6. Print Server

As is the case with many print servers integrated into routing products, you don't get any controls to twiddle. So if your printer meets the requirements of supporting standard TCP/IP printing using the RAW protocol and it still doesn't work, your only recourse is to double-check your settings.

The admin interface Printer button either shows you the status successfully connected printers or steps you through an on-line copy of essentially the same setup information for WinXP/2000 or Linux OSes that's in the User Manual. If you're running Win98 or Me, the on-line help and User Manual directs you to install a little program from Axis, which should get you hooked up for those OSes.

The only USB printer I had was an Epson Stylus C80, which installed and ran without a hitch. OvisLink says that the 9000VPN will handle up to four USB printers (if you have nothing else connected) assigning each one to its own port (9100, 9101, etc.)