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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...
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