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Connect printer to USB port of router?

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Posted 10 October 2005 - 05:08 AM

Hi. I've a NetComm NB5Plus4W ADSL wireless modem router with 4 ethernet ports and 1 USB port. The modem is connected by ethernet to my eMac (1.25GHz G4, OSX 10.4.2) and occasionally to a work Toshiba laptop (Windows XP) and via wireless to my wife's Acer laptop (also Windows XP). The printer (Canon i560) is connected to the eMac.
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Is it possible to connect the printer to the USB port on the modem/router so that it can be shared by all 3 computers as I don't always have the eMac on and haven't been very successful at getting print sharing to work?
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Posted 10 October 2005 - 06:08 AM

After checking out the Netcomm Netcomm website, it looks like that USB port is only for networking with WinBlows machines that don't have an ethernet port, not for peripheral sharing.
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Posted 11 October 2005 - 01:50 AM

Hi retcynm
I just had a reply from NetComm confirming that it wasn't possible to connect the printer to the USB port.
Bummer.
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