Most network printers have WiFi capabilities that work just as well as if they were on a RJ45 connection.
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From: John G Heim
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 1:24 PM
To: Blind sysadmins list
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Cheapest way to get a 2nd network connection
I am trying to help someone with a home office. She has a single ethernet port in this room where she made her office. But she wants to move her network printer into the room. So we need a second ethernet port. For now, I loaned her aa 5-port switch. It seems like overkill. I don't like wasting electricity. What I'd really like is something like a USB dongle that essentially serves as a hub. Something low power, small.
Any ideas? If it was my own linux machine, I'd put in a 2nd ethernet card and enable packet forwarding in the kernel. But she wouldn't want me to mess with that.
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