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melci
Jun 16, 2016Aspirant
Nighthawk R7000: WI-FI Pring sharing
Hi, On my R7000 I have enabled smart connect to let the system intelligently select the best WiFi band 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. But my HP WI-FI printer is on 2.4 GHz band. The devices (laptops, smartpho...
- Jun 29, 2016
Thanks for the reply. As you have indicated they were not on the same network. After modifying the setup, everthing works fine.
IrvSp
Jun 16, 2016Master
The SSID bands have nothing to do with sharing, that is just how they connect to the network. It sounds like they are NOT on the same network? Do you have GUEST enabled, maybe either the printer or devices are connecting to that, those are isolated (LAN and GUEST network) unless you set the GUEST network to see the LAN.
melci
Jun 29, 2016Aspirant
Thanks for the reply. As you have indicated they were not on the same network. After modifying the setup, everthing works fine.