XM-PS110U 1-Port 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet USB Print Server, USB 2.0 Port Network Print Server

A customer of ours needed to set up a printer. Works great!

Was easy to set it up with a HP color laserjet CM1015. Was using it in about 10 minutes. Connected 4 computers to it and no issues. Even turning the printer off, to save on power use, then power on of the printer I had no issue printing to it. Definitely worth it. Wondering now why I took so long to buy it.

Needed network connectivity for a budget inkjet printer. This did the trick. The instructions are outdated but you are able to get it connected with some work. Definitely not plug-n-play. If your router manufacturer removes print server functionality in a firmware update, I'm talking to you TP-Link, then this is your solution to getting it back.

No built in wifi but no problem if you can run a wire from router to the print server. Or You can buy a wifi extender and connect it to it if you need to be wireless. I had to change the ip address in the X-Media to one of my local router addresses (example 192.168.1.37) to get it to communicate properly in my local network.

Why? Because it does not work reliably. After the 4th time I had to cycle the power to restore its function, I gave up.

In frustration I left seller feedback indicating that it wouldn't work.Then I tried again and after a reset my printer spat out a page with an IP address that was out of range for my router. This suggested that I must now reconfigure my router with a smart home network of over 40 different elements, locks, lights, smart TVs ,wireless printers, security DVRs, etc to match its arbitrarily selected IP address so that I could connect to it to configure.The manufacturer does not provide service on weekends or after hours.There was no one to contact for assistance.Instead I got a port emulator, connected an Ethernet from my laptop to the device and reconfigured my local IP address to be on its IP scheme to be able to contact the device. Now I saw a home page and quickly changed the IP to my network and reverted my laptop. Only then did it actually work. The manual assumed that everyone uses 192.168.0.x/16 and if somehow you don't its setup program won't even display an error it just won't run.From there it worked well and I finally got my old but ever reliable HP OJ 4575 to join my hoe network so that I can print wirelessly to it.Its a useful product but required way too much thinking to get it to work.I am a Cisco, Microsoft, Checkpoint, etc. certified and I shouldn't have to go though so much for such a simple device.The configuration had a DHCP option. If only the manufacturers chose to make this the default then It would have been perfect.After an arduous configuration it works well at a 5 star level. But the crappy instructions and poor setup experience and limited support brings my assessment down to a generous 3.

Easy to install and understand software application, works flawlessly every time from all my laptops (4) pads (3) and desktops (4) and this includes a mix of windows and apple products.jgd

I was looking for a way to allow all those on my home network to access my printer and this device worked perfect, no more “I can’t print out anything !”