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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:43:40 +0100 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > At the moment I'm working on a project for Surestart in Torquay > providing them with a couple of laptops for the kids to use. > > One of the challenges has been trying to work out how to provide a > printer to connect to the laptops wirelessly (basically so they can > put the printer away from the laptops). I'd thought originally of > getting a wireless printer but not having any experience of them with > Linux I thought going out and buying one to find it didn't work would > be a bit of an expensive mistake. > > A wireless USB print server also proved to be a bit pricey. > > So in the end I found that it's possible to use a BT Home Hub (either > the beige one or the black Home Hub 2.0) as a USB file and print > server. > > If you leave the Home Hub setup using the original IP configuration > (so set to 192.168.1.254) then it is possible to attach a printer to > the USB port on the hub, setup your machine to point to the IP > 192.168.1.253 and have it connect as an lp type device. > > Suffice to say I was chuffed at this. It now means that I can print > wirelessly to the printer and make use of a couple of old printers > from Freecycle rather than having to go out and buy new printers. Excellent news! I presume this is using the original BTified firmware? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq