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TJP98
Aspirant
Jan 26, 2021

My 8 year old Lenovo laptop only sees my wireless printer

My 8 year old Lenovo laptop only sees my wireless printer. It does not see the ORBI router. Any ideas as to what needs to be done? Thanks, Thomas  
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 01, 2021

Any progress on this? 

TJP98 wrote:

My 8 year old Lenovo laptop only sees my wireless printer. It does not see the ORBI router. Any ideas as to what needs to be done?

Thanks,

Thomas

 

 

  • rr20552's avatar
    rr20552
    Apprentice
    Feb 03, 2021
    I had problems with an older Lenovo laptop when I upgraded to the RBR850.

    In the end I had to manually adjust the Wi-Fi adaptors settings within device manager by selecting the highest Wi-Fi protocol (802.11bgn).

    Additionally I had a few other minor issues that were resolved by increasing the CTS Threshold and setting the preamble to Short.

    Hope this helps.