Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
The current status of my Brother MFC8860DN printer is that it is connected by Ethernet to the Netgear R7000 router. The printer's IP = 192.168.1.236. It prints OK from both the Dell Windows 10 desktop and from the HP Windows 10 laptop. Both computers currently contact the router by Wireless.
My Android phone contains the Brother app iPrint&Scan. I can print from the phone but the font size is about 28. I will have study the user manual to fix that.
In order to make the Brother "Network Connection Repair Tool" find the printer I first ran in [Devices and Printers] and "Add a printer." I specified that it was an old printer. I changed the printer's name to Brother MFC-8860DN Ethernet. (It had said USB) Then I rebooted everything, stopped antivirus protection, and ran the connection tool.
I left the printer's previous name and structure "Brother MFC-8860DN USB" in existance in case something goes bad at the router I can still connect the printer to a PC.
I'll do thorough testing over the next few days to make sure the app works well.
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
> [...] The printer's IP [address] = 192.168.1.236. [...]
Did you reserve that address for it (on the router/DHCP server)? Is it assigned using DHCP, or did you follow that (lame) advice to configure the printer with a static IP address?
> [...] stopped antivirus protection [...]
Any reason?
> I left the printer's previous name [...]
Should be harmless, if it doesn't cause confusion.
> [...] The printer's IP [address] = 192.168.1.236. [...]
Did you reserve that address for it (on the router/DHCP server)? Is it assigned using DHCP, or did you follow that (lame) advice to configure the printer with a static IP address?
I didn't do anything to control the IP. It had the .236 following the running of the Brother "Network Connection Repair Tool".
Yes, I had difficulty making the Network Connection Repair Tool run. It would stop running after saying to move the printer close to the router. On retry it would stop with a message about trying to process a file.
When I rebooted windows and turned off virus protection the tool ran to completion. I don't know the cause.
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
FYI: This does not involve printing from the android phone so if the solution is not obvious I will start a new thread.
I have a third computer running Windows 98 that File Explorer cannot find - from either of my Windows 10 PCs. Its R7000 Ethernet indicater light (#3) is red instead of white. The Netgear Genie shows it on the network map: Wired, Name=TOWER, IP=198.168.1.11.
I used to be able to reach it by IP in Windows 10 File Explorer, but not by clicking on its name (TOWER). But now the IP method doesn't work either anymore. It is an old PC. I am thinking of trying a new Ethernet card in it.
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
> I didn't do anything to control the IP [address]. [...]
Ok. As explained earlier, reserving an IP address for it might be wise. That ".236" address should be about as good as any.
> FYI: [...]
Probably doesn't matter.
> I have a third computer running Windows 98 that File Explorer cannot > find - from either of my Windows 10 PCs. [...]
Regarding "cannot", see "not a useful problem description [...]", above. If the (dangerously past support) Windows 98 system can access the internet, then you're looking at a Windows file-sharing problem, not a router problem.
I don't claim great Windows expertise, but Windows 98 might be using an old/obsolete SMB version (1), which more modern Windows versions might not support (at least not by default).
> [...] Its R7000 Ethernet indicater light (#3) is red instead of white.
"red" being what Netgear calls "amber"? In the User Manual, look for the LED descriptions. An old PC might have a sub-gigibit/s Ethernet interface. (A faulty cable could cause it, too, but I'd put my money on an old/slow Ethernet chip/card.) The "Properties" of the Ethernet adapter should reveal its speed.
> [...] I am thinking of trying a new Ethernet card in it.
A gigibit/s-capable card might change your LED color, but it might do little else for you.
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
Correction: I made a typo typing the IP when trying to access the Win 98 from Windows 10 File Explorer. The correct IP was \\192.168.1.11. That IP correctly brings up the file structure of the Win98 PC named TOWER.
Also, Explorer shows both the \\198.168.1.11 address that can expand, and the TOWER that it doesn't expand. See pictures.
"192.168.1.11" is an IP[v4] address. "\\192.168.1.11" might be a file-system path which means something to Windows.
> Does this narrow in on the problem source.
Which "problem"?
> [...] If the (dangerously past support) Windows 98 system can access > the internet, then you're looking at a Windows file-sharing problem, not > a router problem.
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
Once the IP-MAC address pair was reserved on the router, so the router DHCP does always assign the same IP address, the router is mostly out of the game, except for handling the network connectivity.
The crux with what Brother offers when it comes to Android printing is to use Google Cloud Print ... unfortunately Google Cloud Print service is no longer available since January 2021. Not much we can do here for you....
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
In the last 2 days the IP of my Win98 (MAC=00:04:5A:80:2F) has changed from 192.168.1.11 to 192.168.1.9 and back again. I want to reserve the IP associated with 00:04:5A:80:2F at some value.
Q1: What IP value should I reserve? Q2: How should I reserve the IP of TOWER from Windows 10?
Just so I understand more, what is the difference in meaning between DHCP and SMB. Do they both reside in the router or does Windows get involved?
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
> [...] I want to reserve the IP associated with 00:04:5A:80:2F at some > value.
Ok with me.
> Q1: What IP [address] value should I reserve?
Doesn't matter to me. Pick one. If you pick one which is already in use by some other device, then you might need to restart that device and the router.
> Q2: How should I reserve the IP [address] of TOWER from Windows 10?
I don't know what that means. An IP address is a property of a network interface. It's not an address "from" any other device.
> Just so I understand more, what is the difference in meaning between > DHCP and SMB. [...]
Your router includes a DHCP server, which is used to assign IP parameters (address, ...) to devices on your LAN.
SMB is a file-sharing system/protocol, which Windows (among other operating systems) uses.
> [...] Do they both reside in the router or does Windows get involved?
I wouldn't say that they "reside" anyplace.
Your Windows systems would typically act as DHCP clients, getting their IP parameters from the DHCP server in your router. That's unrelated to SMB.
If your Windows systems do file sharing, then they'd normally use SMB for that.
If you connect a USB-attached storage device (disk drive, ...) to your router, then the router might also use SMB for access to that shared storage. Look in the User Manual for "Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Router".
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
I tried to reserve an IP number for the Win98 but failed. I tried to set the Win98 to IP = 192.168.1.196 for MAC = 00:04:5A:80:4A:2F. The R7000 firmware is V1.0.9.88_10.2.88. The original (unreserved) IP for the Win98 was 192.168.1.8. I used a Chrome browser for this.
1 While the progress indicator operated: Internet disconnected 2 Internet connected 3 A sign-in test box appeared 4 Popup message appeared: "A new device has been detected": 192.168.1.3 (That device was named chromecast.) 5 I submitted the sign-in window [Yes] 6 Message: "You are currently logged in from another device. There can be only one device logged in at a time. If you log in from this device, the other device will be logged out. Do you want to proceed?" 7 I entered [Yes] 8 Closing browsers and programs preparing to restart 9 Message: Another computer on this network has the same IP as this computer. ... See system event log. 10 I restarted the computer (The Windows 10, not the Win98. The instruction doesn't say which computer.) 11 Result: Win98 IP is still 192.168.1.8. 12 Restarted Win98. 13 Result: IP is unchanged at 192.168.1.8.
Why does the 192.168.1.196 fail to reserve for MAC = 00:04:5A:80:4A:2F of the Win98?
Re: With Nighthawk R7000 connected USB to printer, how can I print from Android phone over WIFI?
> [...] I used a Chrome browser for this. [...]
Running on what? The Windows 98 system, or something else? I'm not sure exactly what you're doing with what.
The "D" in "DHCP" is for "Dynamic", not "Whimsical". When the DHCP server grants an address lease, it won't let you fiddle with those parameters (until the lease expires). Similarly, a client which got a lease might expect to retain it. Changing addresses which are currently in use might require restarting everyone involved.
You might have a smoother path if you plan out your address reservations, disconnect all but one client device (computer with web browser) from the router, and then shut down both the client device and the router, and restart them _both_. That should give you a relatively clean slate on which to make your address reservations, thus avoiding most of the possible conflicts.
Worst case, if the client device which you're using for this job is already using an address which you want to reserve for some other device, then you might need to make two restart passes, to get it moved out of the way.
When you get all the address reservations configured on the router, then you should be able to connect all the client devices to the router, and get the expected results. (I'd probably restart all of them, but I'd expect that being disconnected for a while and then reconnected to a restarted router would be enough to stimulate them to request fresh parameters from the DHCP server.)
> R7000 firmware is V1.0.9.88_10.2.88. [...]
I doubt that it's significant for this problem, but that's far from the latest.
Running on what? The Windows 98 system, or something else? I'm not sure exactly what you're doing with what.
The router is in my home. I am the only person who operates it. There are eight or nine devices thar connect to the network at various times -- like cell phones, chromecasts, printer, TV's etc. . I wan't to reserve the IP for only one device -- the Windows 98 computer. It doesn't have a brand because I built it myself. Also on the network is a Windows 10 computer on which I run Google Chrome to access routerlogin.net and run setup. My current goal is to reserve IP number 192.168.1.196 for the Windows 98 computer only.
As you can see from my previous post, I followed a netgear procedure exactly and it didn't work.
My question is, what is the easiest way to block all devices except the router and the Windows 98 computer so I can start those two without the other devices interfering? I can't shut them down physically so I hope the router's setup system has a way to do that.
