http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/ Engadget Comments for Ask Engadget: Best wireless router with USB printing capabilities? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
Now, more importantly, if the Extreme is the higher end product, why does it not support Airtunes? Optical would be nice too!]]>Mar 13th 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
But seriously it's the most solid router I've ever used. It's easy to setup, has all the features and hasn't flaked once on me since I bought it. If you need an integrated Router/NAS solution the Time Capsule is nice, but imho you can get better performance out of a standalone NAS box over Gig E with the regular AEBS.]]>Mar 14th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
Although it would be very nice if these were polls so that we could have a verdict, its annoying to have to read through all the answers]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
Although it would be very nice if these were polls so that we could have a verdict, its annoying to have to read through all the answers]]>Mar 13th 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
Must be VERY fucking slow since this column has been running since 2004.

http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/05/ask-engadget-whats-the-best-laptop-for-travel/]]>Mar 14th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/) It is Draft.N, has 4x Gigabit Ethernet, a USB-port for external hard drives and printers, and allows you to set up a public network for guests while keeping your own network secure.]]>Mar 12th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/]]>Mar 12th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/) but the airport extreme only has 3 lan ports on the switch. I have no idea why, but only 3. Other then that yes, this is probably the best router I have ever used. I use one at work to support about 25 wireless clients at a time and it runs without a hitch. The high end dlink and linksys router would get rebooted a couple of times a day.]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
As for the choice of brand: why would you want to ignore the best product out there, just because it says Apple on the box? Apple popularized WiFi, and is consistently one of the first to adopt new WiFi standards. The Airport base stations are among of the best selling WiFi routers in the U.S. today.]]>Mar 12th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
On topic: Airport stuff has always been reliable for me, with far less unexpected crapping out and general random weirdness than all the Netgear, Belkin and ISP-branded wireless routers (SO MUCH appalling rebadged SpeedTouch kit) I've had to struggle with. Generally, you can set it up and it won't just stop working for no reason. Still, it is rather pricey.]]>Mar 12th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/If you don't want an apple product, there's something even better: D-Link DIR-655. It has 4 ports (not 3), has a USB port for attaching flash cards or external hard drives, has 3 external antennas (not internal), looks really nice, basically has everything that apple's product does, and more: it's not overpriced! :)]]>Mar 12th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
Yeah, but the "d" in D-Link stands for Doesn't. As in Doesn't Link.

D-Link gear is rubbish.]]>Mar 13th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
it is such a solid router... this one might just make it till N is replaced by something faster.]]>Mar 12th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 12th 2009 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/
I was testing its capabilities today, actually. With my iPhone (Surprised I didn't get the Airport Extreme?), three laptops (2 with N), and a desktop, the latency on each machine was around 40 ms. Each computer was gaming at the time.

The two routers I had in mind were the DIR-655 and the Airport Extreme. When it came down to it, price was the determining factor. Also, concerning the mac and linux software capability: Is it that hard to type in the routers IP in your browser to configure it? The configuration is fairly complicated, but easy to manage with the wizard. ]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/However, I do recommend the buyer consider a machine with both 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz bands (older machines are mostly just dl-655).
Increasingly gear is coming in 5Ghz flavours as well and offers less interference. Dual bands can increase capacity.]]>Mar 13th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/Mar 13th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/ask-engadget-best-wireless-router-with-usb-printing-capabilitie/"Also, concerning the mac and linux software capability: Is it that hard to type in the routers IP in your browser to configure it?"

Yes, you can configure the DIR-655 from using the web-interface with any OS. But to use the USB port for printing or storage requires you to run special software that isn't available for mac or linux. Also, only one computer can access the device on the USB port at any given time.

That being said, I have it and love it. It had the best performance (when first released) according to the router charts at Toms Hardware (which were up to date at that time). And I've not had a single problem with it. I've had it since it was first released and I've only ever rebooted for firmware updates.]]>Mar 13th 2009 8:27AM