StarTech.com 1-Port 10/100 Mbps Parallel Network Print Server - Fast Centronics Ethernet Printer Server Adapter - Windows 10 (PM1115P2),Beige

It would have been better to use 10 which would have avoided conflicting IP addresses. Apart from that, it works fine. Only that is why I lowered the rating from five to four. As soon as I installed it on my 15 year old HP printer, I began printing to it automatically with no print server issues.

Yamileth Harris

| Oct 03, 2020

For many reasons, setting up DHCP is required since the default setting does not work. Since I have Windows 10 installed on my laptop, I set its IP address to 192. 168. 56. 88. My browser could now be pointed at 192 now that I had done this. You can now bring that old faithful HP laserjet printer 6P back to life with this simple solution.

Jemma Bradford

| Apr 26, 2021

A software wizard is shipped with an old OS, but this is no longer necessary. Using an old LaserJet 4 as a back end, a wall wart as power, and a patch cable to connect to my Ethernet switch, I was ready to go. In his review, William R Johnston pointed out its fixed Ethernet address of 192 on the device, making it easy to identify. I had to temporarily connect the print server directly into my PC using an Ethernet crossover cable to change the address (I have a static address picked up by my DHCP server) and then set my PC's IP address to 192 in order to set it to a different address. My next step was to log in with my web browser, go to TCP/IP configuration, and set the IP address how I wanted it (in my case, via Lastly, I unplugged everything from the temporary network and connected everything to my LAN. I told my DHCP service which IP address to use for the print server (since I wanted the IP address to be static there). After using the web browser for quite some time, I am finally back to setting the print server's name (by telling the DHCP server which address Well, except those with newer versions of Windows. Microsoft has gone too far in its security approach, and anything more than connecting to the Internet is near impossible to achieve on a local area network. However, if your system is not an MS operating system, you can take a look at your print server by browsing the network. It seems you do not need a driver for the StarTech print server, but you have to install the driver for your local printer. Everything just works when it comes to printing. That's so sweet! In any case, it's a lot easier than setting up an old PC with a parallel port to act as a printer This is a much smaller amount of There are no other cables (other than the wall wart) in this computer.

Justice Green

| Apr 23, 2021

192 is the assigned number for this particular one. 192. 168. 1. 1) configured for a gateway. A 100-word essay I have been assigned range 149 by DHCP. You are xx. There is an IP address assigned to your computer I do not have such an address anywhere in my network and certainly not in the DHCP range defined by the router. It is clear that the device wasn't included in the DHCP Client Table and that one can't connect to the StarTech Print Server with that. This was the second address I installed and the printer was also installed. Thus, this was not an issue with the network. It was specifically purchased so that I can use it as a DHCP server Substituting a D- with an A The DHCP server for the Link Enet/Parallel (Centronics) Print Server didn't work. I will give it another try in a day or two. If I manage to figure out what went wrong, I will update the rating or return it if DHCP still does not Their tech support was not available during my attempt, which did not coincide with their working.

Ivanna Randall

| Jun 02, 2021

The device is not for novice computer users due to its difficulty in programming. I agree with other reviewers that it is not easy to use. In addition, the instructions are short and offer little explanation, but I have implemented this programming before at work for use with a static IP address in our Domain outside of the DHCP program. In the case of the device, I am disappointed with The device is too small so it cannot store all pages of your document rather, your computer must feed it to the parallel printer server one page at a time, which makes it difficult to move on to other tasks since the printing status window stays open until all pages are In case that one doesn't have enough memory, I will search for another one. As far as we know, it works correctly other than as described above.

Pearl Francis

| Jun 29, 2021