If you have been reading below, you see that I tried to install a Netgear print server only to run in to sever problems with the installation. If I wasn't a professional computer guy, I'd have given up and returned the stupid thing to the store. That's why there are so many of these refurbished devices on the market. That should have been a clue.

Once I finally found a website where the user was kind enough to share his experience getting the stupid thing set up, I connected my Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2400W to it and discovered that the manufacturer had crippled the printer such that it just plain won't work with a print server device.

How can regular computer users ever be expected to accomplish something so mundane as to connect a simple network print server to a simple printer and share it with other users? These manufacturers have a LOOOONG way to go before the computer and its associated peripherals can be easily used by people who don't earn a living solving computer problems.

... or maybe they are all in collusion with the Geek Squad?