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Why the hell is connecting a printer to an Orbi such a frustrating ordeal?
I've got an RBR 50 with one satellite. The router is connected to my Comcast modem. I recently bought an Epson ET-3750 printer/scanner/copier. I was initially able to get it set up and it worked g...
The ISP modem does have a built in router but I've disabled the wireless broadcast. I ended up starting from scratch and reinstalling the printer. It's a wireless printer. It just took way longer than it should because it randomly wouldn't recognize the correct network and then suddenly it would. And now if the power ever blinks off I'll be in the same boat again because it won't reconnect on its own.
Maybe "editing firmware" isn't the correct terminology, but this is what I was referring to: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Epson-ET-3600-printer-has-issue-with-Orbi-RBK50-single-SSID/td-p/1321524
My point remains, though, that it's ridiculous that Netgear doesn't acknowledge this issue and has done nothing to address it.
Separating SSIDs isn't the intended design of Smart Connect, wireless MESH and Orbi systems. Not officially supported either. Thus is not a issue that NG would need to fix.
One suggestion you can do with the printer. set up either a IP addresss reservation ON the router or set a Static IP address ON the printer outside of the routers default IP address pool. This will ensure the printer gets the same IP address if something happens.
OrbiisaPOS wrote:The ISP modem does have a built in router but I've disabled the wireless broadcast. I ended up starting from scratch and reinstalling the printer. It's a wireless printer. It just took way longer than it should because it randomly wouldn't recognize the correct network and then suddenly it would. And now if the power ever blinks off I'll be in the same boat again because it won't reconnect on its own.
Maybe "editing firmware" isn't the correct terminology, but this is what I was referring to: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Epson-ET-3600-printer-has-issue-with-Orbi-RBK50-single-SSID/td-p/1321524
My point remains, though, that it's ridiculous that Netgear doesn't acknowledge this issue and has done nothing to address it.
I understand that it's not the intended design, but if it's being marketed as an easy-to-use solution for whole-house wifi coverage then I think there should be some accommodation to enable easier, consistent wireless printer connectivity.
Thank you for the suggestion for creating a static IP/address reservation. I'll give that a shot and keep my fingers crossed that it'll help the next time I face this situation. I appreciate the help.
I agree. however not all problems come from the router. Could be a printer issue. I this case, seems like it.
Enjoy.
FURRYe38 wrote:I agree. however not all problems come from the router. Could be a printer issue. I this case, seems like it.
Enjoy.
I think he might be right. Have you tried manually setting the 2.4Ghz channel in the Orbi's admin pages?
I have a Canon printer that cannot see the Orbi unless I manually set the channel. This seems to be because the Orbi can use up to Channel 13 (which is completely clear in my neighbourhood and probably what the Orbi auto-selects) but the printer can only use the historic 2.4 Ghz channels (1 to 11). I was only reminded of this over the weekend when I did a full factory reset and had to reset everything up again from scratch.
We are waiting feed back to see how this has progressed. Hopefully something good has resulted.
Ok, this may or may not help. I've got an old Apple Airport Express. Practically worthless. Can't use it to extend my Orbi network.
HOWEVER. It works great if I use it to "join a networlk," and start it up with my printer attached to it by USB, then VOILA. Appears on my network, works great. Probably could get an old Express cheap on eBay. Hope someone finds this helpful!