Review on D-Link DPR-1260 RangeBooster G Multifunction Print Server: Boost Your Range and Printing Efficiency by Jason Rogness

Well as the name suggests I got this print server to work with my Dymo LabelWriter 450 TwinTurbo printer - so I'm actually quite happy with it. It also works well with WPA2 security on my network. The setup was a bit fiddly, so I thought I'd quickly go through some of the steps I had to go through. None of D-Link's automatic configuration tools work with the x64 version of Windows 7, so stay away from this product unless you're familiar with manually configuring network devices. latest firmware. The funny thing is that the "latest" firmware was released in 2004. The instructions that came with it say it was printed in 2007 so I don't know why the firmware wasn't updated. *** Wireless Network Connection *** This device connected perfectly to my wireless network using WPA2 security. Here are the steps I followed to get it working: 1) I first connected the DPR-1260 to my network using a standard network cable (instead of wireless) and gave it an IP address from my DHCP server assign. 2) I found what IP address the DPR-1260 is using by looking at the reservation on my DHCP server. You can also access it by the name "dlink-xxxxxx" where x is the last 6 digits of the MAC address.3) I logged into the DPR-1260 directly from my web browser at [.]. (The DPR-1260 comes with no password, just hit enter when prompted.) 4) From there I configured the wireless settings to connect to my network via WPA2. After the setup I rebooted and unplugged the ethernet cable. The DPR-1260 appears to be using the same MAC address for both wired and wireless connections as it uses the same IP address in wireless mode. 5) Finally, I set up a DHCP reservation to prevent the print server's IP address from changing.** * Printer setup *** I'm having a bit of trouble with this, but here are the steps I followed, to get my printer working without the D-Link setup program: 1) Go to your web browser and look at "Device Information". on page DPR-1260. You must remember the LPR Queue Name setting. 2) Open the Devices and Printers dialog box and click Add Printer. 4) After the No Printers Found message appears, click The printer I want isn't listed. 5) Click Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname. This is the last obvious step. 6) Enter the IP address of the print server - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONNECT IT DIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER. 7) In the Additional Port Information Required dialog box, click Custom, and then click Settings. 8) In this dialog you need to select the LPR protocol and then set "Queue Name" to the name you got in step 1. Then click OK. That's all! Complete the wizard and you're good to go.*** Conclusion ***While I'll admit the setup process is lengthy and the instructions are poorly written, the DPR-1260 works pretty well if you can set it up. If you set up some of the older network routers that didn't have automatic configuration utilities, you can probably get this to work as well. Overall I award 3 stars. It works well in principle (with a printer that they SAFELY never tested with), but it's difficult to set up.