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Disable 5GHz
My printer only supports 2.4 GHz WiFi, but my Orbi system keeps steering it to 5 GHz. This causes the printer to go offline, fail to wake, and requires the Canon app to reconnect. My Orbi model does...
It might be worth spending under $20 (Amazon) to purchase a TP-Link RE220 WiFi Extender. Locate it close to the printer, but where it still gets a good signal from the Orbi system (router or satellite). i.e. don't hide it near the floor behind massive furniture or a metal desk.
This provides two choices:
- Connect the printer to the Ethernet port on the extender. WiFi on the printer is no longer relevant. or...
- Define a 2.4G network on the extender which has a unique name so that when the printer is connected to that unique WiFi network the only thing it can find is the extender.
p.s. The Orbi system provides a way to assign an IP address to devices in the web management interface. Advanced Tab. LAN Setup menu. Sometimes WiFi extenders create pseudo MAC addresses for devices that are connected through the extender, so be careful to record the MAC address that appears in Attached Devices.
Thought about that.......... Unfortunately, my Canon printer has no ethernet port - WiFi only option. Canon techsupport helped me to download a program that appears to have forced their printer to setup on my network via 2.4GHz. Will need to test this out over the next few days - primarily let the printer and computer sleep and then see if they wake up properly. If that doesn't work, will look at assigning a unique IP address. I looked into doing that and I thought it was not an option. More in a few days. Thanks!!!
Can set a IP address reservation for the printer on the RBR unit:
https://kb.netgear.com/25722/How-do-I-reserve-an-IP-address-on-my-NETGEAR-router
