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Any Solution to the Printer connection problems with T-Mobile Gateways?
Installed my Arcadyan KYD21 Router last Friday, and everything works fine except that I cannot get my HP 8600 printer connected. Been through multiple conversations with support, and tried everything...
Got my Brother MCF working finally. TM gateway app showed my printer in the devices tab, but other devices couldn't connect to it. Solución:
1 open gateway app and select network tab
2 tap + button lower right
3 create a new Ssid and password
4 set frequency band to 2.4 Ghz
5 set WPA Version to WPA/WPA2
6 set WPA Encryption to AES (TKIP & AES)
7 Tap SAVE
8 Reconfigure your printer wifi to connect to the new SSID you just created.
9 Once connected other devices should connect to the printer.
Note: Before creating the new SSID , I already had separate 2.4 and 5.0 networks set up with different SSIDs.
Removing the Century-Link DSL yoke would be nice. Hum… well I thought that was the printer model so yes it is roughly 8 years old and getting older. I am not sure I would jump for Xfinity over T-Mobile as the contract, fees, all the little one off options to consider makes the T-Mobile solution pretty attractive. No contract, no data cap, $50/month with auto pay and I can walk away at any time and just send the gateway back to them. I believe that printer, based upon the documentation I found, has an Ethernet port on it. With a pair of TP-Link Ethernet over power adapters that would be pretty simple to connect to the gateway or a switch connected to the gateway. Or a simple relocation of the printer depending upon how often it is used etc.. Well, it is hard to say why it does not connect to the 2.4 GHz channel. It is so old HP will have no driver downloads available and if that is due to some bug then it is unlikely the WIFI will play nice.
I don't know how much the Xfinity cost would be per month and have not considered it as well they don't have any service in our area. For me it was T-Mobile or Hughes Net and well we both know Hughes Net is probably no better than Century-Link DSL for actual speeds and Hughes Net is more cost higher latency and a 2 year contract. I just don't like contracts with the big ISP providers as they seem to bump the cost up when they feel like it and they have you hooked.
If you are connecting to a stable tower connection with n41 with T-Mobile the download speeds are pretty impressive. How long will that profile last? Time will tell. I will only have n71 here for probably a long time but it works really well. You know how it goes. They state they will deliver the Xfinity cable "soon" but well timelines are usually altered. You could do the T-Mobile solution and walk away at any time and improve your solution over the slow DSL link. I don't know that I would go backward for a printer issue especially if it was not my printer. I have no connection to T-Mobile other than being a normal user. I have seen 10X the bandwidth, more stability, less cost, and no contract with T-Mobile as a huge win over the expensive, slow DSL solution we had in CA.
Best wishes to you! Hope you get things sorted out soon.
