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Orbi Router RB-20 not staying to connect to HP 4650
I have an HP 4650 wireless printer that is having issues staying online. Before anyone says connect it wired... the 4650 doesn't have a wired ethernet connection. I have tried removing all driver...
I generally prefer "assigning" a specific IP address to things like printers. My PC, especially, gets confused when printer IP's change.
Using the Orbi web interface, on the Advanced Tab->Setup->LAN Setup, add an entry for the printer and put in the WiFi MAC address of the printer (should be on a product label somewhere)
Might look at the Network Configuration, page 59 in the Manual for how to find the MAC address: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04783165
From my quick look, it's not clear to me how the printer joins a WiFi network (enter the password, etc.)
The printer joins the network by selecting the SSID and then entering the password. That gets me the default IP address starting with 169...
The Router is setup to assign it an IP address but that doesn't seem to be working.
I have manually set the IP to bring onto the subnet. Set the IP, Subnet Mask, DNS and Gateway.
I also manually set the 2.4 wireless to channel 6. I read about the channel 13 issue.
I can ping the router but the EWS won't connect, says "192.168.2.99 refused to connect." The main router is 192.168.2.1