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Quick question for anyone who might have placed any mfp or one for the 1224 1232sp line in a wireless enviornment.

I am installing one, but was wondering if anyone has experience with this. It seems all you need to do is add the sp version than a wireless piece. Is that all there is too it.

I am concerened because of being burnt on adding new functionality and then finding out there are all of these little idioscyrncies to work through and extra costs. sorry can't spell.

I appreciate any feedback.

thanks,

brian
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A wireless bridge converts, or "bridges", a wired ethernet appliance to wireless. D-Link 802.11g Wireless Bridge for $99.99 from Tiger Direct can give you faster commumication speed than the 802.11b Ricoh interface ... and because the connection is made through the RJ45 port on the NIC, all functions should be available. (As low as $30 for 802.11b wireless bridge.)
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OK, I think I understand. I am a little bad at the technology portion of our business. I just like to sell. So as you said the RJ45 port on the NIC (the plug where the ethernet gets plugged in usally) you install this "bridge" from linksys or tiger direct for under $100.00 rather than using the RICOH version and save $200.00.

My questions is, you mentioned you should maintain same functionality. That is a concern for me. If I take this to my technology department and then to service, I need to have my ducks in a row.

I have leanred with the RAM, RICOH really is overcharging, is this pretty much the same deal. They are just selling these "bridges" to the dealers instead of us just buying them retail for less money? I appreciate your help. There seems to be a new challenge everyday. This site is great with all of the feedback. Thank you all!
I know the technology, I have not actually performed this specific scenario ... so those who have please verify that all functions are available. They should be because all the bridge does is take the place of the wiring. I had a customer hook up a 1055 with a wireless print server. The SmartNet would not work in this case because the wireless print server connected through the parallel port. But in the bridge scenario, connection is made through the Ricoh NIC so all functions should be functional. ... I don't think it's that Ricoh is overpricing this (although they often do the third party items and I imagine this is too .. thats another story .. manufacturer making a much better GP off of the dealers than dealers as resellers can off of the end user ... anyway...) the wireless Ricoh is an actual internal wireless network adapter, the bridge is an external box. A little two-way tape or velcro strips will hold it nicely to the back of the machine however.
I sold a Rioch wireless on the CMF-7000, it did not quite live up to expectations.

In this clients environment most users were to print via regular LAN Ethernet, but the reason I sold it was some users that were not always in the office, would like to just walk up to the machine with their notebook and print...simply enough right.

Nope apparently, it was an either or scenario, either you go all wireless and use the Rioch wireless or all LAN but not both at once! Last one I sell I guess.

So I left it in the machine and softpedaled on the install, so far 6 months and no one has remembered to ask about it. Rioch wouldn;t have taken it back though.
So you were going to use two different network interfaces, a wireless and ethernet? To use the notebook computers directly to the wireless without going through the network, you would be setting up an AdHoc wireless network between the copier and notebooks. What you should have done is put a wireless access point in it at the network RJ45 jack near the copier, this would have put the machine on the network through the Ricoh wireless card, configure the notebook wireless adapters to access the network, all is well.
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Here's the answer from the AF:
"Both the Wireless Card and the standard 10/100 NIB (SP models) can be installed together. However, only one can be active at a time. Selection of which card is active is done through the control panel in User Tools.

Hope this helps."

There you go...it's an either-or

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