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Canon printer will not connect to T-Mobile 5G Gateway home internet
I have the Arcadyan KVD21 Gateway and a Canon PIXMA TR4520 printer. I have tried multiple methods to connect the printer to the T-Mobile wifi network and am still unsuccessful. Currently, I am attemp...
For my Pixma MG5420, I had to change the WPA version on the Tmobile gateway app (Network tab, select your wifi network, under WPA version, change to WPA/WPA2 from WPA2/WPA3). Then on the printer, go to Device Settings ->LAN settings, ->wireless lan setup, ->Other setup options, ->Standard setup,->select access point, → Directly enter the access point name, then manually enter your wifi network and the passcode. Voila! This is after a fruitless call to Tmobile tech support, which described the problem I had connecting to a printer problem, and transfer me to Cannon tech support, which never connected me to a live person, but instead directed me to their website, then hung up.
I set up a second network with WPA WPA3 and 2.4 GHz. Connected the printer and made several copies. Problem solved, not really. Later that night i tried to make prints but no succss. There was ! Alert Next to the printer i was using. Cancelled the print job looked for more alerts but found none. Tried to print again but the ! Alert came back. I shut down the mac for the night. This morning tried again. Turned on the printer and it went into print mode. I didn't do print setup on the mac. Talk about delayed reaction time. There may be a bug somewhere in the mac. Its old and getting older. The printer is almost as old. Ghosts in the machines.
BTW this all happened in the T Mobile default network. The second network will not connect the mac and printer. Fun times in old Bixby.
