Asus notebook, Linksys router, Canon do everything wirerless printer and Time Warner DSL modem; initially Win7 but recent upgrade to Win10. Evrything works except the printer (in both Win7 and Win10). I suspect the TW modem as the culprit but can't figure out how to correct it. Getting expensive running to the library and paying for printing.
jaydee2 0 Light Poster
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Is the modem also a router/switch/Wifi access point?
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
How about the old (?) USB cable connection?
jaydee2 0 Light Poster
You're going to have to say more.
jaydee2 0 Light Poster
Rubberman: the modem looks like a standard dislike modem. 5 blinking lights, cable to tv and to router. (It's my son's setup and he uses a cell phone only but got TW dsl and tv package).
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@jay. Connecting printers via USB was the way for over a decade. Prior to that was decade+ of parallel and serial cables. WiFi is pretty new and I find folk screaming "not easy enough."
My answer is to go back to USB since it avoids having to deal with the router or WiFi AP.
jaydee2 0 Light Poster
The problem with the usb cable as I see it, the laptop is at one end and the printer's at the other.
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@jay. All cables I've used over the years have the laptop at one end and the printer at the other end. That's how things are today. I would be guessing that you meant something else like how it is more convenient to use the printers at the library?
jaydee2 0 Light Poster
That plus...friend dropped by and made the printer wireless !!!! I wasn't there so don't ask. Jd
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