01-20-2020, 02:38 PM
There are several possibilities that may be causing the connection failure.
1) Not all printers connected via wifi to a lan can pass ptp via wifi through a nano station.
2) *For reference the Android devices may not be connecting through the nano station to the printer, notably if they are still running on their LTE network even though connected to your lan via wifi. Not really a good test argument.*
3) The MOST likely problem: Your LL laps configured themselves to connect to the printer wifi signal directly rather than over the lan as Linux wireless would recognize the mghz bandwidth difference and handle the printer signal accordingly/separately. You need to check the IP of the printer on your lan and see if LL is connecting to that IP or connecting directly to the printer. Turn the router off and see if LL still connects to the printer.Also the icon disappearing is the main clue here. It indicates that the printer is out of range. You also say there are two choices for printing from LL. The one that's working is probably the direct connection to the printer. The one that's not working is the bridged connection to the printer on the lan. You have to configure that one to connect to the printer's router generated IP on the lan.
TC
1) Not all printers connected via wifi to a lan can pass ptp via wifi through a nano station.
2) *For reference the Android devices may not be connecting through the nano station to the printer, notably if they are still running on their LTE network even though connected to your lan via wifi. Not really a good test argument.*
3) The MOST likely problem: Your LL laps configured themselves to connect to the printer wifi signal directly rather than over the lan as Linux wireless would recognize the mghz bandwidth difference and handle the printer signal accordingly/separately. You need to check the IP of the printer on your lan and see if LL is connecting to that IP or connecting directly to the printer. Turn the router off and see if LL still connects to the printer.Also the icon disappearing is the main clue here. It indicates that the printer is out of range. You also say there are two choices for printing from LL. The one that's working is probably the direct connection to the printer. The one that's not working is the bridged connection to the printer on the lan. You have to configure that one to connect to the printer's router generated IP on the lan.
TC
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