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Can't maintain connection with Epson 3830 - and issues with HP wireless printers.
Background: My new Nighthawk MK62 AS1800 Mesh router and satellite are providing great coverage and high speeds. Setup was a breeze. BUT... I cannot maintain a wireless connection to my (also new) E...
Oh, wait... you suggested the satellite. Sorry not to read more carefully. I have only one satellite. It is positioned on the main floor, and uses an ethernet cable as a backhaul. If I bought a *third* satellite, and used it wirelessly, I suppose I could then use the etherenet connection to the printer. Would that work? Still. I don't feel like spending even more money - since for everything but the printer, the wifi is great.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Fred
Oh, wait... you suggested the satellite. Sorry not to read more carefully. I have only one satellite. It is positioned on the main floor, and uses an ethernet cable as a backhaul. If I bought a *third* satellite, and used it wirelessly, I suppose I could then use the etherenet connection to the printer. Would that work? Still. I don't feel like spending even more money - since for everything but the printer, the wifi is great.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Fred
Is your home wired?
could the printer be placed somewhere there's a wired access?
I've had great luck with wiring in all my printers.
plemans wrote:Is your home wired?
could the printer be placed somewhere there's a wired access?
I've had great luck with wiring in all my printers.
Well, it is currently stuck in the basement where I can hard-wire it. However I want it upstairs where there is no ethernet - and don't want to run cable up two floors. I'm just lucky the printer has an ethernet port - at least I have that option. I can't imagine what the hundreds of users of the MK62 system with wireless printers without ethernet are doing...
Thanks!
Fred
I don't think everyone is having an issue based off what I've seen on here.
I'm sure some are because we do see some posts. I think a lot of it is Printer manufacturer's not updating devices and even wondows causing issues if the system reboots and the printer gets a new IP address. I was testing an epson printer that had issues for a bit with my mesh systems (plural) and after a couple updates, it worked great. But that was a higher end printer that they update a ton.
I guess not everyone has problems - which is a bit of a mystery to me. I did have a connection once that was maintained for 7 or 8 hours, but then dropped. But I've tried everything, and usually it drops after 15 minutes or so. The printer is close to the router (I don't think I mentioned that) so signal strength isn't an issue.
But I did wonder - anyone think that Netgear might ever enable the ability to manipulate separate 2.4 and 6 Ghz bands with the MK60 through a firmware update? That would be great. I wonder if something like that could be done with a firmware update, however...
Thanks for listening and responding!
Fred