Printer Wifi seems to be corrupting Router internet access ???
Hi,
I have a weird problem.
A friend has just bought a Lexmark 7500 Wireless All-In-One inkjet printer. I have set its wireless up correctly so that wireless laptops can print from it, and ethernet connected desktops can via the router. However one cannot access the internet when the wireless printer is operating. I have tried IPCONFIG /RENEW, and this all seems fine.
When you switch the printer off AND switch off and switch on the router then you can reconnect to the internet from the laptops and desktop PCs etc.
So somehow the printer WiFi is messing with the router internet setup. Incidentally it is a SOHOspeed ADSL Wireless router.
Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Sam
I have a weird problem.
A friend has just bought a Lexmark 7500 Wireless All-In-One inkjet printer. I have set its wireless up correctly so that wireless laptops can print from it, and ethernet connected desktops can via the router. However one cannot access the internet when the wireless printer is operating. I have tried IPCONFIG /RENEW, and this all seems fine.
When you switch the printer off AND switch off and switch on the router then you can reconnect to the internet from the laptops and desktop PCs etc.
So somehow the printer WiFi is messing with the router internet setup. Incidentally it is a SOHOspeed ADSL Wireless router.
Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Sam
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5prock3t, thanks for the reply... I have some questions though..
"Check to make sure that the printer or one of the laptops is not using a static IP address that is in your DHCP pool."
>>>> I hoped to have achieved this by doing an IPCONFIG /RENEW to ensure that the IP addresses are unique. I suppose you are also say that I should check that all the clients are setup to use Dynamic IP as opposed to Static IP in the TCP/IP settings.
"You could also check your router's signal strength if the wifi printer is near it, could be overpowering the link between that laptop and the access point."
>>>>> This is a new one on me, and could be true since the printer is on a table which is imediately to the left of a worktop with the desktop and router on it with the router nearest to the printer. So I could get my friend to move the printer to another room and retry.
Comments on the above would be greatly appreciated, and your help thus far is hugely appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
"Check to make sure that the printer or one of the laptops is not using a static IP address that is in your DHCP pool."
>>>> I hoped to have achieved this by doing an IPCONFIG /RENEW to ensure that the IP addresses are unique. I suppose you are also say that I should check that all the clients are setup to use Dynamic IP as opposed to Static IP in the TCP/IP settings.
"You could also check your router's signal strength if the wifi printer is near it, could be overpowering the link between that laptop and the access point."
>>>>> This is a new one on me, and could be true since the printer is on a table which is imediately to the left of a worktop with the desktop and router on it with the router nearest to the printer. So I could get my friend to move the printer to another room and retry.
Comments on the above would be greatly appreciated, and your help thus far is hugely appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam
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5prock3t:, Checking this all out now...
Sam.
Sam.
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thanks
You could also check your router's signal strength if the wifi printer is near it, could be overpowering the link between that laptop and the access point.