Orbi Mesh Triband won't connect to my HP Officejet 8740

Can anyone help me to get my HP printer to connect to my Orbi? I just spent 2 hours on Netgear tech support.... They could not fix my problem. I changed the 2.4 ghz channel to 11. Nothing... I w...

JustMe27
Jan 26, 2021
I just armwrestled with my HP Envy printer. One of the steps in curing the problem was to delete the network information from the printer, shut it down and unplug it for 30 seconds or so. (If you pray, it can't hurt to do this during the wait. No, I don't have a good prayer for a printer. 🥸) Plug it back in and start all over.

Amid the sophistification of this forum, please forgive these simple recommendations.

ZanL

Tutor

Jan 26, 2021

They are right next to each other. the printer does have network setup. It was working fine with my old router setup.

vajim

Master

Jan 26, 2021

ZanL wrote:
They are right next to each other. the printer does have network setup. It was working fine with my old router setup.

so how did you set it up with the old router?

wifi is wifi....except in the case of a Mesh network. Maybe your printer can't handle having both freqs in one SSID

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Orbi Mesh Triband won't connect to my HP Officejet 8740