Use Airport Express as a bridge to a wired networked printer?

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Use Airport Express as a bridge to a wired networked printer?

I have a new Airport Extreme that is connected to my satellite broadband modem and provides wireless access to my ISP for my Macs and my iPod Touch. I also have a new Airport Express that extends the network from my house to my detached garage. In my home office I have an older Airport Express (pre N) that is connected to my HP Color LaserJet 2550 via its USB port. In my wife's home office I have an HP Color LaserJet 4550N. This printer has a wired ethernet port but no USB port. Would an Airport Express permit me to connect this printer to my wireless network via the ethernet port on the Airport Express? How do I go about configuring the Airport Express to support this configuration? TIA for any ideas and assistance!

Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, G5 Towers, G4 PowerBooks, iBooks, eMacs, Minis, iPod touch, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 22, 2008 9:23 PM

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Answer 1

Tesserax

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Jul 22, 2008 9:31 PM in response to David Riese

In order to enable the Ethernet port on the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) that you want to connect the HP printer to, it would have to be reconfigured as either a relay or remote base station in a Wireless Distribution System (WDS).

If I understand your current network, you are using the "extend a network" feature between the two 802.11n base stations to extend the 802.11n network. The first 802.11g AirPort Express Base Station (AX) is configured to "join an existing" as a wireless client to share HP 2550 and you want to share the HP 4550N ... correct?

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David Riese Author

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Sep 15, 2008 3:31 PM in response to David Riese

I was able to use AEX to serve as a bridge to my HP CLJ4550N. It works without a glitch. Thanks to all you tried to help.

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