Best router for wireless printing...?

DJ...

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I've heard it's the Apple Airport. Is this true?

I'm looking for something that will require little to no setup, will be reliable, can act as the main router for the office, and must therefore manage the ADSL side as well.

Leaving in about 30 minutes to go buy one, so some quick advice would be appreciated...
 

Pho3nix

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Depends on the printer(?). Have a newish HP printer and on the printer you set up the IP address(might lose it on reset) to make sure the laptops/printers are pointing to the right thing and all good.
Windows 8 was easier to find the printer. Windows 7 I had to download the drivers and install the software.
Works as should, with tablets and phones.

Have a Asus RT-56U wifi router.
 

DJ...

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It's a Canon MX series printer I want to connect. It has built-in wireless but it;s up to schit.

What I really need is a router with wireless printing that is painless to set up...
 

SauRoNZA

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Well unless you have Apple devices then the Apple Airport isn't going to really help you all that much.

It probably can do wireless printing solutions for other devices but it's certainly not the main feature if at all possible.
 

DJ...

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Went with this: http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?model=TD-W8970

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Really awesome router imo. Insanely easy to set up the wireless printing - you literally just plug it in and everything works. I'm not used to that happening. Also plugged in a powered hard drive to the second USB port and that also just works. The bandwidth management tools, and the live bandwidth usage per IP is absolutely awesome.

My only issue is the hard drive connected by USB appears to spin down when not in use, and doesn't appear to wake when accessed. I had to restart the router to get it up again. Hoping this is either a temporary issue or a minor one to resolve...
 
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