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jmheckman
Nov 26, 2018Aspirant
Orbi RB-50 and printing
Recently, I lost the ability to print. My HP 8600 printer tells me that my computer and printer are on different networks, but both devices are on the same Orbi network with the same name. I have r...
- Nov 30, 2018
Thanks, everyone for your help in solving my problem. At the risk of sounding stupid, I wanted to come clean and let you all know that my printing problem is fixed. Somehow during renovation in our family room an ethernet cable from the ORBI got plugged back into the modem creating a loop. Everything I tried showed me that I had two networks with the same name and I knew I didn't. But the loop created the second network. As soon as I unplugged the additional ethernet cable, all is good.
FURRYe38
Nov 27, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Ok, now re-install the printer drivers on your PC and besure to point the drivers to that IP address you reserved for the printer.
If the phone is printing to the printer, then something probably on the PC isn't setup right.
jmheckman
Nov 30, 2018Aspirant
Thanks, everyone for your help in solving my problem. At the risk of sounding stupid, I wanted to come clean and let you all know that my printing problem is fixed. Somehow during renovation in our family room an ethernet cable from the ORBI got plugged back into the modem creating a loop. Everything I tried showed me that I had two networks with the same name and I knew I didn't. But the loop created the second network. As soon as I unplugged the additional ethernet cable, all is good.