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Konko-the-Sigh
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Re: Canon printer will not connect to T-Mobile 5G Gateway home internet
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.9Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Canon printer will not connect to T-Mobile 5G Gateway home internet
My printer is 10-15 years old. Maybe thats why it doesn't work with WPA/WPA3. How old is your printer? For others who may be reading this, are your printers 1-2 years old? Is there a connection issue with newer printers and other wifi connected devices?8Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Canon printer will not connect to T-Mobile 5G Gateway home internet
Good you got it connected. Another thing came up. I had to choose between a more secure WPA3 or wireless printing. I connected back to my original settings. I had to login but I expected that. What I didn't expect was one of my macs wasn't connecting. I moved closer to the gateway and got connected. I had a feeling I could have more than one network. So I looked and found how to create another network. Its on the t mobile internet app under Network. I can use this network for my wireless mac with WPA/WPA2 and 2.4 GHz. USB connected printers are heaven on earth.8Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Canon printer will not connect to T-Mobile 5G Gateway home internet
I looked everywhere for a solution. I didn't find it until SSW showed me the light and the way. I have a canon pixma mx870 and a macbook retina 2015 setup. I followed his steps and the printer, mac and me be happy. the Mac was a test subject and it did not suffer. I did all the sweating and frustration. I saw "the printer is connected" on the printer screen. I printed one sheet and tried another copy. oh no there was no copy! after staring off into the ether, I looked up the mac menu bar. the wifi icon was dimmed. I clicked on it selected my access name and entered my password. tried a print and oh happy day it worked! I had to get away from Apple Air Print. I finally got the full printing menu but please don't ask me how I did it. but it was in the add a printer in system preferences/settings. My canon pro 1000 works also.10Visto0likes0Comentarios