Printing nightmare

Printing nightmare

Printing nightmare
Printing nightmare
2024-07-07 19:30:31 - last edited 2024-07-09 01:14:20
Model: TL-WPA4220 KIT  
Hardware Version: V1
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Can someone please clearly explain what is and what isn't possible with those adapters? There where many threads in the past but no clear answer or solution. 

 

I have very simple network:

 

1. Main Wifi router with Internet access

2. Wired TP link adapter connected to the router 

3. Wireless TP link adapter cloning main router Wifi. 

 

Devices in this network can be found only when connected to the same WiFi point (either router or tp link adapter). So it means printing is possible only from part of the house. Is there anyway to configure adapters so that all the connected devices are visible in entire house? No matter which WiFi point the printer is connected it gets the static ip address from the main router and even then it is possible to access it from the same WiFi point it is currently connected to? Isn't this broken routing by the adapters? 

 

If this simple problem cannot be solved due to limitations of those adapters, can someone recommend any others that are more capable? 

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Re:Printing nightmare
2024-07-09 07:27:54

  @mg666 

Hi

 

When the Powerline adapter is successfully configured, whether it is connected to a router or a Powerline adapter, the IP of the device is assigned by the router, so the printer and other devices can communicate with each other.

 

To check the connection between computer and Printer,try to ping printer IP address from computer and see if that is accessible.
How to Use the Ping Command
How to find IP address on your devices?

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2024-07-09 09:18:34 - last edited 2024-07-09 09:27:41

  @Joseph-TP hi, thanks for reply. Of course I use the ping tool. Whenever the printer connects to the wifi of the adapter, it is not possible to ping it from the original routrt wifi. It is possible only when connecting to the same network of the adapter. 

 

Is this wifi adapter working in truly access point mode? There are almost no settings in web interface of the adapter but I see there are settings for the subnet mask there, so isn't this adapter creating some sort of sub-network which makes devices connected to it not visible from the original router network? 

 

It looks like you blocked possibility of pasting links here, but on ubiquiti forum there was one topic with very similar problems. Someone had two wifi access points, one was connected to the main router through tp link extenders and he had problems with devices visibility when the user was roaming between the two access points - in my case there are also two access points to the same wifi network in fact - one is the main router and the second one is the wifi power line adapter. Last post with solution stated that it was the fault of the adapters because multicast traffic wasn't forwarded correctly and switching to different adapter vendor solved the problem. There the problem was not even with WiFi adapter but with the basic PA4010... 

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Re:Printing nightmare
2024-07-09 17:58:31

  @mg666 

 

Hi,

 

It could be that the signal quality of the Powerline connection is marginal.

 

To rule out that this is the case temporarily plug the WPA4220 adapter into a wall socket that is no more than a couple of meters away from the PA4010 and then perform your ping tests again.

 

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