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Originally Posted by Rathji
There are a few solutions to do what you want to do.
1) Hook up your printer and external drive to your desktop. Set both the drive and the printer to be shared. Check here for most of the details. This requires your desktop be left on all the time.
2) Purchase a router that is also handles print and file serving. The d-link branding is called Shareport, but all major router manufacturers have a similar product. You would then plug all your USB devices into a USB Hub ( like these ones), and the hub into the router.
This method is probably the best, but also costs the most money. |
How bad is it for a computer to be left on all the time?
And what if I turned it off at night when I knew I didn't need it? Would it bugger stuff up?
The thing that sucks is I just bought a new router and long enough ago I can't exchange/return it. I wasn't really bothered with the printing thing as much as wanting to share the External HD now that I got one for xmas. So now the question is, do I want to spend another $200 on another router when I just spent $80. However that thing does look pretty cool and simple.
