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skyedobb
Apr 05, 2016Tutor
Nighthawk R7000 not showing/connecting Brother printer
We are trying to connect our wireless Brother printer to our network using our Nighthawk R7000 router. We have the printer plugged into the router via USB cable and USB port on the back of the route...
- Apr 13, 2016
Thanks, everyone!! I connected the printer via Ethernet instead of USB, rebooted the router and voila! Wired device via Netgear Genie! And don't have to use the silly Netger USB Control Panel to print! And the Brother app worked on our Android devices! What an easy fix! We are getting a few hiccups when printing from our phones/tablet, but it works, and that's what matters!
VE6CGX
Apr 13, 2016Master
Did you reboot router after that? And Do you see the printer in the control panel device and printers
section? There look at the printer property and there you can see status of printer and do a test print.
Also you can run ipscan and see if printer is bonded to the assigned ip address.
skyedobb
Apr 13, 2016Tutor
Thanks, everyone!! I connected the printer via Ethernet instead of USB, rebooted the router and voila! Wired device via Netgear Genie! And don't have to use the silly Netger USB Control Panel to print! And the Brother app worked on our Android devices! What an easy fix! We are getting a few hiccups when printing from our phones/tablet, but it works, and that's what matters!