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RBK50 PRINTING ISSUE
ORBI IS CONNECTED AND HAS SPED UP OUR COMPUTER PROCESSING. HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO PRINT WHEN CONNECTED TO THE ORBI WIFI NETWORK. WE CAN ONLY PRINT WHEN CONNECTED TO OUR ORIGINAL WIFI NETWORK FROM ...
BOBBARWALD wrote:
ORBI IS CONNECTED AND HAS SPED UP OUR COMPUTER PROCESSING. HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO PRINT WHEN CONNECTED TO THE ORBI WIFI NETWORK. WE CAN ONLY PRINT WHEN CONNECTED TO OUR ORIGINAL WIFI NETWORK FROM ATT. SO TO PRINT, HAVE TO RECONECT TO THE ATT NETWORK. HOW DO WE JUST KEEP USING THE ORBI NETWORK FOR EVERYTHING.
Hello. I litereally just did this today. I'm a new Orbi user. The short answer to your question is to reconnect your printer to the Orbi's network following the recommended procedure from the printer manufacturer. This assumes the computers that need to print are also connected to the Orbi's network as well.
FURRYe38 's recommendation about DMZ is a good one. Depending on which ATT gateway you have there, the DMZ function may be called IP Passthru if an Arris device, located in the Firewall section of the management console.
gr8sho wrote:The short answer to your question is to reconnect your printer to the Orbi's network following the recommended procedure from the printer manufacturer. This assumes the computers that need to print are also connected to the Orbi's network as well.
That's probably the answer.
I chip in only to add that the usual way to fix wifi printers is to find the printer maker's utility, the software that runs on your operating system. Then use that to connect the printer to the wifi.
The router just broadcasts wifi. It is then down to the printer to play ball. There isn't much that you can do on a router, beyond fixing it to a particular IP address, that affects what the printer gets up to.
Where possible, using the WPS feature can simplify things.