connect old WNDR3400 router to new R7000P NightHawk

antinode
Guru
Mar 06, 2018
> [...] I have tried connecting a usb to connect wirelessly as well as
> connected via usb and then changing to wifi but it never connects.
> There is no lcd pannel on this printer it is a older deskjet printer
> only. [...]

   Knowing nothing, I assume that this thing came with some HP software
to let you configure the wireless stuff while connected by USB.

> finally got printer connected. Had to connect via ethernet, print a
> report page to get a IP address, open a browser and connect to that ip,
> [...]

   Thanks for the report. Sure. If the thing has a web server, then
all you should need to do is find it. (What could go wrong?)

> [...] print another report, getting a new IP, then set up that TCP/IP
> port for the printer.

   Bear in mind that if you expect the printer's wireless interface
always to have the same IP address, then you'll probably want to reserve
an address for it on the router.

   If you don't already have the User Manual for your router, then visit
http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look for
Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Address Reservation".

   It's that, or else configure the printer's interface with a static IP
address, but in that case, you'd want its address to be outside the
router's DHCP pool (LAN Setup > Starting IP Address, Ending IP Address).
Assigning a static address from the DHCP pool risks the router's DHCP
server handing out that address while the printer's powered off, and
then having a conflict when it's powered on.

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connect old WNDR3400 router to new R7000P NightHawk