Managing a shared USB printer

You can associate a USB printer to the switch's USB port, and offer it among Windows andMacintosh PCs on the system.

 To set up ReadySHARE Printer:

1. Associate the USB printer to the switch's USB port with a USB printer link.
2. Introduce the USB printer driver programming on every PC that you need to have share the printer. In the event that you don't have the printer driver, contact the printer producer to discover and download the latest printer driver programming.
3. On every PC that shares the printer, download the USB Control Center utility from mywifiext.net. The mywifiext.net USB utility has a Mac rendition and a Windows adaptation, which you can access in two diverse ways,From the ReadySHARE Printer region of the page that you access through this URL:www.mywifiext.net/readyshare  From the ReadySHARE tab of the mywifiext  genie application.

Note: You need to introduce this utility before you can utilize the ReadySHARE Printer include. For the ReadySHARE Printer highlight to work, this utility must keep running out of sight.

4. Adhere to the guidelines to introduce the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility.

5. Select the language in the mywifiext.net panel. The first occasion when you get to the utility, you are approached to choose the printer.

6. Select the printer and snap the Connect catch. When the association is built up, the status changes to Manually associated by xxx. You can tap the Disconnect catch whenever to discharge the association. The status at that point changes to Available. After you click the Connect catch once on every PC in the system, the utility on every one of them deals with the printing line and taking care of The status of the printer is Accessible on the majority of the PCs.  When the status is Available, you can utilize the USB printer.  When the status is Manually associated by xxx, just the xxx PC can utilize the printer. Other system gadgets must hold up until the xxx PC has discharged the association, or until the association times out (the default time-out esteem is 30 seconds).

You can set the incentive for the default time-out time from the Tools > Control Center - Design screen. The USB Control Center utility must keep running for the PC to have the capacity to print to the USB printer appended to the switch. In the event that you leave the utility, printing does not work.  Some firewall programming, for example, Comodo, obstructs the ReadySHARE Print utility from getting to the USB printer. In the event that you don't see the printer in the utility, you can handicap the firewall briefly to enable the utility to work.

7. On the off chance that your printer bolsters checking, ensure that the printer is in the Available state, and click the Network Scanner catch. The scanner window opens so you can utilize the printer for filtering.

USB Control Center Utility

The USB Control Center utility enables you to control a common USB gadget from a PC that is associated with the USB port on your switch. The utility enables you to control a printer and a scanner. You need to introduce the utility on every PC on your system from which you need to control the gadget. You can download this utility for a Windows or Mac PC at www.mywifiext.net/landing/en-us/readyshare.aspx. When you dispatch the USB Control Center Utility, a screen like the accompanying presentations:
The fundamental screen demonstrates a gadget symbol, the portrayal for this USB gadget, and its status. The gadget is accessible from the PC that you are utilizing. You have to interface with this gadget from the PC that you are.The first occasion when that you associate, you may be provoked to introduce the gadget driver.

The accompanying menus show:

• System. Leave the utility.

• Tools. Access the Control Center - Configuration screen to set up your common USB gadget. See the accompanying segment, Control Center Configuration.

• About. View insights concerning the USB Control Center programming.

Control Center Configuration

 To utilize the Control Center Configuration screen:  Select Tools > Configuration.  Determine the accompanying settings:  Automatically execute when signing on Windows. Empower this utility to begin consequently when you are signed in to Windows.  . Determine the time-out an incentive for holding the USB asset when it isn't in use. Select the showcase language for this utility. Snap OK.