Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Computer
Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Os
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This little device is marketed as a wireless print server for HP printers with USB connection.

HP 2101nw Wireless G Print Server Add wireless connectivity to your printer or all-in-one – and print, scan, copy and fax from any HP® Hong Kong Q6302A:Add wireless connectivity to your printer or all-in-one – and print, scan, copy and fax from any wireless-enabled PC or Mac – or connect your printer to your router for easy, secure sharing between multiple PCs or Macs. HP 2101nw Wireless G USB Print Server, power adapter, USB cable (set-up 0.8m), USB cable (with microconnector 0.5m), Quick Start Guide, software/documentation CD Summary. A print server that allows you to wirelessly share your printer on your network. Connects through USB to your printer, and wireless to your PC/MAC or router. This document lists the HP printers and All-in-Ones that are compatible with the HP 2101nw Wireless G Print Server. Note: The HP wireless print server supports only HP products. Office 2016 for mac support end.

It has two USB connections on the back: one standard USB port to plug in the printer and one micro USB port to connect the device with a PC for configuration. For Windows and MacOS there are utility programs by HP to configure and use the printer. However, for Linux there is no support from HP, and the Windows setup utility also does not work under Windows 7.

Hp 2101nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac

The device is not a real print server, i.e. it does not provide the standard IPP printing or raw printing on port 9100, but is rather a USB port forwarder, which simply forwards the USB commands via TCP (ports 34447, 34448 and 34450) to the printer. On Windows, the driver creates a virtual USB port. For this reason, it does not work out of the box on Linux, but needs a dedicated driver (which is not available yet).

The device: HP 2101nw. This little device is marketed as a wireless print server for HP printers with USB connection. It has two USB connections on the back: one standard USB port to plug in the printer and one micro USB port to connect the device with a PC for configuration. Manuals and User Guides for HP 2101nw. We have 1 HP 2101nw manual available for free PDF download: User Manual Hp 2101nw User Manual (26 pages).

To configure the device on Linux, I wrote a Perl script, which displays the settings and allows to change the wireless connection settings of the print server. This is also what the Windows driver installation does (which does no longer work on Windows 7). This script might also work to configure the print server on Windows 7, but I have not tested it.

Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Computer

Requirements: Perl and the perl libusb interface (on ubuntu that's the 'libdevice-usb-perl' package).

Download: hp2101nw_setup.pl

Running the script

Simply call it as perl hp2101nw_setup.pl. It will guide you through the whole process:

To setup a wireless connection with a wireless access point, enter 1 and press return. It will then scan the network for available access points. You can select one of the detected access points or enter the name (ssid) of a hidden network. You will also be asked about the security settings of the wireless network (defaults are auto-detected if possible) and the address assignment (DHCP).

Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Os

After that, the device configuration is finished, it will be reset and should automatically connect to the wireless network.

Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Computer

Running the script

Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Os

Hp 2101 Nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac Free

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Hp 2101nw Wireless G Usb Print Server Driver For Mac