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This short How To is intended to walk someone through configuring a basic USB printer and a USB storage device (specifically USB flash drive) on their ASUS WL-500G Premium v2 (WL500GPV2) router. There are great USB how to articles on the DD-WRT wiki and I am sure that a lot of information in this article is duplicated elsewhere. Jul 08, 2015 · First, you will need a DD-WRT capable router with a USB port. Secondly, you will need a printer. First, you need to connect your printer to the router and you need to power on the printer. Access the web interface of your router by inserting its IP address into your favorite browser. printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04A9 pid 0x170D usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.0-1 address 2 printer.c: usblp0: removed usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=2 (error=-71) usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71) Printer Sharing via a DD-WRT Network Buying a DD-WRT router is a common practice for sharing the VPN connection with the family members in a house or staff at a workplace. These wireless routers are equipped with tools that a standard software system does not have, allowing to take better advantage of the hardware in a network. Jul 16, 2011 · Print Server for DD-WRT (simple version) Since there's USB port on the router, any normal USB printer can become a network printer. As the router is usually on 24x7, there is no need to invest in a (usually overpriced) dedicated printer server. The printer server program that we use here is p910nd. It's a very small (only 8KB) daemon which simply redirects all printing command from a PC to the printer. USB 3.0 & 2.0 ACCESSORY PORT. AirStation Extreme AC1750 Gigabit Dual Band Open Source DD-WRT Wireless Router is equipped with a USB 3.0 port for connecting a USB external hard drive, USB flash drive, SSD or card reader (for SD or other cards) and USB 2.0 port for connecting a printer.
USB 3.0 accessory port for NAS and USB 2.0 for printer capabilities; Backward compatible with 802.11n/a/g/b devices; Configure as an access point or wireless bridge; Many DD-WRT capabilities such as OpenVPN, VLAN and full command-line root access, VPN passthrough, DNS caching, ability to create multiple SSIDs, Telnet and SSH root access and more
Nov 07, 2012 · The printer is a GDI (meaning it has no PCL or Postscript support, relying on Windows to draw text and graphics), USB only device. The router has a handy USB port: with DD-WRT installed (v24SP2) it is possibile to activate a handy network printer server function even with such a brain dead printer. Jun 29, 2018 · Don’t forget as well that you may already be using a DD-WRT-compatible router (you can find a list of which models support the firmware here), and that any external hard drive with a USB connection will do the trick. Once you’ve got the hardware sorted, you’re done – DD-WRT itself is completely free to download and use, and unless you
• Only one USB printer can be connected to the LinkStation. • Bi-directional communication is not supported i.e., remaining ink quantities and other printer status information are not displayed. • If a multifunctional printer is connected, only the printer function can be used. Other functions such as scanning will not be available.
For this guide, we'll be using the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, but any DD-WRT router with a USB port should work. If yours isn't one, don't worry! If yours isn't one, don't worry! We'll cover some Jun 26, 2010 · Before start, you'll need a USB hub if your router has only one USB port as we now need to connect a USB drive and a USB printer. Unpowered hub is good for USB flash drive or hard drive with external power supply while I would suggest a powered hub for hard drive solely relied on USB power to prevent overload or damage to the HDD. Set DD-WRT