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Cannot connect printer to MR70 router!
I have a Brother HL-2280DW that has been working fine for a while & now shows a offline - I've tried everything I can think of to try to get it connected & am having ZERO luck! Trying setting up fro...
mikey59 wrote:
I have a Brother HL-2280DW that has been working fine for a while & now shows a offline - I've tried everything I can think of to try to get it connected & am having ZERO luck!
Is this a wifi connection to the printer?
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.
This is for HP printers.
Installing HP wireless printer software | Wireless Printing Center | HP® United Kingdom
How to Connect Your Printer to WiFi | HP® Tech Takes
Brother stuff seems to be less helpful on that front. But those links may offer some clues.
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.
I've been trying the WPS feature, both the soft push & the PIN but the printer says it cannot find an access point, but it is maybe 6 feet away from the printer!