| D-Link DP-G310 Wireless Print Server, USB 2.0 802.11g, 54Mbps |
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Model: DP-G310
Brand: D-Link
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 31
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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| Features: |
Built-in 802.11g functionality with transfer rates up to 54Mbps
Configure through Standard Web Browser application from anywhere on your network
Front display panel features an array of diagnostic LED's
Windows-based administrative program making set-up quick |
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| Description: |
| The DP-G310 Wireless Print Server makes connecting to a printer easier for anyone on your home or small business network. This 802.11g compliant Wireless Print Server is equipped with a USB 2.0 port for seamless connection to most printers. Supporting both Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc wireless modes, it offers the convenience of sharing a printer beyond the wired network. Access and share a printer wirelessly, for more convenient printing. |
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| User Reviews (31 total): |
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D-Link? How about J-unk?, August 11, 2008
By Rutter (Houston)
Where do I start? The fact that you have to set an IP on your home network to work with this thing that then will not allow you to communicate with the Internet? Or the fact that this thing supports about 4 printers?
The manual which tells you how to set it up in XP and gives you instructions, but in fact the screen shots they show look nothing like XP? Once I got this...maybe I am missing something...ok, so I can print wirelessly as long as I have this thing permanently tethered to my router with a cable? Great as long as my router and printer sit right next to each other, but if you are like me and thought "ok..I hook this wireless thing up to my printer and off to the races" you will be very disappointed. Why was this thing even made? Mine is going right into the trash..would not even give this monkey paw to a thrift store because I would not want to curse someone else with it.
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Avoid at all costs!, April 2, 2007
By Doug
This wireless print server is NOT compatible with "most USB" printers as advertised. D-Link customer support was a huge disappointment. Save yourself some serious frustration and do not purchase this item.
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HORRIBLE DLINK PRODUCT SUCKS, March 5, 2007
By K. Phillips
I BOUGHT THIS ONLINE AND IT SUCKS. WHEN I SET IT UP, IT DIDN'T WORK. I CALLED TECH SUPPORT AND TALKED TO SOMEONE IN MUMBAY INDIA WHO DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO WORK MYSELF. IT WORKED THE FIRST FEW TIMES, THEN STOPPED WORKING. CONSTANTLY NEEDS TO BE RESET. I HAVE BOUGHT MANY COMPUTER PRODUCTS AND NEVER HAD A MAJOR COMPLAINT, BUT THIS ONE TRULY SUCKS. D-LINK SUPPORT ON THIS SUCKS TOO. STAY AWAY, BUYER BEWARE!!!
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Works but with sluggish performance and annoying problems, February 10, 2007
By Ergonomous (San Diego, CA USA)
I was able to setup this print server with my lexmark X5150 printer with relative ease but after setting it up in an XP pc, the OS would not detect the printer to be online after reboot. The performance is sluggish.
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NEVER buy this, January 29, 2007
By M. Gates
Many of the 'compatable' printers on the very short list they don't supply except in the bowels of their website aren't manufactured or sold any longer. Tech support recommended E-bay as a source for compatable printers. But it gets WORSE. Many of the printers they claim are compatable no longer have supplies manufactured for them--you can't get ink, toner, replacement parts. . .
It's a piece of JUNK! And D-Link won't support the users who bought the thing.
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Excellent Product, January 28, 2007
By Alex (California)
The server works very well. All the people who have compatibility issues just need to install the driver for the printer on their computer and follow instructions!! Very easy set up and works great.
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I wish I could give 0 stars, January 6, 2007
By N. Bowman
This is a peice of junk. Works with very few printers, and you must set up your network entirely around this, so you'll probably end up purchasing much more equipment just to get it to work.
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VERY BAD product and support, December 31, 2006
By Nn (Wash D.C.)
With thousand of printers in the market, this Dlink DP-G310 print server has a compatible list of less than 60 printers. It does not work with most printers.
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Great Value Priced Print Server, December 26, 2006
By D. Sule (Stafford, TX United States)
Awesome value priced product. You need to know a little bit about wireless network setup in order to be able to configure this to work. But once set up it works like a charm.
I am using this with a Samsung ML-1740 and it print sout perfectly. The printer is not listed on the compatible set on the D-link site but I have not had any problems thus far.
Here's what I needed to configure this:
1. Set up the wireless network SSID to match my existing network
2. Fix the IP address to a fixed IP on the internal network subnet.
3. Provided a more intutive USB port queue name.
5. Finally using the above IP address and USB port name I added the printers on my home desktop and laptop.
This works great for my setup coz now my printer is hidden in a inside room of my apartment and does not clutter up my work space anymore.
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Pure junk!, September 27, 2006
By Erick Perez (Miami, Fl)
My friend bought one and I tried to set it up for him. Let me tell you, this thing is pure garbage. I spent a good hour and a half trying to get it to work. I tried to set it up using 2 laptops which were set up exactly how the booklet outlined. The direct ethernet connection wouldn't work and connecting to it through wireless was spotty at best. I could sometimes get into the setup page through wireless, but all of a sudden the setup page would stop working.
Stay away from D-Link! All their products are cheaply made and difficult to configure!
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If you need to print......!, August 10, 2006
By Rafael Lopez (Costa Rica)
After I bought it and had some problems configuring it, I start reading post and almost all of them were bad comments.If what you need to do is just print go for it, I'm currently using it with my Officejet 6110 (while installing you must use the HP 990c driver) but I loose the scanner option because this server does not support it. If you are looking for scanning and printing options you should look for the DPR-1260.
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DON'T EVER PAUSE IT!!, June 10, 2006
By Red Five (Northeast TN, USA)
I bought this device directly from DLink (the RevC version), set it up, and it worked fine for a few days. And then I felt it necessary to pause a print job, maybe to insert paper. It never unpaused again. I've reset the $()8# thing to factory defaults a dozen times, reconfigured it until I was blue in the fingers, no joy.
It works fine, just DON'T EVER PAUSE IT!
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There is nothing wrong with this product...., April 1, 2006
By Photo Diver (Kealakekua, HI)
BUT you have to follow the directions to the letter. Yes, it can be a little trouble to set up, but once it is, it's great. I have had no issues whatsoever with my G310 and enjoy being able to print to my remote printer (HP 2550L) without having to move my laptop around. I do have a D-Link router and I think that does make the process easier. The instructions shared in a review a few below me are accurate and will help. I only gave it 4 stars because it does take some work to set up.
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Difficult to Install and unreliable, March 5, 2006
By J. Lin (San Jose, CA United States)
I got this print server about a month back. Initially it took me 4 hours to get this thing installed and running in the wireless mode! After I got it setup, it worked fine for a week. But, then the wireless connection with the print server got flaky, so I switched to the wired mode. All was well again, but then after a couple of weeks the wired connection got flaky. It stopped printing and didn't recognize my HP-1200. After fiddling around with it for a few hours I finally got the contraption working again.
But, now my latest problem is that the print server prints garbage to the printer! Plugging the printer directly in to a computer works fine, but the print service somehow corrupts the data going to the printer and I end up with pages of garbage and error messages.
SUMMARY:
This thing was a beast to set-up and every time something goes wrong, it takes a phenomenal amount of time to debug and correct. That's in addition to the questionable reliability of this device. I say steer clear of this thing. I'm now shopping for something better and never buying D-Link again.
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Too difficult to install, February 24, 2006
By MJ (Minneapolis, MN USA)
This print server was entirely too difficult to install. I played around for hours and finally gave up!
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Great Kit, Rubbish Instructions, August 14, 2005
By GsyMoo (Guernsey Channel Islands)
It's taken me a month to get this item working but is great now it is.
I returned the first 1 to base when all that was wrong was the setup, and then the replacement unit sent was D.O.A. All the lights and setup looked good but it wouldn't print.
The third one was printing within 5min's of unpacking it.
The support staff were all very helpful and a delight to talk to but here's some tips which would have saved weeks of trouble.
To setup the DP-G310 you will need a LAN cable.
If you are setting it up from your Router you will need a STRAIGHT-THROUGH.
If you plug it into your computer you will need a CROSSOVER.
If you are setting it up to work with a Wireless Router (I have a D-Link DSL-G604T) you will need to change the print-server's IP into the same range,
ie the Router's IP is 192.168.1.1
so you will need to change the Print Server's IP
from 192.168.0.10
to 192.168.1.10
Press 'Apply' after every change.
That done and the rest of the setup is easy(ish)
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This is a total POS, April 20, 2005
By The Technologist
This is total garbage.
Out of the box it says 802.11g compatible, but NO! It only does WEP. And then when you try to set it to Infrastructure mode, goodbye MAC address! Check for revised firmware, and the D-Link web site shows the latest is OLDER than what is installed!
My gosh, who do they think they're fooling? Based on this experience, I don't think I'll buy any D-Link product--ever.
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Return the DLINK asap, February 5, 2005
By merv (Maui Hawaii)
I purchased the D-Link G310 out of convenience, thinking "How bad could it be"? Well it's that bad, and the 24 hr. support is worse. I, unfortunately also have a D-Link DI-614 wireless router and it took a good 3 hours to install - but it worked, so I figured that the G310 would work as well - it doesn't. Don't waste your time with the D-Link product, save your time and the frustration and buy the Airport Express or the Linksys product.
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Does not work with MacOS! Buy Airport Express instead, January 30, 2005
By J.Ray (West Chester, PA USA)
I don't know what possessed me to buy this piece of garbage, but I wish I could get the hours of my life back trying to get it to work. Right on the box it says, "compatible with MacOS". At one point I called the 24x7 support number and the guy said "um...yeah, I dont know...I don't see anything here about supporting Macs..." So it's definitely a big joke. For maybe just a little bit more you can go buy the Airport Express and in 5 minutes have your Mac printing to your printer. Plus you get other Airport Express features like Airtunes. That's what I did.
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Usless for Macintosh OS, October 16, 2004
By P. Kouzmov (New York)
100% compatible with Mac? Hardly. There are very few printers that D-Link supports when printing from a Mac, and they have to be "post-script". False advertising.
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