I have just bought a HP C7180 All-in-one printer. The main reason being that it said it was wireless. But, it will not connect wirelessly to my network. I have a Thomson/Speedtouch 580 router (from Tiscali) and I have 1 desktop and up to 3 laptops connected to it which all work fine (wireless). When I try to set up the printer using the network wizard (on the printer) it finds my network, I type in the WPA-PSK passcode, then it says it cannot connect. I have set up the printer mac code on the ACL on the router to allow the printer to connect but still no joy. I tried reducing the security level to WEP and it worked fine, however I prefer the higher security. I have now connected the printer to the router with a cable and that works but the printer is in the wrong place and the whole point was to be wireless. I have tried HP website and phone and they were useless. Nothing on the Speedtouch website either. Anyone got any advice - should I be able to do this or am I dreaming?
2007-01-29 06:04:48 · 4 answers · asked by L'il Tree 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Still no luck. Have decided to buy a new router anyway. Thanks for the help.
2007-01-31 08:36:44 · update #1
Well, you seem to be pushing the limits of a regular wireless router, however, if your Wireless Router has MAC address filtering, then define the printer in as part of the wirless system, and that should work.
The printer should have a Server sort of system to work with more than one printer, or at least a Spooler that enables it for multiple PC use
2007-01-29 06:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 03:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep your firewall is most proberly stopping you from setting but the link, you may have to configur your firewall to allow your printer to accesss the network
2007-01-29 06:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being able to see it for myself makes it difficult to diagnose this one , however it sonds like WEP key wrongly entered .Easy done and easy to miss check your Channel settings also . hard one this . May even be possible that it is a known fault check for driver updates . hope this helps ....Vortash
2007-01-29 06:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by vortash2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋