Google Nest WiFi adapter for wireless printing

[Michaeleen]

I have a printer that does not do WiFi printing.  I'd like to set it up to do so and believe that using an adapter using the Nest's ethernet port would work.  I purchased this (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B018YPWORE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) but in setup it asks for a WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) environment which the Nest doesn't appear to have.  Thus, the adapter doesn't work because the Nest and adapter cannot "talk."
Has anyone accomplished a wireless connection to a NON-WiFi enabled printer and their computer using the Nest router?  At this point, my only option seems to be for the family to bring their individual laptops to the printer and plug in, and print-from-phone is definitely not possible.  Not ideal to say the least!

[Juzdu]

You're right in that it won't work with WPS, Google doesn't support WPS as it's an older, less-secure protocol for wifi security. I think there's a couple of alternatives for you here though. If you have an old router that does support WPS, you could set that up with the same SSID (wifi name) and password as your Google (do this away from your Google wifi, or turn it off temporarily).  Then use that adapter and connect it to the old router using WPS. Once it's connected it should then be able to connect into your Nest wifi network using its saved wifi name/password. Turn off the old router, turn Google back on and see how you go.

The other way would be to hard-wire the printer into one of your Windows computers via USB, then share the printer via Windows: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/share-your-network-printer-c9a152b5-59f3-b6f3-c99f-f39e5...

You'll have to leave the computer on for people to print, but it's another option for you.

[Jeff]

Hi, Michaeleen.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw Juzdu's reply and to see if you still needed some help on this or if you were able to get it sorted out. If you are still needing some help, just let us know and we'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks.

[Michaeleen]

Yes!  A belated thank you to Juzdu!  I think for now our solution has to be to hardwire our individual laptops via USB to the printer whenever we want to print.  A pain in the neck from a convenience standpoint - but a solution nonetheless.

[Jeff]

Sounds good, Michaeleen.

And yes, thanks again to Juzdu for all the help and input here. I'll go ahead and mark this one as resolved, but if anybody needs anything else, please feel free to open up a new thread.

Thanks.