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ORBI RBK53 Fails to Connect to Epson Workforce 845 Wireless Printer
I recently replaced my Netgear Nighthawk 1700 Router and Extender with an ORBI RBK53 Mesh Router and 2 Satellites to get better WIFI Coverage throughout my chopped up Brick House. It is working grea...
granvillea wrote:
........ I assume it is probably because the 2.4 Radio chip on the Printer is older and does not support some of the newer channels above 11 while the ORBI is constantly trying to optimize to the best. I did just use Auto but am unsure how to get to the setup that allows me to choose channels or other advanced feature setup. ............
As explained above, please use orbilogin.com to change the 2.4 GHz channel to 11 :)
I believe tht this will help with this pronter.
Thank you so much for your help. I am now logged in to the ORBI Setup in a browser window on my iMac. I changed the Setting from Auto to Channel 11 and checked the other 3 boxes you recommended. I now see only 2 Orbi Networks on my Printer but when I try to connect I get the following error message on the Printer Setup " A router/access point channel conflict has been detected. If you have probelms printing or scanning improve your wireless network environment". The WIFI Setup shows 2 ORBI85 (the Network Name) Available Connections so I presume it is seeing both the Router and at least one of the Satellites.
Consider adding a little Gigabit Ethernet switch - worth every penny, and no need to deal with some smart a** embedded WiFi client on the printer.
I will probably do just that. I like wired ethernet connections where I do not have to pull cable because I don't get the bandwidth issues or the reliability issues either. That is why I set up the backhaul on the ORBI system as Ethernet rather than WiFi as I already had the cabling from my Nighthawk 1700 and Extenders.