Using a USB Hub on Linux ?

[Jim]

On 10/09/2009 01:34 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 12:56 -0400, Jim wrote:
>    
>> Fc11/KDE
>>
>> Is there anyone out that is using a USB hub to connect to one USB
>> Printer from mulitiple computers ?
>>
>> Like auto self detect hub on each port. Not a switch hub.
>>
>> I have tried two different ones with no luck .
>>
>> Could you give me some Make, Models.
>>      
> ?
>
> As far as I know USB doesn't support this mode of operation.  There can
> be only one master, ie PC connected to a hub.
>
> What you could do is connect the printer to one computer and then share
> it over the network or use a USB printer server that has a USB port on
> it.
>
>    
 From what I have read, If you have all the boxes on the same LAN, and 
the printer
connected by ethernet the boxes should be able to connect to printer using
lpd:// instead of ipp:// .
Am I on the right track ?

I have two boxes setup on that configuration and they are printing fine 
, wth a
2Wire783  router, but if I replace the router with a Linksys WRT54G the 
computers cannot commuicate with the printer.

But if I ping the printer at 192.168.1.102 ( that is where it is on the 
Linksys)
I can get a network connection, But I can't print from the two boxes, 
cups can't
connect to printer.

I called Linksys and they say there is no problem with their router.