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Problem With Wired Brother Printer
I have a Brother network printer connected by wire to my Orbi RB40. It correctly obtains an IP address from the router. When I look at the attached devices on the router it does not show the printer ...
Hi Kevin and Plemans,
Ok, I've switched the Orbi to AP Mode and all seems OK so far. I can see the Printer in the list of attached devices. I'll keep an eye on it but hopefully that has fixed the problem I just find it odd that it seemed to manage to work as it was for 2 years and then suddenly failed.
Thank you both for your time & patience!
What firmware is on the router and the satellite?
What modem/gateway is the router connected to?
Are the satellites using the wireless backhaul or wired backhaul?
Firmware is V2.7.3.22 on router and satellites. It is connected to a Fritzbox 7530. The configuration has been the same since December 2020. This problem only started happening on Saturday
Satellites are using wireless backhaul
Is the fritzbox in passthrough/modem only mode?
I've seen issues with double nats causing things like that
I'm not sure what mode the Fritzbox is in but wi-fi is not enabled and it is in a totally different ip range. It is http://192.168.178.1 and the Orbi is 10.0.0.1
This setup has worked fine for nearly 2 years and something must have changed in the last week to cause this but I have no idea what.
The printer used to be wi-fi connected and I initially thought that the printer wi-fi was causing the problem and that is why I changed it it hard wired but the problem still exists
Disabling wifi doesn't disable its routing functions. And if there's 2 routing ranges both tend to be in router mode. Causing a double nat. It doesn't always cause issues but it can.