Network print servers are difficult to set up and the set up is not particularly intuitive. Since this is a wireless print server, is the print server getting an address from your router? Do you know the address of the print server?

Once you know that is happening properly and you know the address, you should go to the printer window and 'add printer'. Don't use the network printer option but choose 'local printer'. Then create a TCP/IP port. Next input the printer's IP address (works better than using the name) and name the port. The rest is just installing the drivers for the printer.

Sounds like I may be in over my head. The 3300 set up breaks down when i get an error messsage that printer adaptor cannot join network. when i check the printer setting it matches the setting on the 2300 router:

ssid channel security mode active
wireless auto none infrastructure yes


so it appears that the printer settings match the network. Is this what you mean when you ask if the print server is getting an address from your router? Do you think this is some kind of firewall issue? IS there a firewall resident in the 2300 that has to be turned off to allow the 3300 to join the network?

thanks for the help

Actually, I may be in over my head. I don't know what you mean when you talk about the 3300 setup. I was giving instructions in general on how to set up a network printer (any network printer). Certainly, I would disable any firewall software until I got it working.

If the 3300 has a 'setup wizard', I suspect it is an SNMP program which finds the device on the network and allows you to set it up (IP address, etc.). If that is the case, 'setting up' the printer is good, but doesn't add the printer to your computer's list of available printers. You still need to tell your computer where the printer is located and how to connect to it.

since you have verified that the settings of the 3300 matches that of the network, does your netword use MAC filtering??? if yes, you should be providing the MAC address for the 3300. and this address could be found at the bottom of the wireless adapter... hope this will fix your issue!!! :smileyhappy:

I had the luxory of setting up one of these print servers(3300) with a Dell 1710n printer the other day for a Dr.s Office.  As said previously.. you must plug it into your computer, then run the 3300 configuration disk, then unplug it from your computer and back into the printer. Then run the printer driver disk on each computer on the network, it should locate the printer then finish installing the drivers. 

The situation I ran into to, and am still dealing with is the 1 wire connected computer does not locate the printer on the network.  All 8 of the wireless ones spoted the printer immediatly, and test pages were printed w/out any problems, but the wired computer does not even locate the printer.  Im dumbfounded by this. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can make the wired connection see the wireless printerserver/printer?

Im going back today to try to run a cat5 cable from the wired computer to the wired network port on the back of the printer.. then im going to try to install the drivers and see if it see's it. Anyways.. a timely response is obviously appreciated.

I have been having a problem with my 3300 also. I have done the setup a thousand times and my network is fine and I can ping the 3300. I also have two computers that are connected to my router by ethernet and they have no trouble printing but my laptop I have to plug in a USB cable to print. I am thinking of just nuking the 3300 and connect my 962 AIO printer to the desktop and share it.