Very Complicated Printing Situation

[reconninja33]

Hello,

I just built a custom pc, and I need to figure out how to print from it.

My home wifi is complicated. 

I have two routers, router A, and router B. All the wifi devices are connected to Router A, and router a is connected to router b through my homes built in wall run ethernet, and the direct line from my ISP, along with my ethernet lines are connecteed to router B, but Router B also does broadcast a wireless signal. My new pc is connected via ethernet to router B. My printer, in a whole nother room is connected to router A via wifi. I need to figure out how to wirelessly print from my pc to the printer. Should I connect the printer to router B? Would that make the printer and my pc on the same network b/c the pc is connected to router B via ethernet? RN, the pc won't detect the printer b/c the printer is connected to router A, and the pc is connectred to router B. So how do I print?

Thanks in Advanced,

Reconninja33

 

(PS: I know having two routers makes things worse, but my isp line goes into a closet inside a bedroom, so i need to have the router somewhere else to broadcast the signle better. Router B is basically a switch for my ethernet  that also acts as a backup wifi retwork)

[W-L]

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If you want the devise on router B to print to the printer on router A it needs to be setup as a LAN to WAN where the first router connects to the second router like this to get devices to communicate through the whole network:

http://www.linksys.com/ca/support-article?articleNum=132275

[Liltrekkie]

If you have the printers IP that router A assigns it, the software that you install for your printer on your computer should either automatically find it, or have you manually input the IP for said printer and it'll find it form there. 

[reconninja33]

So if I find the ip address of the printer, and I connect to it via my computer, would it print? Or do I have to setup the whole Lan Wan thing? Also, would the Lan Wan thing disrupt my current wireless setup?

[reconninja33]

I'll try what liltrekkie said later in the morning or something. Thanks!

[W-L]

So if I find the ip address of the printer, and I connect to it via my computer, would it print? Or do I have to setup the whole Lan Wan thing? Also, would the Lan Wan thing disrupt my current wireless setup?

 

Depending on how you have your wifi setup the LAN to WAN setup make it a bit more streamline where can have the ability to automatically change between AP's when moving around. I have a similar setup but didn't use LAN to WAN so I can have more choice on which AP I'm connected to or change it manually if it doesn't switch automatically.

[Liltrekkie]

So if I find the ip address of the printer, and I connect to it via my computer, would it print? Or do I have to setup the whole Lan Wan thing? Also, would the Lan Wan thing disrupt my current wireless setup?

 

This greatly depends on the software suite your printer uses on your PC, I have a cannon MP560, and when I download and install it's software on my PC, it scans my network for the printer, But if it cant detect it, I can go to the printer, enter the settings, find the IP that the router set within the WAN/LAN info screen, and input it into the printer software on my PC, and then when you hit print (provided you set that printer as the default printer) windows will try to print to that printer. 

[Smite]

bridging aka stop having 2 devices doing dhcp handing out 2 different (or the same subnets) and possibly different gateways. 

[reconninja33]

ok. I tired entering the ip adress while the printer was connected to router one, but to no avail. I then tired to enter the ip adress while the printer was connected to router 2's network via windows, but again, no avail. I am now trying to download the brother software and scan it from there. 

[reconninja33]

Yeah, the brother thing didn't work either. I will try the lan wan thingie. 

[W-L]

Yeah, the brother thing didn't work either. I will try the lan wan thingie. 

 

You need to connected it that way (LAN to WAN) for the network to communicate between the secondary to the main router to do things within the network:

http://superuser.com/questions/936062/expanding-wireless-coverage-what-are-the-differences-between-lan-to-lan-and-lan

[reconninja33]

ok. to to the lan wan thingie, i need to know my router's password when i type the ip in the browser. Time to dig out my sheet of router passwords. Will check back later. 

[reconninja33]

If you want the devise on router B to print to the printer on router A it needs to be setup as a LAN to WAN where the first router connects to the second router like this to get devices to communicate through the whole network:

http://www.linksys.com/ca/support-article?articleNum=132275

My router is in lan to wan. Printing still doesn't work. I tired to connect to the printer directly via the ip adress, and it didn't work! Whyyyy!

Also, i have a question. I know powerline ethernet exists, but what about powerline usb? This would solve all my problems. I could plug one end from my printer into the powerline adapter, and the other into my pc in the other room! does anyone know of such a product?

[W-L]

My router is in lan to wan. Printing still doesn't work. I tired to connect to the printer directly via the ip adress, and it didn't work! Whyyyy!

Also, i have a question. I know powerline ethernet exists, but what about powerline usb? This would solve all my problems. I could plug one end from my printer into the powerline adapter, and the other into my pc in the other room! does anyone know of such a product?

 

I believe they had something like that before, but using the LAN to WAN does work, I've seen it done before. One thing is did you set a static IP for your secondary router and disable DHCP, setting it into bridge mode. 

[reconninja33]

I tried that, but it kind of got really weird. When i disabled DHCP on router A (the secondary router), the network still broadcasted a signal, it just didn't work (like connected computers couldn't access wifi). Also, i don't know how to enable bridging mode. Do i do it on my primary router, or the secondary one? Also, will that make all the computers on the same network so that i can print? 

[W-L]

I tried that, but it kind of got really weird. When i disabled DHCP on router A (the secondary router), the network still broadcasted a signal, it just didn't work. Also, i don't know how to enable bridging mode. Do i do it on my primary router, or the secondary one? Also, will that make all the computers on the same network so that i can print? 

 

It needs to be done on the secondary router, where you enable bridge mode, it needs to be done directly with a computer connected to it. Once that is done and a static IP is set on the main router to link up the secondary one you should be able to see everything in the network and be able to communicate with each other.

[reconninja33]

I ended up not doing that cause it just wouldn't work for me. I just used a really old WiFi adapter I had from 2006 wich is wireless g, and somehow there were drivers and it worked. So now that I have WiFi, it's very easy to print. I set windows up so that it prioritizes the ethernet first, so why I'm browsing the Web it uses the faster ethernet and only uses WiFi for printing. But Thankd anyway.