[TribeLeader]

My wife's office has a (PC) wireless network setup for Internet access and she is looking to add wireless printing capabilities (mainly for herself since she has a Mac PB).

We're looking at one of the AirPort devices (maybe the AirPort Express), but how will this work/interact/interfere with the current network?

What's the best way to add wireless printing without undoing/redoing the current network setup, if at all possible?

Thanks!

[Big Mac]

If it's an Ethernet capable printer, all you have to do is connect it to your router and have your computers find it by IP address, or your Mac will automatically find the printer if it's Bonjour-compatible. If it's a USB-only printer, you can use client based printer sharing, but that doesn't work across platforms.

[TribeLeader]

Thanks for the reply. That's helpful.

Question, though: The Airport Express can connect to printers via USB. Wouldn't that work in this scenario?

[ibook_steve]

Yes. You could extend your network with the AE (connect via ethernet to the main router) and print easily from the Mac and download Bonjour from Apple for the PCs to access the printer.

Steve

[TribeLeader]

Thanks!

[TribeLeader]

Another question: If I go with a non-Apple product (e.g., a Linksys), mainly to save a little money, is it easy to set up on a Mac? I've only used AEBSs in the past. And, is it worth the money savings? :-)

I found this page. Is that what I need to follow?