Use Old Modem for wireless print server?

theguzman · 10-09-2021 02:39PM #1

I have a collection of old & new modems here from Eir, Vodafone and Sky. I use a Huawei EIR F2000 supplying my current wifi around the house but I am wondering if I could locate a Laser printer away on another desk in a spare room connect the printer USB cable to an old modem and then connect that modem back to my own Wifi and effectively create a wireless printer out of my older non-wireless Laser printer.

I have HP printer I use for scanning and some colour printing and the laser for the majority of the B&W stuff now. If I could relocate the laser away from the desktop it would make great space in the home office desk.

10-09-2021 02:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058208216/use-old-modem-for-wireless-print-server

Its not that simple. What you call a modem, is most probably actually a router.

In Networking there is a model called the Client/Server model. Its used to describe the role of a device on a network. A server provides information, the client connects to the server and receives information.

To connect to your existing wireless router, you need a wireless client to connect to it.

What is the model of the HP Printer?

theguzman · 20-09-2021 05:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117872842#Comment_117872842

The printer I want to make wireless is a Brother HL-11 that I bought end of line from Argos last year, great for B&W with low print costs unlike the HP Envy 5534 (from 2015) which has expensive ink. The HP is a scanner printer so I'd prefer keep that at my desk fro scanning and things like Mailing labels wheras the Brother be kept in another room if I could make it wireless.

20-09-2021 06:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117916353#Comment_117916353

OK, you because your Brother printer only has USB, you need something called a WiFi print server. They aren't expensive. Here's one from Amazon, 32 pounds stirling:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LOYALTY-SECU-Network-Print-Server-Printer/dp/B0952NLGHH/ref%3Dsr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=wifi+print+server&qid=1632158163&sr=8-3

Use Old Modem for wireless print server?

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