I recently purchased the Netgear wnr3500l with the intention of configuring it as a print server. I soon discovered that this was not possible with the latest netgear firmware.
I have installed DD-WRT V24-sp2 (build 14929). I have followed many tutorials on installing USB printers but have not had any luck. I would like to pair this with my HP Laserjet 1020.
After installing the drivers and enabling USB support, I am still not able to connect to this printer.
Has anyone else had any luck configuring this? tips? thanks!
dd-wrt should work. Did you check dd-wrt Wiki tutorials section?
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Printer_Sharing
If that fails, Tomato (teddy bear usb mod) has built in print server. All you have to do is enable it, connect it and then add the printer using windows Add Printer.
See:
http://www.myopenrouter.com/forum/thread/19945/WNR3500L-Teddy-Bear-Tomat...
install TomatoUSB
I am using it with an HP 1018 printer...
this one...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tomatousb/files/Experimental%20%28beta%2...
there are some other parts to setup, but i was running in 10 minutes. You need to copy the firmware file for your printer to jffs on the router, and then plug in a hotplug script.
if [ $PRODUCT = "3f0/4117/100" ]
then
if [ $ACTION = "add" ]
then
sleep 1
cat /jffs/sihp1018.dl > /dev/usb/lp0
fi
fi
your firmware would be sihp1020.dl and your $PRODUCT would be different: 3f0/2b17/100
DD-WRT also has a built-in printer server (p910d) now. Just check out my latest builds
Is it as easy as the page in tomato?
I know that Brainslayer added p910d a little while ago too, but I could never get the stupid printer detect script to work... which you need to do in order to use a printer such as the LJ1018 or 1020 because the router needs to copy a firmware file each and every time the printer starts. Tomato is so easy because the usb detection is right in the GUI.
maybe I'll try your mod if it will work with my printer...