dolbyl 0 Posted January 17, 2010 Okay, so I'm new and have a new CE5000-60. I got it all working right when USB connected to my PC. I think I heard that US Cutter used a network based USB hub sharing device successfully, so I thought I'd try it too. I bought a Belkin "Home Base" 4-port USB hub that connects to a network via ethernet or wireless, and the thing works great for a USB hard drive. Every time I try to us my CE5000-60, CM2 displays "Cannot Open Port". I called Belikn's India-based support (and spent what seemed like an eternity), and they told me a couple of different things: 1) It's a firewall issue, or 2) Its a Graphtec issue The Plotter works great whenever it is directly connected to my PC, so I have a hard time believing it is a Graphtec issue. We turned of the Windows firewall on the PC, and the Hub is on the same network segment as teh PC, so I don't see what other "firewall" issues could exist... Does anyone have any suggestionsexperienceadvice on what to do? Any other network-connected USB hubs out there that actually work (especially with the Graphtec? Many Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dolbyl 0 Posted January 20, 2010 So, I called Graphtec Tech Support, and spoke to a really great, knowledgable guy (Charlie) about networking. He said that very few printservers maintain both connections (the connection between PC and Printerserver; and the connection between printserver and plotter) well enough to permit proper communications--good enough to support plotter operation. He said his own testing suggested the Apple Airport Express or a LinkSys "54g" ( I missed getting all the part number) operated with the best results... So, in the end... I returned the Belkin "Home Base" network-connected 4-port USB hub, I returned a Netgear Printserver, and bought an Apple Airport Express. I've got it working with Win7 (64-bit) and WinXP computers to the CE5000-60. ...And best of all, it all works! BTW, the Apple Airport Express even cost $20 less than the Belkin! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southerndesigns 0 Posted February 16, 2013 How did you get it to pick up the graphtec install to work??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
