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granvillea
Dec 09, 2018Guide
ORBI RBK53 Fails to Connect to Epson Workforce 845 Wireless Printer
I recently replaced my Netgear Nighthawk 1700 Router and Extender with an ORBI RBK53 Mesh Router and 2 Satellites to get better WIFI Coverage throughout my chopped up Brick House. It is working grea...
- Dec 09, 2018
granvillea wrote:
........ I assume it is probably because the 2.4 Radio chip on the Printer is older and does not support some of the newer channels above 11 while the ORBI is constantly trying to optimize to the best. I did just use Auto but am unsure how to get to the setup that allows me to choose channels or other advanced feature setup. ............
As explained above, please use orbilogin.com to change the 2.4 GHz channel to 11 :)
I believe tht this will help with this pronter.
ekhalil
Dec 09, 2018Master
granvillea wrote:
........ I assume it is probably because the 2.4 Radio chip on the Printer is older and does not support some of the newer channels above 11 while the ORBI is constantly trying to optimize to the best. I did just use Auto but am unsure how to get to the setup that allows me to choose channels or other advanced feature setup. ............
As explained above, please use orbilogin.com to change the 2.4 GHz channel to 11 :)
I believe tht this will help with this pronter.
granvillea
Dec 09, 2018Guide
Thank you very much, that seemed to solve the problem once I powered everything off and rebooted the ORBI's. Appreciate the help sorry I was so stupid about the setup.
- ekhalilDec 09, 2018Master
Glad that your pronter is working now :)