PC Week Labs' tests showed that the MSS100 saves money and space typically spent on dedicated controller PCs, reduces cabling problems, maximizes usage, and increases manageability by making the serial devices accessible from anywhere.
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Lantronix also sells models specifically designed as print servers. The MSS100 primarily benefits equipment operators who must walk over to a dedicated controller PC to start a new job, configure the machine or read output data. Instead, the MSS100 lets them perform the operations remotely. Not only can Ethernet cables be much longer, but normally stationary devices can become mobile by simply moving them to a different network access point and plugging them in, rather than carting the controller PC around with the equipment. The MSS100 does not make equipment quite as untethered as wireless networking products do, but such devices are thus far geared for specific applications.