 hours trying. Dlink tech support was horrible. Indian techs were hard to understand. The quality of the connection was bad. And they really didn't know what they were doing.Amazon was great. Took the server back and refunded my money with no hassle. I spend a lot with Amazon and have very few returns. I don't know if that was a factor in the great service.I bought the Netgear print server, which is not as full featured as the Dlink. It was up and running on all three PC's in less than 1/2 hour with no need to call tech support!

I contacted D-Link support and they verified that this product was tested and worked with a very minimum number of popular USB printers (I believe the number was around 30-40).The D-Link DP-G321 Wireless Print server did not work with any of the 3 USB printers I owned (Lexmark Z320, HP PSC 1250, HP Photosmart 7310). It worked okay with my one parallel HP Laserjet 1100 and I was able to connect it to my network and install the print server, but it was not at all compatible with my printers which was key. It this product was more compatible, I would have rated it 4 stars, because the installation was very easy and almost worry-free, plus it was very sensitive to the wireless radio waves i.e. it sensed my secured wireless network when other print server could not in that same location.I returned the D-Link and bought instead a Linksys WPS54GU2 print server that worked with all of my printers, but it was not as sensitive as the D-Link DP-G321, so I had to move my printers and print server closer to my wireless access point.

Doesn't work with any printer. Also has limitations with some printer funtions as color monitoring, calibrations, etc.

Having thrown away my LinkSys WPS54GU2 in the dumpster (literally!), I thought I'd check for something else that might actually work after hundreds of hours of fiddling around and resetting and reconfiguring my entire wireless and wired networks.I thought this time I might start looking in Amazon, basing my research on customer ratings and reviews instead of brand names like LinkSys. To my surprise, I found that this baby has only one review from someone who hasn't installed and configured it properly, giving it only 2 stars... what a shame!Although D-Link is not your top-of-the-line brand, but at least their products actually work!First of all, and before anything else, upgrade the firmware. The CD has an old version, and your printer might not work properly.Other than that, if you tinker around with its settings in the admin interface, you can make it work the way you want.The only downer is that it doesn't support WPA. So I ended up opening up my wireless network at one point then hooking it on ethernet instead later for security reasons.I recommend this product if your wireless network is on WEP, othwerwise get a wired print server instead. But this product actually works, unlike linksys'.

Most people complained about not getting WPA support and hence gave this product low scores. First, the new version already supports WPA. If you've got an old model, you can also download the firmware to upgrade.I originally bought the linksys print server with the parallel port. That product sucks big time. Never work and when you contact support, they just tell you your printer is not supported besides asking silly questions like did you chose the printer as your default printer.The D-Link print server works well. Not sure about durability since I just got it today and spent less than 15 min to set it up. Should have ignored the negative reviews and bought this instead of the linksys one. Would have saved a lot of time.

The installation documentation is totally inadequate. Was only able to get a glimmer of the problems by checking online other reviews of the product. After spending over 8 hours trying to get a satisfactory setup I decided to send it back. Printer port names and addressing are the main issues. Don't understand why D-Link would not sort this installation documentation problem out. It appears to have been going on since 2003 or earlier.

Ive not yet upgraded my access point to 802.11g, but I bought this device because it will be ready when I do. Unfortunately, it doesn't have nearly the range of my 802.11b devices on my existing network. My cable modem and access point are one room over from my computer, with a single plaster wall in between. My 802.11b network cards connect to the network with about 60% signal strength and 11 Mbps speed. This device doesn't even see the network at the same range. Totally sux.