D-Link DP-311U Wireless Print Server, 1-USB Port, 802.11b, 11Mbps

by D-Link

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 2.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009KH5Q
• Item model number: DP-311U
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 30, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

D-Link, the industry pioneer in networking, continues to offer innovative Ethernet products. The D- Link DP-311U is a wireless print server with one USB port. With its high-speed USB port, the DP-311U allows those on your network to access and share a USB printer wirelessly no matter where they reside on the network.

The DP-311U is equipped with one USB version 1.1 port for seamless connection to most printers available on the market today. The DP-311U also supports all major network Operating Systems and protocols.

The DP-311U is an 802.11b compliant wireless Print Server that supports both infr

Product Description

The D- Link DP-311U is a compact, 802.11b compatible, wireless print server that allows network users to share a USB printer. The DP-311U is equipped with one USB version 1.1 port for seamless connection to most USB printers available on the market today and supports both infrastructure or ad hoc wireless modes. It¿s compact size, easy to use configuration tools including a Web Browser or Windows based configuration program, and affordable price make the DP-311U print server the ideal network printing solution for small offices, home offices, schools and other businesses that require printer sharing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, once you get it working!, January 2, 2005

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S. Bank (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link DP-311U Wireless Print Server, 1-USB Port, 802.11b, 11Mbps (Personal Computers)

My network is two wireless XP laptops and a Linksys 802.11b router so I was a little worried about mixing networking brands - but it worked out fine. Virtually no slowdown compared to having the printer directly connected to the laptop and I print some pretty big files. Setup wasn't too bad (~15-20 min staring at the manual really confused, 5 min reading amazon.com reviews, ~20-30 min installation). Much like what Hafizullah said, it's better to config in steps: configure the printer in the wired configuration and then get it to work wirelessly. Since the manual is mostly useless, here's what I did:

1. Wire it up (connect the print server to the router with an ethernet cable and the printer to the print server by USB).
2. Turn on printer, power on the print server (after startup sequence of ~20 sec, ethernet light should be lit).
3. At this point open up a browser and go to "192.168.0.10" and the print server config utility should start.
4. Click on the "configuration" tab and set: password, connection mode (mine is infrastructure), ESS-ID (your network's name), wireless channel, WEP (# bits and password). It's important to type the WEP key in exactly with no spaces or dashes because the utility won't give any error message if the password is wrong. Click 'save'.
5. Click on the "Network" tab and change the IP address if you want. It has to be within the range of assignable IP addresses for your wireless network (e.g. my router assigns from 192.169.1.1 to 192.169.1.101, so I set the print server to 192.169.1.2). Make sure to set "manually assign" otherwise you won't know what address your printer is on! I think the workgroup has to be set, but I'm not sure (I set it to the name of the wireless network).. Click 'save'.
6. At this point you should be able to print a test page. Click on the "tools" tab and click to print a test page. If it prints, you're in business.
7. Now you can set up the printer drivers. The instructions are actually pretty good for this, so use them here. Once that's done, try printing something that isn't a test page to make sure the printer itself is set up OK.
8. Now to configure the wireless portion. Unplug the ethernet cable, and click the reset button (recessed in the back of the print server). Once it finishes booting, the "wireless" light should be on or blinking. If so then you should be done. Try printing something.. I didn't have everything correctly set up initially, so this step took a few minutes. I think everything necessary to set was covered in #4.

Good Luck!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Setup and Great Documentation, September 20, 2003

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Steven Cagney "montee4" (Roselle, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D-Link DP-311U Wireless Print Server, 1-USB Port, 802.11b, 11Mbps (Personal Computers)

My entire wireless network is composed of Linksys products, so naturally when I wanted to get a wirless print server I looked to Linksys. I went out and bought the linksys WPS11. It is a parallel port wireless print server. Got it up and running ok, but printing was really slow. Sometimes 1-2 minutes between pages on text documents. So then I went out and bought the PPS1UW print server. This is Linksys' USB version. Couldn't even get this thing going at all with my printer, which I thought was odd since my printer worked fine with the WPS11 and they have you install the same print server drivers.

After spending about 3 days troubleshooting, I went back to the store and found the DLink DP-311U. Got it home, plugged it in and had it talking to my Linksys WRT54G wireless router with 128 Bit WEP encryption in no time. This print server processes my print jobs at the same speed as when I had the printer plugged in directly to the pc. I was also impressed with the detail of documentation as opposed to the documentation of some other linksys products I had bought.

I definetly recommend this product if you are looking for a way to place your printer at a distance from your computer. Great Product.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DP 311U does not work for me and the tech support is terrible!, March 2, 2006

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Mike "Mike" (Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D-Link DP-311U Wireless Print Server, 1-USB Port, 802.11b, 11Mbps (Personal Computers)

I bought this DP-311U print server. I set it up according to the manual and i can print from different computers to the printer. However, a few hours later, it stopped working. I disconnect then reconnect everything, it started to work again. But a few hours later this same thing happened again. I called the tech people at D-link and started to explain the problem when the line was disconnected. I thought this must be an accident. I called again. After transfering to a different number and waited for about 10 minutes, i was just about to describe the problem again, the line was droped again. I checked my telephone lines, they were ok. D-link's tech support is just a waste of time. By the way, i have other similar products which work fine.

Mike