RE: OT: Print Server for USB Multifunction Help !

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill,

> I would deinitely NOT recommend this device. It installs network
> drivers and if you unplug the Keyspan server from the network it will
> crash any XP computer with the drivers installed. A seriously faulty
> driver design.

Can you explain this a little more please because I havent experienced
this.

I installed the Keyspan server on my main XP machine a couple of months ago
and the only day that I actually used the device itself was on that day yet
the Keyspan software is running fine on the PC and it has never crashed.

When I was first playing with these at BT we had three servers and has the
software on about 4 PC's (all XP Pro) and were constantly plugging them in,
unplugging them, changing the TCP/IP port etc without any problems
whatsoever.

> It also doesn't allow proper printer sharing, only one PC at atime has
> access to the printer (as I recall, I removed it as soon as I found
> the driver problem)
>

That bit I will agree with (although we didnt use it for printers) because
it gives the PC a remote USB port but once a user has disconnected from it
then anyone else can then connect to it.

Regards

Keith