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zog53
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Aug 16, 2021
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NETGEAR WNDR3400v3 adding printer to network LAN connection

I have a WNDR3400v3 router. Instead of adding my printer to the wireless connection, can I add the printer to the LAN connection on the router and just assign it a static IP?
  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Aug 17, 2021

    > [...] I was mainly asking [...]

     

       Sometimes it's helpful to include your actual question in your
    problem description.

     

    > [...] if the router would recognize the printer on the ethernet
    > connection, or that it didn't matter because it is using IP protocol
    > instead of the USB, since the router I have does not support any USB
    > devices expect storage devices.

     

       Apparently, your (unspecified) "my printer" is networkable.  It's
    unlikely to care much which network interface you use, Ethernet or
    wireless.  When it's connected to the router using an Ethernet or
    wireless interface, the router doesn't need to "recognize the printer"
    as a printer; so far as the router's concerned, it's just one more
    networked device.  The computers/devices which talk to the printer need
    to know more about it; the router doesn't.

     

       If you're not using the router's USB interface, then any limitations
    of that USB interface wouldn't affect what you're doing.


       Note, however, that the two different network interfaces of your
    (unspecified) "my printer" are likely to have two different MAC
    addresses, so the resulting IP addresses for the two interfaces would
    normally be different, too.  Thus, it might be best to use only one of
    those interfaces, or else think of it as two printers with two different
    IP addresses (because that's the way your computers/devices will see
    it).