Strengths: Printer server, strong signal and coverage

Weaknesses: The installation of printer can be very tricky

Summary: I?ve been looking for a wireless router with printer server for a while. I really like the idea of printing something directly from my laptop without having to turn on my desktop. This U.S. Robotics router provides such function and the price is very affordable. I have one HP officejet 4210(4215) all-in-one printer and I tried to install it on the printer server. As it turned out, the process is not easy. The instruction on USR website is very clear. However, the ?add printer? wizard cannot recognize the inf files on the driver CD. It failed many times. I tried something like updating the windows driver list, run setup from CD, or even use other HP drivers as substitution. But none of them worked. After about 1 hour fail-and-trail, I finally found a way to work around. The solution is like this. First, I connect the printer through USB port and install the driver as normal. Then, I connect the printer to the router and follow the USR instruction until the wizard asks for the driver. The next step is to use any printer driver from windows driver list to finish the installation. Now we have two printers installed in windows. Of course, none of them is really working. Now comes the tricky part. I right click the network printer, select "properties". In the "advance" tab, I change the ?driver? to the correct one (the one installed with usb connection). Then boom, the network printer starts to do its job. I think I shouldn?t blame U.S. Robotics for the installation difficulty. The driver problem is actually originated from HP. Later, I tried a Canon printer and the installation is like a breeze. I got the work done in two minutes. So depends on driver from manufacturer, the job can be very hard or easy. For those of you having the exact problem as l had, I hope this review is helpful.

Strengths: Broad coverage and stable connection, cheap

Weaknesses: Looks roughly made. The manual is too simple.

Summary: I used this router to replace my Belkin wireless G router. The USR is small but gives very strong signal for 50 feet! I always lost the signal before when I used the Belkin. The connection is really stable, not like someone else said it would reboot 3 times a day. My old Belkin has to be rebooted every 2 days to avoid freezing but definitly not this one. The design of the signal lights are cool too.Don't know if it can be an wireless access point with print server by disabling the DHCP.The user's guide only give 3 pages (English), which is too simple to cover every details and you have to visit their website to get the help.

Strengths: Cheap, Fancy looking, router works great

Weaknesses: Manual is nothing, Basic print server function

Summary: I bought this cheap router from Compusa. I planned to use it as a print server for my Samsung ML-1740 printer. But I couldnot find any information about how to set up the printer server in the manual from the box. Thanks god their website gives more detailed information. The setup of the router is easy and WPA mode works well. MAXg and normal g both works. The printer was successfully installed by following the online tutorial. But it seems that there's no way you can change the printer location. It can only work as a network printer with http URL! This is totally different from normal print servers, which will create the port for each printer. So it seems that you can only have one kind of this USR printer server in your house. When you turn off the printer and turn it on again, sometimes you will lose the printer connection and you have to reboot the router. For people who has a printer with poor compatibility and you will leave it on for whole day, this is a good one.

Strengths: Easy to install, Good connection, printer server is a plus

Weaknesses: Sometimes printer needs to shut down and restart.

Summary: It is the best comparing with my previous Netgear and Belkin. Just plug in and follow the CD software, click next and next. All installations done in 5 mins. Printer server is easy to use. Never lost wireless connection. All problems happened at the beginning when I turn on printer and computer, the printer won't print until you shutdown and turn on again. and my intel wireless card can't connect to it automatically, have to try it several times, but once it is connected, it won't lose connection. Still recommend it.