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Netgear Highthawk R8000 and wired HP printer
I have an HP Laserjet 404dn connected via CAT5 cable to the router. Light is on indicating the router sees printer. The printer also appears in the list of attached devices under Access Control, bu...
Solved, and even less Draconian than I was expecting. I restarted the IP, then reset the router to assign the printer a fixed IP. Then restarted the router, but, no soap. So, I reset the router to assign the printer an automatic IP, retarted and again no luck. But, I cycled through those steps twice more, and third time was the charm. What ever had become a problem ceased to be. In any case thanks for the suggestion. I am still very curious about what might cause a sticky shift like that.
Duster1 wrote:Thanks.
Access Control is enabled, and has been since I put the modem into service four or five years ago. I will try the firmware reset. I tend avoid the more draconian steps if there is something simple that someone can point me to.
Yes, the firmware default reset is a PIA. The level of pain can be minimized with a saved configuration file. However, imported configuration files can reinstate the issue you are trying to correct.
The firmware default reset has a long standing track record of correcting a multitude of issues with these consumer grade routers. That is why you will see it recommended in so many situations.
Solved, and even less Draconian than I was expecting. I restarted the IP, then reset the router to assign the printer a fixed IP. Then restarted the router, but, no soap. So, I reset the router to assign the printer an automatic IP, retarted and again no luck. But, I cycled through those steps twice more, and third time was the charm. What ever had become a problem ceased to be. In any case thanks for the suggestion. I am still very curious about what might cause a sticky shift like that.
Duster1 wrote:
I restarted the IP, then reset the router to assign the printer a fixed IP.
Restarted the IP? HP?
The fixed IP address thing is one of the tasks that is often done with the printer maker's connection utility.
That's way it certainly used to be. The HP I have accepts an externally assigned IP. The thing that had me scattering dandruff was the abrupt cessation. The printer had worked as expected for over a year, and then last month it vanished from the attached devices list, even though the router still saw it and listed it under the Access Control list. In fact, as I write, the printer once again has vanished from the attached devices, but is printing.
