Using WiFi printer on shared network?

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ankushkool

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I have a WiFi printer which I need to access via a shared network, but I dont want everyone to access it. Is there a way to do that?

The solution I was thinking is getting a router which can connect to two WiFi networks, so I will on one side connect it to the shared network and on the other side have my printer. Then I would configure the router to only allow access to my devices. Which router is capable of that?
 
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Which router do you currently have? Most routers have dual band wifi networks which consists of a 2.4ghz and 5 ghz networks. In order to restrict access, you can put one group of computers on the 5 ghz wireless network or via a wired connection. Your computer and printer will be wireless on the 2.4 ghz network with wireless security enabled or MAC address filtering.

Why not setup restricted users account and not install the print driver on the ones you want to isolate from the printer?
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Which router do you currently have? Most routers have dual band wifi networks which consists of a 2.4ghz and 5 ghz networks. In order to restrict access, you can put one group of computers on the 5 ghz wireless network or via a wired connection. Your computer and printer will be wireless on the 2.4 ghz network with wireless security enabled or MAC address filtering.

Why not setup restricted users account and not install the print driver on the ones you want to isolate from the printer?
 
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ankushkool

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The shared network I am talking about is my college network so cannot access the user account config. Which routers support MAC filtering? that seems to be the only option.

 
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Most routers support MAC address filtering as a wireless security option. Your's probely does also. Its under the wireless security option. With MAC address filtering you can tell the router to only accept wireless connections for the MAC address listed. You would input your PC wireless card MAC and your printer's MAC address on either the 5ghz or 2.4 ghz band.

Below is a link for a good router:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Dual-Band-Wireless-N-Router-RT-N56U/dp/B0049YQVHE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390309615&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+rt-n56u
 
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