TRENDnet 3-Port Print Server TE100-P21
April 28, 2010 by BPELforum · 5 Comments
- Product Type – PrintServer
- Warranty – 5 Years
- - Supports Email Printing and FTP Printing
- - Includes LPR Program for Windows 95/98/ME TCP/IP Printing
Product Description
TRENDnet TE100-P21 is a Fast Ethernet print server that transforms a stand-alone USB or Parallel printer into a shared network printer. The TE100-P21 is compatible with 10Mbps or 100Mbps Ethernet network and it has two USB 2.0 and one Parallel printer port. Network professionals can easily manage the print server using Web Browser and utilize the TE100-P21 to promote productivity in a workgroup environment with low equipment cost.
TRENDnet 3-Port Print Server TE100-P21
I installed my print server when i got it and it worked fine,then stopped working with my vista laptop I called tech suport and they helped me get it working properly with vista when we tried to get the second usb inkjet printer working no luck it was not supported but the printer is 5yrs old time for a new one i will check there list of compatable inkjet printers for my next purchase all in all very happy a little disappointed that the inkjet did not work lexmark 6200 my laser jet HP5 works great fast enjoy.
Rating: 4 / 5
I wasted a lot of time on this piece of junk and returned it the day after I bought it. Maybe the windows support is ok but the Macintosh support is _barely_ adequate. The manual is vapor so expect to do a lot of searches on their terrible homepage. I had to infer configuration information from other models to get it to work. It never detected the printer right, half of the options on the damn internal web config I could not find documentation for, the Bonjour/Rendezvous printing never worked, IPP didn’t work, and although the product description says it supports these, the FAQ answer I found on the website says to use lpr/lpd. After a couple of hours and a very bad taste in my mouth, I returned it and got an Airport Express for $99. Worked within 5 minutes of plugging it in. Detected the right printer and driver and just works. Oh, and the Airport Express is a wireless router as well.
Rating: 1 / 5
I tried this unit after having utterly failed with a D-Link DP-300U. I was prepared for another uphill battle with little success but was pleasantly surprised. The instructions are clear, the software installs in a flash and it’s very friendly. Although the buttons on the control panel for the software are a little weird, I was able to get through that. One little quirk is that if you try to use your Windows Add Printer software to add a printer to a PC, you will get a strange printer name. If you use their software on ALL computers that you add printers to vs. Windows, the printer names are a lot friendlier. That would be my only complaint and I was able to overcome this by just taking the time to do it a second time. Even with that, I had two wireless and one hardwired network computers talking to two different printers (USB1 and LPT3) in less than 2 hours. Never had to press the on board reset button, which was a requirement I insisted on after my experience with the D-Link.
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Rating: 4 / 5
The TE100-P21 Printer Server works great only if you can get passed the installation. The Quick Installation Guide is not helpful especifically when the printers don’t print after following the installation steps via the PS-Wizard. Here are a few things to watch out for:
My router recognized the TE100-P21 right after the plug-in which was a good sign. The PS-Wizard also seems to make it easy to add printers because it detected the printers I had previously installed on the computer, so you can actually pick from the known printer list. After I completely the steps and hit the “print test page” button, nothing happened. This is when the trouble started. After fussing with installing and deleting printers, I could not get the printers to print. In the end, I followed some reviewer’s suggestion to follow the detail instructions from the User Guide (come with the CD), then it made sense to me that I had an IP address conflict. The default IP address 191.168.0.1 doesn’t work but there was no error messages. After I manually changed the IP address to 191.168.1.121 (it can be any IP address within the acceptable range), I got the printers to work. Once I got it working on one PC (Win/XP), repeating the steps on my other two PCs were easy. Now, all three PCs (2000, XP, and Vista) can print to the printers (Samsung MS-2250 and HP 1200) with no problem.
Another lesson learned is that during all the fussing by adding and deleting printers to the TCP/IP port, there is no effect on these changes unless you reboot your PC. So, if you messed up with the initial installation, you should delete everything and start over again with a “factory reset”, then reboot your computer. It should work after that.
Rating: 3 / 5
You will be sorry if you purchase from these guys. They have an abysmal customer support record and a laughable sense of proper documentation. “Is my printer compatible?” “I don’t know, you would have to call pre-sales”
So I just keep checking with pre-sales until I find a printer that works? You’re kidding, right?
Rating: 1 / 5