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Brother MFC-9130CW scanner now works with new Orbi
I am hoping this post will help someone else. I'm not searching for help for myself anymore.
Since installing a new Orbi system about a week or so ago, I have had persistent but intermittent pr...
Hawkmoth wrote:
The lesson for me is that a new component in this case actually might not be (was not) the source of a new problem. Perhaps the Orbi exposed an issue that the Airport Extreme was papering over? In this case, the printer/scanner was the culprit, and the firmware update brought up to speed on the new network.
Thank you for posting. Indeed, it is not true that devices will necessarily "still work" just because you swap out one wireless router and install a different one using the same SSID and passwords. People with wireless printers often report problems and they go away once the printer is properly reinstalled/reconnected to the new wireless network.
Mikey94025 wrote:
People with wireless printers often report problems and they go away once the printer is properly reinstalled/reconnected to the new wireless network
One more comment, to clarify: I had repeatedly set my printer back to its factory defaults and reconnected it to the wireless network. The firmware update was the key in my case.