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HP 8600 PRO Printer and Gateway connection
HELP unable to connect (wirelessly) our HP 8600 PRO printer to the 5G Gateway we just received. I have entered the pw as we have on all of our other devices and have not had success. The printer con...
According to a quick search HP support states -
- 802.11 b/g/n – 2.4 GHz networks only
This means you will probably have to either separate the 2.4 GHz radio from the 5 GHz bands OR
You can add an additional SSID on the 2.4 GHz radio only (provide a name for the printer net)
Authentication type is “probably” WPA or WPA2 so include WPA/WPA2 authentication types
If you still have issues trying to get the printer to connect direct to the gateway and have a wireless extender or an older wireless router you can connect to the gateway then you can run only the 2.4 GHz radio on the older router and use either as a workaround for connecting direct to the gateway.
Note: Printers that only work on the 2.4 GHz band (especially older ones) can have problems connecting to and staying connected to the T-Mobile gateways via the 802.11ax protocol solution. Some other routers play nicer with this but the ones that T-Mobile use don't seem to play nice with older 2.4GHz adapters. In some instances it comes down to older drivers not working well with the newer standard. I know it is supposed to be backward compatible but reality is old drivers are not always perfect either.
