NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
More Printer Problems with an RBE371 Mesh Network
I've been having a problem with my new Netgear Orbi RBE371 mesh network since I installed it on Saturday. I have two printers, an Epson ET-8500 and a Brother MFC-L3770CDW. Until Saturday I was using ...
regarding my statement: "this is the equivalent of "Private Wi-Fi address = OFF", which is very safe and reliable on Netgear networks as you have found on your other computers."
You had written that "The "Private WiFi Address" option doesn't appear in the network settings .....This seems to be the switch that works"
My particular comment meant that if for the reasons I previously stated, the Private WiFu Address feature is not available/does not show as a setting on your MacBook Air, you still have a situation that "works" - If available, Private WiFi Address set to OFF fixes your issue. I am saying that in computers that do not have that feature, they function like Private WiFi Address is off - meaning, there is no masking, changing, rotating the MAC address the computer reports. So the behavior of your laptop without that setting is identical to a computer with Private WiF Address=Off. You don't have to do anything.
Try connecting the printers to the IoT network were you can set 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.
Thanks Furrye38. I haven’t tried this yet. My question is then do all the other devices like my laptop and iPad need to connect to the IoT network in order to print?
No. There is open traffic between the IoT and main WLAN and LAN networks. Is intended this way so IoT supporting apps used on mobile devices connected on the main WLAN or LAN can communicate with there devices on the IoT network.
Also some older devices that don't support WPA3 security mode may not handle this being seen on the signal. Been a known issue for a while now. So using the IoT network you have the option to set only WPA2. If your printers support ethernet connections, ethernet would be recommended.
Ah, okay. I will give that a try. Thank you!