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RBR760 DHCP 169 address for wireless connected device?
I do have a fair IP/TCP understanding but a little stumped at the moment. On Orbi RBR760 my printer is connected wireless 2.4 has an APIPAA address instead of a DHCP address?
In ORBI config I changed WPA2-PSK [AES] to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] and printer reconnected with a DCHP address. Ok but not ok as I do not want to leave this config.
I then connected to printer through WEB and changed AUTO connect to WPA2 and EAS and it reconnected with 169 IP?
I set printer back to AUTO and assigned a static IP and changed ORBI back to just WPA2-PSK [AES] and connected and all good with static IP.
My question is purely to understand why DHCP was not giving the printer an IP unless WPA-PSK [TKIP]?
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Decypher wrote:
On Orbi RBR760 my printer is connected wireless 2.4 has an APIPAA address instead of a DHCP address?
What is that 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.
Some connection utilities may connect to the network and find the printer.
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.
This is a Guru response? Looks like a bot response as it does not really address what was written just hit on keyword "printer" auto response. Guru should have CCNP level experience and though I do not recall from CCNA 9 years ago I would appreciate a response from someone that is knowledgeable. Warm Regards
When a device creates a Link Local IP address (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address ) that is an indication that it was not able to complete the DHCP request process. i.e. it is not connected to the network.
Successfully connecting when the security level is reduced to WPA-PSK [TKIP] indicates that the printer is capable of this security level but it not capable of the higher level. The obvious choice is either:
- Replace the printer with a printer compatible with the desired security level, or
- Reduce the security level to one which the printer supports, or
- Connect the printer with USB or Ethernet rather than WiFi, or
- Connect the printer using the Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) feature which the Orbi supports. This requires no password authentication.
Assigning a static IP on the printer itself has no bearing on WiFi authentication.
Not providing the printer model information ensures that anyone trying to help is not able to look up the specifications and user manual for the printer. Thus, the distinction between WEB and AUTO is unclear. Some printers create their own WiFi access point so that devices can print directly to the printer without either of them being connected to a network. If that is what WEB means, then that will not result in a network connection.
p.s. I am also a "Just another user who would rather look at a web forum than play golf." Guru is a term assigned when a person has posted on the forum a certain number of times. After six years, even dumb old CrimpOn has achieved the title.
