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StarTech PM1115U2, one-port USB 2.0 print server with auto-sensing Ethernet vs CSL-Computer LAN print server, one USB printer on a wired network

Mac and Windows with Bonjour, or a Windows list with versions?

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Both connect one USB 2.0 printer to a wired 10/100 network, and neither states a printer compatibility list. The StarTech PM1115U2 names LPR with its queue, LP1, and Bonjour Print Services, for macOS and Windows. The CSL-Computer server names TCP/IP, LPR and Bonjour search, lists Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11, and states that it does not scan.

StarTech PM1115U2 one-port USB print server with an Ethernet socket

StarTech PM1115U2, one-port USB 2.0 print server with auto-sensing Ethernet

7.8/10

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≈ $44

CSL LAN print server with an RJ45 network socket and a USB socket for a printer

CSL-Computer LAN print server, one USB printer on a wired network

7.2/10

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Port against port

Compared on PM1115U2, one-port USB 2.0 print server with auto-sensing Ethernet LAN print server, one USB printer on a wired network
Printer connection type USB 2.0 USB 2.0, compatible with USB 1.1
Network port type Copper Ethernet (RJ45) RJ45 copper
Network port speed 10/100 Mbit/s, sensed automatically Fast Ethernet
Wireless support Not published Not published
Protocols published LPR, with the queue named LP1, and Bonjour Print Services TCP/IP, LPR, Bonjour Search, HDCP, Auto-MDIX and USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Number of printers served One Not published
Scanner support Not published No
Stated operating system support macOS and Windows Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11
Published printer compatibility list Not published Not published
On Amazon.com, October 26, 2026 $44 Not listed

A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.

Which of the two, for which household

Buy the StarTech PM1115U2, one-port USB 2.0 print server with auto-sensing Ethernet

Take the PM1115U2 for a mixed Mac and Windows home: Bonjour lets Macs find the printer without setup. It cost $44.25 on Amazon.com on October 26, 2026.

CSL-Computer LAN print server, one USB printer on a wired network

No Amazon.com offer for the CSL-Computer LAN print server, one USB printer on a wired network on October 26, 2026: it may not be buyable in the United States, which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.

The CSL suits a Windows-only office and says plainly that it will not pass scans. It had no Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026.

The questions that come up before an order

Will a multifunction printer scan through either?

No: the CSL says so, and the StarTech does not claim it. Print servers of this kind pass printing only.

Is Fast Ethernet a limit?

Not for printing: 100 Mbit/s is far more than a print job needs.

Each one, in detail

Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.