01-11-2023 07:42 AM
Okay, I have a weird problem. I have had Google Wifi for several months now, no problems. When the guys were here putting everything in I got the app and connected everything, no problems.
This included my printer from the subject. Don't recall how I connected it wirelessly exactly but it defintiely was. Right up through a couple of days ago. I got a new laptop though and was setting everything up with that, and had it connected to the printer (wirelessly). However I was having some problems with the Epson software (something about the network channel assigned was not supported, never figured that one out either) and as part of the troubleshooting disabled the WIreless LAN on the printer.
I have since tried to reconnect it to my Wifi, and not having any luck. It finds the SSID no problem, but it is not accepting my password. From Epson I found reference to 'WEP key is 5 or 13 characters, it’s ASCII. If the WEP key is 10 or 26 characters, it’s hexadecimal' with the password (it also says Your printer supports the following wireless security modes: WEP, WPA, and WPA2).
When I enter my actual password (8 characters) it will not take it. I have even changed it to 5 characters per the above to see if that would work and it did not.
I have it connected via wired LAN right now but can't keep it that way. Any suggestions? What really confounds me is that it was connected for months and now that I disconnected it recently I cannot get it reconnected.
Here is the current printer LAN info:
Printer Name : EPSONBC91EA
Connection Status : 100BASE-TX Full Duplex
Obtain IP Address : Auto
IP Address : 192.168.86.142
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : 192.168.86.1
File Sharing : Enable
File Sharing Mode : Read Only
MAC Address : 00:26:AB:BC:91:EA
Here is my Google Wifi info:
Protocol: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Security type: WPA2-Personal
Manufacturer: MediaTek, Inc.
Description: MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921 Wireless LAN Card
Driver version: 3.3.0.713
Network band: 5 GHz
Network channel: 36
Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 866/866 (Mbps)
IPv6 address: fd69:c7c8:77a8:5d3f:2217:3fc9:fd36:f88d
Link-local IPv6 address: fe80::a805:c44:5a7e:8f79%8
IPv4 address: 192.168.86.133
IPv4 DNS servers: 192.168.86.1 (Unencrypted)
Physical address (MAC): 30-03-C8-2C-A6-B3
Thanks, Matt
01-12-2023 06:59 AM
Heard back from Epson, how can I do this? I don't see any documentation on this with my Google WIfi:
Printer can only connect to 2.4Ghz network, since you are using a 5 GHz wireless router, set the router to operate in dual band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) mode. If your router uses a single network name (SSID) for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band, give each band its own network name (SSID) instead, such as Home Network 2.4 GHz and Home Network 5 GHz. See your router documentation or contact your internet service provider for instructions.
01-16-2023 10:33 PM - edited 01-23-2023 10:52 PM
Hi mrt77,
Thanks for posting ― let's see what's going on.
The Google Wifi point(s) uses the same name for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band networks. This means that the Wi-Fi network uses both radio bands. But keep in mind: while both bands can be used, the personal devices (a smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.) will connect to only one radio band at any given time. Nest Wifi, Google Wifi, or OnHub attempts to select the band that will deliver the best performance for your device. Currently there is no option to manually disable either of the bands or to connect to them separately.
Give these steps a try:
Create a hotspot with a mobile phone. However, 2 mobile phones are required:
Use the first device to create a hotspot (mobile phone).
How to set up a mobile hotspot:
Android
iOS:
Let us know how it goes.
Best,
Abi
01-22-2023 10:17 PM
Hello mrt77,
Chiming in to see if you still need assistance with this. Hope the previous post helped. Let us know if you have additional questions ― we'd love to help.
Regards,
Abi
01-23-2023 10:49 PM
Hi mrt77,
Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks,
Abi