Add print server (printer support)

RouterOS General
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+1

It will be very usefull, cheap router with print server included. That could make routerboards moze multipurpose.

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+1
On RB951 ā€œhome routerā€ it should be one of the main featureā€¦

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Then install OpenWrt :slight_smile: Youā€™ll have printer support.

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Actually it is advertised as SOHO router, not as ā€œhome routerā€ ā€¦

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what about usbip + metarouter, itā€™s can solve this problem

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I think the discussion is to have this out of the box.
With the metarouter approach you can do basically anything except switch controlā€¦

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usbip + openwrt ā€” resolve other feature request, for example connect 1-wire master, usb audio card and etcā€¦

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Then I donā€™t need to buy Mikrotik with their RouterOSā€¦
Also I had DD-WRT on my Asus with USB. Print server worked, but there are two ways how to get this work:

Standart TCP/IP connection (LRP or RAW protocol) as in DD-WRT. It work, but itā€™s only one direction communication.
So I canā€™t read any information from printer (rest of ink, no paper etcā€¦)

Then you can make virtual USB over TCP. This way it work really like when you have it directly in computer. But it also mean to have application for itā€¦
Asus has this feature, but itā€™s very buggedā€¦

This way you can also use scanner on multi-printer devicesā€¦

Yeah, Small Office/Home Office router. Bigger reason to has printer server in it :stuck_out_tongue:

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Unfortunately Openwrt not add printer support, using usb printer with OpenWRT not possible now.

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Is possible and works, but not in Metarouter. Metarouter doesnā€™t support usb-passthrough.

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I meant metarouter with OpenWrt.

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hey, i talk about usbip + openwrt.

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Hi, I read about usbip http://usbip.sourceforge.net/ . With usbip as I understood OpenWRT not necessary, we can share usb device protocol over network.

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Now mikrotik canā€™t share usb to metarouter, thisā€™s ā€œvery big dealā€ as said support.
USBIP-server on mikrotik and usbip-client in openwrt can resolve this and many other trouble.
I know that USBIP was tested in 6.x beta, but removed from release.

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Hope will see soon.

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Print server is dead route. All new ā€œhomeā€ and soho devicec try to integrate with online servives via wi-fi.
We dont need thouse functions for ā€œoldā€ devices support.

RoS has many problems with base network support like vlans, still has no WINS implementation, and pretty dead comparing to vyata in cloud. They have some things to doā€¦ For future, not for the past.

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Sorry to say, but hosting a WINS server on a router IMHO is far less useful than a remote USB implementation.
If you really need a WINS server in your network, than that is a job of a dedicated domain controller.
Otherwise itā€™s just another ā€œletā€™s just have itā€ feature.
Maybe a WINS proxy, but no more.

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Really say we need it very oftenā€¦
For example we have 3 offices with rb951g-2hnd. They cross conected via pptp. Routes announced via OSPF.
And now we have 4-5 computers with win8 in each office. No server at all. And they need common samba share, common printers support. All these features need to connect all offices to one subnet (bad idea, if you have 5mb\s link), or to use WINS server.
Situation with few offices, without AD very common in SMB in my country.

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I have use HP laserjet 1020 with Openwrt for 2 years.
you can use printer under Openwrt with p910nd package.

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Hi, OpenWRT as metarouter firmware or main firmware for router? As far as I know usb not fordwarding to metarouter os. Which mikrotik do you use?