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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
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
the only system that can seperate out the 2 is the MR80 series.
Did you try using a reserved ip address for the printer? not the static route
Thanks! When I said I had tried a static IP I was being careless with my language, I think. I actually created a "Reserved IP" within the router. I think that is different from a static IP... but, yes, I have tried that.
I also bought a brand new Asus RT-AX58U dual band router (since returned). It *was* able to create a stable wifi connection to the printer, but didn't manage to send a good signal to all 4 corners of my house. So, in the end, I have decided to take the good with the not so good: I kept the Netgear MK62 mesh system, with it's excellent speed and coverage, and I'm living with the printer hard wired in the basement. At some point I guess I'll just pony up the cash for another satellite, and connect the printer to its ethernet port.It is a puzzle that more people don't have this problem, but, these are complex machines and systems, I guess...
Fred