WNR834Bv2, Can I make a networkable, non-wireless printer accessible wirelessy?

[luke_airig]

Hello,

I recently acquired a used Brother MFC-8860DN printer that I would like to be able
to access wirelessly. It is not a wireless printer but it is ethernet capable.

My home network consists of a wireless network router: Netgear WNR834Bv2 RangeMax NEXT Wireless Router, 802.11n and 2 wireless-enabled laptop PCs, one win 10 and one win 8.1.

Until recently I had an older PC with no wireless capability that was wirelessly accessible on my home network. It was connected to my wireless router via an ethernet cable. I also had an old hp 1210 printer (that was share-enabled) that was connected to the PC via usb and I was able to wirelessly print to the hp 1210 from either of my PCs.

I have connected my Brother printer to my wireless router via an ethernet cable as well, but it does not appear in windows file explorer on either of my 2 laptop PCs and it does not appear in the list of available printers when I try to 'add printer'.

I have connected the printer to four different ethernet ports on the router and none of them have worked.

Can anyone help me with this configuration?

TIA

Luke

[luke_airig · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply, antinode.

Sorry for omitting firmware version.

port-status LED indicator on the WNR834Bv2 is solid yellow

Installed the appropriate software on my "my 2 laptop PCs"

Read the printer documentation

Problem has been resolved.

For future reference here are the steps:

Dink around for a couple hours reading docs, connecting devices, rechecking connections between devices.

Compose a post to the Netgear forum summarizing the problem.

Wake up the next morning, and have the previously non-discoverable printer suddenly discoverable and accessible on the network.

Go figure.

[antinode]

> [...] WNR834Bv2 [...]

   Nice antique.  Firmware version?

> [...] I have connected my Brother printer to my wireless router via an
> ethernet cable [...]

   Does the port-status LED indicator on the WNR834Bv2 indicate a good
physical link?

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get the Manuals.  Look for "LED".

> [..] but it does not appear in windows file explorer on either of my 2
> laptop PCs and it does not appear in the list of available printers when
> I try to 'add printer'.

   Did you install the appropriate software on your "my 2 laptop PCs"?
Or read the printer documentation?

      https://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc8860dn_all

[luke_airig · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the reply, antinode.

Sorry for omitting firmware version.

port-status LED indicator on the WNR834Bv2 is solid yellow

Installed the appropriate software on my "my 2 laptop PCs"

Read the printer documentation

Problem has been resolved.

For future reference here are the steps:

Dink around for a couple hours reading docs, connecting devices, rechecking connections between devices.

Compose a post to the Netgear forum summarizing the problem.

Wake up the next morning, and have the previously non-discoverable printer suddenly discoverable and accessible on the network.

Go figure.