Linksys Wps54gu2 Drivers For Mac
I have been trying to set up my Mac Powerbook G4 and my Linksys WPS54GU2 for a month now. I've tried everything I could think of. Tried scouring the net for info and I've tried called Linksys support. Linksys support just told me to go to 'google' and do a search for the answer. This is my last hope.
The print server works with all my windows machines in either wired or wireless mode. But it simply will not work with the Mac in either mode. Does anybody else here have any experience with this print server and Mac OS X? My printer is a HP Deskjet 970 Cse and I have a Linksys WPS54GU2 print server with a Linksys WRT54GS router. OS X is 10.3. One thing I also noticed is that on OS X, when I go to network, I only see the print server in the workgroup when one of my PCs are on.
I picked up a Linksys wps54gu2 but alas. No install disk for a MAC.
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When all the PCs are off, I can no longer see the print server in the workgroup under network. I would think that I should be able to see it even when all the PCs are off (that is the reason for a print server after all). But, still even when I can see the print server, I cannot connect to it through OS X. Also I was able to get the printer to respond when I was playing around with the AppleTalk setting, but I could never get the printer to print anything except wasite a bunch of paper with black splotches on it. Any help you guys can give me would be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys! What did your setup look like for the IP Printing?
(Printer Type, Queue, Printer Model) I tried to print to a friend's Linksys server once (built-in to his router), we had some problems but managed to get it to work. I'm wanting to say it was an issue with the Queue name that derailed us. It's been a while, but I'm thinking it had a really funky name for the Queue. Try with: IP printing LPD/LPR (printer type) xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ip addy) (queue name). I am new to this, if I sent this to the wrong place I apologize.My business just purchased a Mac (Power Mac G5) and we want to be able to communicate with the printers, but we have had no such luck. I have 3 Epson printers (9600, 4000, R200), I have been through Linksys support and Mac support with no luck.
Linksys did tell me that they would work with the Mac if AppleTalk was turned on.we tried but nothing. The Mac recognizines the print server and sometimes will say it is printing, but no activity on the printer.
I am a novice with all the computer jargon, so if someone could help and possibly explain it in Lehman's terms to me it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks to all who read this. Greetings, I just bought this print server, wps54gu2, and I have it working with my G4 Mac with OS X 10.3.8. If after setting up the IP address on the print server, you can log in to the web interface, using your browser ( in my case).
By default, my print server had Appletalk enabled. So, I then created a new Appletalk printer and it is working fine, an HP 5MP laserjet is connected to the print server.
I did not try to get IP printing working but, I did notice that there are two print queues on the print server while setting up the appletalk, one seems to be for the USB and the other seems to be for the parallel printer port. If you are not technically minded and patient, I recommend you do not use linksys equipment. Like others have said, they are no mac friendly. Getting this to working is painful unless you are very lucky or have someone that can walk you through it. Here's my experience: My configuration: Mini-mac MacOS X 10.3.8 Linksys BEFW1154 Wireless Router Linksys WPS54GU2 Wireless Printer Server Canon i860 (connected to parallel port) Samsung ML-1710 (connected to USB) Server Windows XP machines A FreeBSD 4.10 firewall. I downloaded and installed the latest Gimp-Print from I installed printer drivers from manufacturer disk. Gimp-Print also included the driver I needed for the Canon.
It ended up that I used a BJC 7000 driver because there was no driver for the i860. I reset my print server backt o factor default; I had been using it from several Windows XP machines I have. First thing I did was to change the IP address of the print server to a static IP address. I had the advantage of having a Windows XP Laptop. I think by default the print server will use DHCP to set its IP, you can access the configuration with a web browser; there should be instructions for doing this in the manual (skip the parts about using the Windows software). From the web admin tool, I selected the Printer tab, clicked the Logical port link and used the 'Get Data' button selecting Logical port 1 and parallel; the logical port 2, and usb.
I then click the Save button at the bootom of the screen. After doing this, I could see my printers on the status page and, I beleive, this set them up as queues 'L1' - i860 and 'L2' - ML-1710.
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I was then able to add the printers to the Printer List using IP Printing; LPD/LPR; my print servers static IP; and queues L1, L2 with the correct drivers. Note: I spent over 20 hours getting this to work, it was not at all easy. Linksys technical support was useless; Samsung and Canon were better, but basically would not support the linksys, only a direct connection to the mini-mac (which was relatively easy to get working).
I could not AppleTalk to work at all; I also tried Windows printing (could see the queue but could not print to them???). I dont think AppleTalk works correctly through the Linksys router, at least through the wireless part. One of these days I am going to run some sniffer software to see what is going on with the network, but for now, I can print. Hope this helps some fo you. Thanks to all that helped here. I FINALLY GOT IT WORKING!!! I took a little from everybody's advice here and nvilmer is absolutely right.
This router (if used with a MAC) is definitely not for the non-technically minded. That coupled with the fact that I only have the computer here on weekends made for a very long troubleshooting process for me. Just to further the information database that is accumulating here. What I had to do to make it work was I sad to set the printer server queue name in the OS X to the default of the print server.
I had changed my printserver name and OS X would not recognize my new print server queue name. The only way I got it to work was to have OS X reference it by it's default name. Now I just have some driver issues, but at least the printer is working with the MAC. I can't get the printer to print on both sides of the paper even though the option is there. I've already tried the latest GIMP drivers. But this is something I guess I can live with until I have more time to troubleshoot.
If there is anybody out there who has a HP Deskjet 970Cse with a Linksys WPS54GU2 and can get double sided printing. Please let me know!! Thanks again to all that helped out here!!!!