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pmauro's avatar
pmauro
Aspirant
Oct 14, 2018

Can't Print to Wired Printer from other Orbi Satellites

I have an Brother HL-3140CW laser printer conencted to an orbi satellite via USB in my office. If I am in another part of the house, I can't print to it. To get to to work, I need to go next to the satellite in my office, turn off the WiFi on my mac, turn it back on and then I can print. I just did a firmware check and it's running the latest.

 

Is there a way to make it work from anywhere in the house? I am not sure why the printer would not be available everywhere.

 

As an aside, I can only access the setup page or use the orbi app when I am next to the RBR50.

 

This is how my setup looks:

 

Troubleshooting

7 Replies

    • pmauro's avatar
      pmauro
      Aspirant
      Oct 18, 2018
      Yes but I was having issues (can't remember details, it was a while ago) so I went with a wired connection to try to simplify troubleshooting.
      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Oct 18, 2018

        Be sure your PCs printer driver is correctly configured to print to the IP address the printer gets from the Orbi system. Check to see if the printer has a IP address from the router. 

        Connect the printer directly to the Orbi router and test printing.