I’ve a fiber optic reference to a Huawei OptiXstar Wi-Fi 6 router, just lately put in as an improve over the earlier one (a FritzBox 7490).
My printer is a Canon i-Sensys LBP223DW which, till earlier than this modification, was at all times being recognised with none subject by all my (and my companion’s) gadgets.
The road is configured with a 2.4 and a 5 GHz networks. All gadgets (an iPhone 6S+ & an iPhone XS; an iPad Professional 9.7 (2015), an iPad Air 2020, and an iPad Professional 2018; a Mac mini 2018 and a MacBook Professional M3 Max) join flawlessly to each networks.
IoT gadgets (we now have only a few, a dehumidifier, a vacuum cleaner, and the printer) require 2.4 GHz networks—no concept if this is because of their age or different selections.
My workflow was to go to print a doc, faucet on Choose Printer, and it could be there within the listing ready for me. Immediately, I seen this was not the case. I reset the printer and reconfigured it from scratch, including it to the native 2.4 GHz community. The printer’s display stated connection was “Good”, and the identify of the community was right. But, the MBP M3 Max with macOS 15.1 would see it (because it was configured earlier than in Sonoma) with a yellow gentle. It will not print. I eliminated it and tried so as to add it once more. macOS wouldn’t see it as earlier than.
From the printer display, I browsed to seek out its IP handle, then, on macOS, added the printer by means of the IP tab, which labored. My iPhone XS (iOS 18.1) and iPad Professional (iPadOS 18.1) wouldn’t see it. I restarted the printer, then these gadgets would see the printer.
My companion’s gadgets (iPhone on iOS 16.7, iPad Professional on iPadOS 16.7.10, iPad Air on iPadOS 17.6), although, wouldn’t discover the printer except they might change their wifi connection to the two.4 GHz as effectively, one thing that neither the Mac nor my different gadgets needed to do.
I attempted to restart the gadgets, to neglect the networks and reconnect, nothing. If they’re on the 5 GHz they might not discover the printer.
Truthfully, this seems to be like a silly subject, however I don’t know find out how to work round it? Is it my new router doing one thing in opposition to particular gadgets which have an older web protocol? Please discover that their connectivity is ideal although. Is it the printer?
What would you counsel me to do?
Thanks!