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I upgraded to the 301p+ from my dead 101p+ and at first could not get it to work at all. I exchanged it (Amazon was GREAT, having mailed me a new one immediately without waiting for the return) and discovered I had the same problem with the replacement! I tried a Linksys substitute from Circuit City and finally got the idea that something was wrong here. To make a long story short, the problem is in the design of the body of the 303p+: it's thicker on one side than the other and on my Canon PIXMA iP4000 that thick part has to face the printer's body and there's not really enough room. I finally discovered I had to insert the server and then pull it hard toward the printer body so the contacts would make connection. Then it worked! I'm considering cutting some of the printer body away (if possible) to provide easier access. I had ordered through Amazon an APC 0010-6 Centronics male/female extension cable, but a 0100, a standard parallel printer cable, was sent instead. I'm still wondering about that order.

I purchesed a Dell E520. The Dell has no LPT1 port. I own a Canon BJ200e that needs a LPT1 port. The D-Link DP-301P+ print server works very will and solved the problem of no LPT1 port. The only down side is the instructions are a bit hard to understand if you are not a full out computer geek. However, I got though it and it works will.

Setup was a bit finicky, however I'm using a printer not on their compatibility list (HP Deskjet 832C.) Took a bit of trying different things but I got it to work. Instead of printing with LPR over TCP/IP, I'm using RAW over TCP/IP. Works just fine on my Windows 2000 laptop and my OpenSuse 10.2 laptop. Changing the IP address to one on my network subnet and shutting off it's static IP feature was no problem. No clearance issues either, fits just fine on the back of my printer. All in all, a pretty good product.

Comes preconfigured with a private ip address. Upon changing the units' address to match my home network it locked up and became unuseable. I sent it back. Poor product. I might add that I make my living configuring networks. This is a poor product, period.

If you follow the directions *exactly* as they're written, it'll work perfectly right off the bat. Saved me a bundle over buying an HP JetDirect card.