wiredbison272 said:Honestly, the easiest and cheapest way to handle this? Just grab a crossover Ethernet cable. As long as both computers have a LAN card, you can just link them up directly. Once they're connected, you can print from either machine to the printer that's plugged into one of them via USB. Simple, right?
This USB hub would probably do the trick, though I’ve never actually messed around with one myself. Worth a shot?
I’ve been there... not exactly with that specific model, but something pretty close. Honestly? I gave up on it by the second day. Between the software being a total nightmare and the device constantly failing to recognize my PC, it just wasn't worth the headache. My advice? Just skip it.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with just grabbing the cheapest switch available. Or, if you want to keep things even simpler, just repurpose an old router from your ISP. Even basic Ethernet cables will do the trick perfectly fine. Why overcomplicate it?
So, here’s how it usually goes: you get a printer installed on one PC without any drama, then you set it up to share over the network. Once that’s done, you hop onto the second computer, hunt through the shared resources, and boom—there's the printer waiting for you. Simple enough, right?
So that's how you share files and printers? The only catch is the host computer actually has to stay powered on, right? Still, honestly, that seems like the easiest way to do it without making life complicated.
I did this back in the day using Windows XP. I'm pretty sure both computers need to be on the same Workgroup, just with different names, and then you just follow some steps... Instructions?
