I have a Brother Multifunction Printer (MFC 7420) and would like to share it on my network. At the time, I have it hooked to my desktop and it WORKS well when printing from my laptop. But would like to print from my laptop without having to turn on my desktop computer. Can it be hardwired via an ethernet cable to the D-Link wireless router? What are my options besides having it wired to my destop computer?

LaloYou'll need the Brother software to do it. Does the printer come with an ethernet CONNECTOR?

You may be able to give a static IP address in the router to the printer then go to Printer and Faxes and do a manual install using that static IP.

Boy, it's been a long time...

Alan <>< You need to some how give your printer a static IP on your network. The most common WAY for this is for the printer to have a network card built in and than have your client machines print to the IP of the printer. If your printer doesn't have a network card you can use a print server. Something like this.....

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=206&SRCCODE=WEBGOONET&CMP=KNC-GOOGL


No, it does not have an ethernet connection, it's a parallel to USB connection. I GUESS the printer server would be the cheaper option since the optional network card for the printer is CLOSE to $200, more expensive than the printer itself. Thanks for the tips.