How do I connect my two Ethernet printers to my wireless network?

Question

I have two computers on the 1st floor which is connected to the cable broadband via wireless as the cable modem and the wireless network is in the basement.

I have two printers and both are Ethernet capable. In my old house, I had everything in one room, and I plugged the two printers into the router and everything worked perfectly. This setup doesn't work in my new house.

How can I hook up these two Ethernet printers to the network (without hooking them up through computers, as I don't want to keep the computers running all the time).

Can I buy a wireless print server, connect the print server (on the first floor) with the wireless network (in the basement) via 54G and then use ethernet cables to attach the printers to the print server?

Or is there any easier way?

What type of printer server do you recommend?

Answer 1

perfect solution  for you

http://www.netgear.com/Products/PrintSer...

dee

Answer 2

There is possibly an easier way to do that. However, the steps necessary to do it require more communication. E-mail me with the specifics of where in the house each component is and where you would like to locate the printers?

Answer 3

Since these are already ethernet printers you don't need a print server... all you need is two wireless bridges (one for each machine).  The bridges simple take ethernet and make it wireless so you can connect.  Linksys WET54G  is a good unit as are Dlinks DWL3150  or even Netgears WGE101.

A wireless bridge just replaces the cable that you would normally use.  You have to set them up with a computer (ONCE) then just connect them to the printers and you are connected.  (Think of them as wireless adapters which connect to ethernet - cause that is what they do!)