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RBR20 Wired PC will not find wireless printer
BLUF: Wired desktop can't find a wireless printer.
Setup is as follows: ORBI RBR20 wired to my newish Frontier router but about 15 ft away in the adjacent room in order to provide a stronger signal to the satellite Orbis. Wifi is disabled on the Frontier router. Orbi wifi works great. My main office desktop pc is wired directly to the Frontier router. My Brother laser printer connects wirelessly to the orbi wifi network with no problem - i can see it listed as a connected device - however the the main office desktop cannot "see" the printer to print to it. Is the problem simply due to the fact that the desktop is wired to the Frontier router instead of to the RBR20? Is there a way to make my setup work?
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Yes, you are correct. The Frontier router is assigning IP addresses to everything connected to it, including the computer and Orbi.
The Orbi is also a router, and is assigning IP addresses to every client that connects.
Go into the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Advanced Setup, Router/AP Mode and change the Orbi to Access Point (AP) mode.
It will reboot. Now, the Frontier router will assign IP's to everything, including the printer.
Be sure the printers FW is updated as well.
Try manual channels on 2.4Ghz on the Orbi RBR, 1, 6 or 11.
Your PC and printer have to be on the same network.
WIREmeshNOOB wrote:BLUF: Wired desktop can't find a wireless printer.
Setup is as follows: ORBI RBR20 wired to my newish Frontier router but about 15 ft away in the adjacent room in order to provide a stronger signal to the satellite Orbis. Wifi is disabled on the Frontier router. Orbi wifi works great. My main office desktop pc is wired directly to the Frontier router. My Brother laser printer connects wirelessly to the orbi wifi network with no problem - i can see it listed as a connected device - however the the main office desktop cannot "see" the printer to print to it. Is the problem simply due to the fact that the desktop is wired to the Frontier router instead of to the RBR20? Is there a way to make my setup work?
