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Wifi Drops my printer within minutes
I have a new Orbi 770 mesh. 50 plus devices running on the network but my brother printer HL-L2370DW constantly drops offline. I have updated all firmware on printer and orbi devices. I have rebooted...
Static Routes should not be used for the printer. Not needed or required. Remove this configuration.
Make sure the printer is set for DHCP/Dynamic IP address configuration.
Try connecting the printer to the main wireless network as well.
For that size of home, the RBR unit and just one RBS satellite is enough.
25 feet is too close between the RBR and this closer RBS. Try the RBS out at 30 feet or a bit more.
Try connecting the printer over ethernet as I believe the printer has a ethernet port.
Make contact with the printer Mfr as well since this is there product and seems to be the only device having issues.
Regarding Furrye38's response - excellent suggestions. In my long experience and especially in today's network environment, I have found static addresses to be nothing but problems and avoid at all possible costs using them - if feasible. However, the days of hard wired connections is dying in the personal network environment. Reserved DHCP addresses are another topic but I am using that less and less also. "I am from DHCP and I am here to help you" - lol.
Good possibility that you're using a cell phone to interface with your network (another thing I avoid at all costs preferring to use ethernet cable if possible). If so, have you disabled randomized addresses on your cell phone or wireless device? All the experts including FURRYe38 tell me Netgear has a problem dealing with randomized addresses and makes for dropped wireless connections. (Which when you think about it is completely counter to using static addresses.)
Static IP addresses work well, IF there configured correctly. I continually see posts regarding Static IP address configurations which most seem to refer to Reserved IP address configurations. This is incorrect and can lead to mis-understandings about Static IP address vs IP address RESERVATIONS. These are different in how they are used. I try to help everyone out by explaining the differences.
IP address RESERVATIONS are addresses that are setup and reserved ON the host router and with in the host routers default DHCP IP address pool range. STATIC IP addresses are not set on the host router. These are set ON client devices themselves, for those devices that have the support and ability for users to configure them, instead of letting the device get a dynamic IP address from the host router. These STATIC IP address configurations are set on the devices and the IP address needs to be OUTSIDE of the host routers default IP address pool range. NOT inside of it. Yes we know by default NG routers use the entire supported IP address range for it's default pool size. However the pool size can be adjusted smaller to accomodate having STATIC IP addresses outside of the range.
I currently use a range of .100 to .200 for the total amount of devices I have connected at one time. Any devices with a STATIC IP address can and does reside on either side of this pool range.
I currently have a few web cameras, Lan switches, printers and NAS that are all configured for STATIC IP address and are all working well out side of this pool range. Also use Static IP address for AP mode configurations on routers as well.
For items with in the pool range, I do have a couple of IP address RESERVATIONs set for my satellites.
For rest of the devices, I let them connect with a Dynamic IP address being given from with in the pool range by the router and let the lease time and DHCP service handle those.
I tend to keep devices that don't need much router management or user configurations, set for Static IP addresses. Things like Cameras, Printers, Switches, NAS, controllers and such. Also helps in knowing that the IP address won't change for when user access is needed.
Been using this networking configuration for years. Works well.
Thanks for the response. I am definitely in over my head with this, but 50 other devices seem to work fine on my -IoT network, just the printer is struggling. Currently I have the brother printer set to
192.168.1.2 and the Orbi web app - advanced - LAN - "address reservation" for 192.168.1.2. Is this correct or should I remove the reservation on the Orbi web app?
thanks.
Remove the Static IP address from the printer and keep the IP address RESERVATION on the router for the printer.
Or keep the Static IP address on the printer and remove the IP address reservation from the router and change the default DHCP IP address pool range to 192.168.1.100 to .200: