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Dd wrt won't let my wireless printer be found?

  • 07-08-2015 6:17pm
    #1
    Grawns
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    Hi
    I've spent hours trying to fix this and sm baffled. I have ddwrt running as a bridged router and it assigns my wireless printer an IP and the printer states everything is OK. Hiwever I can't find it when I went to print. Thought it was the printer after multiple setups including USB until I moved it and it prints fine from my primary router. It was working before? I have changed channel recently but that's it.

    What am I missing? Help!


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  • #2
    mass_debater
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    Grawns wrote: »
    Hi
    I've spent hours trying to fix this and sm baffled. I have ddwrt running as a bridged router and it assigns my wireless printer an IP and the printer states everything is OK. Hiwever I can't find it when I went to print. Thought it was the printer after multiple setups including USB until I moved it and it prints fine from my primary router. It was working before? I have changed channel recently but that's it.

    What am I missing? Help!

    Bridged router? Please explain how you have this configured, if you bridge you do not route


  • #3
    Grawns
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    mass_debater wrote: »
    Bridged router? Please explain how you have this configured, if you bridge you do not route

    It's a router (assigns IP addresses through dhcp) and it wirelessly Bridged ( no physical connection not an AP) to my primary router which in turn is wired to my upc modem. Maybe it's a repeater?


  • #4
    mass_debater
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    Grawns wrote: »
    It's a router (assigns IP addresses through dhcp) and it wirelessly Bridged ( no physical connection not an AP) to my primary router which in turn is wired to my upc modem. Maybe it's a repeater?

    If it's a wireless bridge it shouldn't be assigning ip addresses. You only want one DHCP server, your primary router will most likely already be doing it causing conflicts


  • #5
    Grawns
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    mass_debater wrote: »
    If it's a wireless bridge it shouldn't be assigning ip addresses. You only want one DHCP server, your primary router will most likely already be doing it causing conflicts

    It's a repeater bridge, it's supposed to assign ips, they're not on the same network


  • #6
    mass_debater
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    Grawns wrote: »
    It's a repeater bridge, it's supposed to assign ips, they're not on the same network

    How do you expect your devices to see the printer if it's in another subnet? Why do you want two subnets?


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  • #7
    Grawns
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    mass_debater wrote: »
    How do you expect your devices to see the printer if it's in another subnet? Why do you want two subnets?

    OK thanks


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