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kiwipeter

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#273114 5-Aug-2020 08:40
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Hi all,

 

I look after a small group of users who work in a small leased office at a University and have no choice but to join the locked-down Uni Wi-Fi network. They are unable to have their own subnet and are not allowed to assign local printers/share etc.

 

At the moment they have a large MFC device with an Aten US221A 2 Port USB 2.0 Peripheral Sharing Device that two users connect via. It works OK but is a bit cumbersome and throws a wobbler from time-to-time.

 

Complicating matters is a new employee starting soon.

 

The Brother MFC has Wi-Fi, Ethernet and USB ports.

 

Any ideas on how this can be improved would be most welcome, especially given the extra person starting soon.

 

Thanks,

 

Peter.


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CYaBro
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  #2534977 5-Aug-2020 10:26
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If all of their computers have ethernet ports why not get a switch and connect everything in their office to that and assign static IPs to them all including the printer, and they still connect to the Uni wifi for the internet?

 

Their computers will be smart enough to route the print jobs to the printer over the ethernet as long as it's on a different subnet to the wifi.

 

 





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