One of the things I have learned here is to keep everything set for DHCP on my home network. This is for simplicity and reliability while eliminating the need to muck around with static ips. But I ...

It's usually possible to set up a networked printer to work with Linux, which is especially useful in offices where workstations or servers use that popular operating system. You'll generally need to ...

Most small businesses don't need an enterprise-class print server installed on their network. If your office printer doesn't have network accessibility, you can connect a small device to it and make ...

The D-Link DP-301U is a little gizmo that lets you share a USB printer on your home or office network. That means no longer leaving a PC running 24-7 just to share its printer. Rick Broida Senior ...

Michael Bizzaco has been writing about and working with consumer tech for well over a decade. With a background in home theater sales, installation and repair, Michael's hands-on reviews, how-to ...

Assuming a "shared" printer is attached to a PC, then the reason to go wit a network printer is that when the host PC (the one the printer is attached to) is turned off the network printer (which ...

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If you often work at different locations–say, the office and your home office–you don’t have to manually switch the default printer every time you go from one place to the other. Windows has a ...