How to print with an ethernet cable?

What type of cable do I need for this or device?(Printer to Router)?

  • Ok so in order to make my printer able to print wirelessly(Its a All-In-One Brother 440cn) that we bought back in 2005, and it has 2 USB ports on the inside and 2 standard sized modem cable ports for phone wires. My router of course uses Ethernet Cat 5 sized ethernet cables. So how do I connect the 2? My printer has an IP Adress and everything...only thing is it does not have a wireless option. I've looked into Network Hubs but im not sure. NOTE: 3rd picture of the 2 cables(red and white) are the ones I require to connect. White to printer, red to router. http://pubpages.unh.edu/~pjo27/setups.html My Printer: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=network+hub&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=579l1720l0l1904l11l8l0l2l2l1l300l1627l0.4.3.1l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=678&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=dSsnT5ySJqnX0QGWr5mFCQ#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Brother+440cn&pbx=1&oq=Brother+440cn&aq=f&aqi=g-S9&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1246155l1252239l0l1252595l21l21l4l5l8l2l669l2581l3.6.4-2.1l12l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=eb2029d7694e3736&biw=1366&bih=767

  • Answer:

    Your printer already supports wired ethernet, so wired only. If you want to use it wirelessly, then you will have to buy a wireless print server that your printer connects via USB to. I am not sure if brother has that for this specific machine. Your printer has an ethernet CAT5 port next to the USB port. (Check your manual) Connect the CAT5 cable to the router. From there the connection to the PC can be wireless. In the link you showed, both the connection to the printer, and to the router must be the red cable. The white cable is for faxing only, which connects to your phone line, not your router. There is no other way to have this printer be wireless, unfortunately. There's a separate model with wireless option. This link has the graphic on where the USB cable goes, right beside it should be the ethernet port: http://www.justanswer.com/printers/49lyb-brother-mfc-440cn-use-machine-fax-copy.html

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