A long while back, I found a good deal on the Hawking HPS1U USB Print Server. I believe I purchased it on a clearance rack over at my local MicroCenter. The device seemed to work well enough. It has a Web Admin Interface. It supports multiple protocols. It even (allegedly) suppport printing over the Internet.
Unfortunately, there was a period of time which I did not have a use for this device. So, it got packed away in my box of computer parts (that I do not use anymore, but cannot bare to part with). That is, until recently.
I decided that I wanted to set-up the print-server again. I have a legitimate use for it now that I primarily use either my Toshiba WinXP lappie, or a G4 PowerBook. Printing via my wireless network while sitting on the couch watching the latest episode of 24 is certainly appealing. I pulled the little device out from my box ‘o parts, dusted it off, and plugged it in. First thing I needed to do was enter the ‘Setup’ mode and make some basic configuartion changes (setting up a static IP address, etc.)
Wait a minute. I have no idea what the administrator password was on this thing. Ok, no problem, let me run through all of the username/password combinations that I have used in the past year. Nothing. Zilch. Nada.
Well, no problem, I can just perform a factory reset (sometimes referred to as a hard reset). That should reset the username and password back to factory defaults and I will be all set. Except that this device apparently has no way of performing a factory reset without access to the admin username and password. Several emails with their tech support department has verified this.
So, the bottom line is that I am stuck with a neat little piece of harware that does absolutely nothing. My verdict is to stay away from this product unless they are able to remedy this situation with future products.
admin
1234
Funny, I’m dealing with exactly the same thing…I can get to it with a browser, I can upgrade the firmware, but I can’t get it to do anything. I can’t do a diagnostic because I don’t know the admin password. It’s like Deja Vu all over again.
Good luck. I ended up scrapping it and replacing it with a Linksys wireles version (which I have since replaced, as my current set-up has changed and it wasn’t needed).
Yes! Facing same problems and looking for solutions for the past 2 days…
Me too. Do you think this could have been a time/datestamp issue? I know it sounds goofy, but I too don’t recall changing the pwd, yet NO incarnation of what I normally use works!
That would be an extrememly shitty thing to do. And, in my emails with the support folks at Hawking, no mention of it was ever made.
Try admin as a username and 1234 as a password.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds. This will reset the device to factory defaults.
Wayne. PLEASE let us in on this ’secret’ reset button location
If you had even bothered to read the article you would have noticed that the device has no reset button or any way of resetting defaults.
I just used:
Admin
1234
and it worked like a champ. This bad boy has been working in my office for over a year now and works 90% of the time. I think my printer has times out if I do not print for over a week or so. Resolution unplug the power printer and plug it back in and it works again. In the last year or so I would say I have done this 5-6 times. Maybe I have to power off and back on the print server. It’s been a while so I can’t remember. No wait it is the printer power, because I do not have to resend the document.
The reset button is a pin hole behind the unit. Use a pen tip.
I had the same issue. I bought the thing many moons ago and forgot how to set it up, lost the user manual/CD, etc. A quick Internet search came up with admin/1234 for access. I set it up for auto IP, hooked it up to my wireless router, and voila! it got an IP address (after entering its MAC address in the router, since I use MAC address filtering). For the PC and laptops my family use, I added a network printer with the URL, http://Hawking-IP-address:631/lpt1 and now I can print from anywhere in the house. Yeah, laziness and optimization go hand-in-hand — no more need to transfer files or emails to a USB key and print it on the main PC. We can waste paper from my study, bedroom, sunroom, back deck or any place I find myself sitting around working on the laptop and needing a printout to review later on.
I bought the thing from a [now defunct] CompUSA store. You can get them for next-to-nothing from ebay these days.
the admin/1234 does NOT work on devices in which the electronic interface fails to the EEPROM or Flash PROM or WHATEVER is storing the damn thing. My guess is that the device has this weak point of failure.
I PUT MINE IN A 40 POUND VICE AND CRUSHED IN INTO OBLIVION. I FOUND IT VERY SATISFYING.