Ever since I got a new router my printer sometimes gets this weird IP 169.something theoretically it’s an IP that’s outside of my network so I obviously can’t connect to it. On the router I’ve set a permanent IP for the printer but for some reason it just gets this weird one sometimes. When I click on the WiFi icon on the screen it shows that it is connected to my WiFi but the IP is wrong. Only thing that seems to fix it Is restarting the printer untill it’s figures it out
My network is made up of two routers one upstairs and a second one downstairs setup as a repeater, printer connects to the repeater. Is it possible I set something wrong when setting up the network? I turned off the DHCP server on the repeater so only the main router is assigning IPs any ida what could it be?
Hello,
I’m not sure I fully understand your setup.
First of all, you should only have one DHCP server on your network.
If you have a repeater, disable its routing functions.
It’s best if the DHCP server is built into the router.
You’d be better off choosing a simple setup.
Try that and let us know what happens.
Thats what I have, DHCP ON in the main router and OFF in the repeater.
There isn’t really a way to simplify my network so I have to use a repeater and connect my printer to it, all other devices seem to have no issues with it that’s why I’m thinking it’s something about the printer
aparently the problem is in the printer-repeater relation on the repeater side, i restarted the printer a few times and nothing changed but when i retarted the wifi repeater it worked started working again. there is more devices connecting to that repeater and they don’t seem to have those issues so it’s something specyfic about the printer-repeater connection.
for now im happy that i found a way to fix it when needed, if anyone knows what could be cousing this and how to fix it permanently im all ears.
the repeater is linksys WRT1900acs
and main router is TP-link archer MR600
if that helps
@wertty Are you running stock or OpenWRT on the WRT1900acs? If you are, perhaps it’s a specific OpenWRT connection policy that the 3D printer might be having a conflict with?
I’ve not used OpenWRT in years, asking in case someone with more current knowledge about OpenWRT can provide some help.
the linksys router is set as a wifi repeater it “connection type: Wireless Repeater”
the SSID is not the same but i figured it’s just a name of the network displayed for the users
honesly i don’t know what you’re talking about, im guessing it’s some sort of firmware i could upload to the router, if so than no im using is stock just in wireless repeater mode
It’s not that simple.
If the router and the access point are close to each other and use the same SSID, the device may switch back and forth between the two Wi-Fi signals at random.
Is the repeater close enough to run an ethernet cable?
The network connections are handled by the Linux half of your mainboard. There are likely phantom network connections in the Armbian image Sovol loaded onto your machine. Cleaning up leftover bits and pieces may solve your issue.
There are quite a few tools you can use VIA ssh but it’s risky to configure WiFi on a box that has no other communication interface.
If you mess it up you can plug in a HDMI monitor (or TV) and a USB keyboard to sort things out.
Yes, OpenWRT is custom firmware for that line of Linksys routers, allows a lot more control over the router and it’s functional modes than the stock firmware. Thought it was worth a ask, TY.
I don’t know if it is still the case but many year ago LinkSys used the same radio hardware for all global markets. OpenWRT would allow you to access transmitter power settings… ermmm well settings were available not in the official US FW. I’ve no idea if that holds true for newer units.
i solved it, aparently the wifi module on the rassberrypi struggled with 2.4Ghz on a 40MHz bandwith, it has too big packet loss to work, i changed it to 20MHz and it works again
Point of note: The H616 system on module on the Ace motherboard is NOT a Raspberry PI. It serves as the Klipper HOST, which is a role typically served by a Raspberry Pi.
The H616 does run a variant of Debian but can’t run the RPi variant of Debian.
Yes it is nit picky to call this out but I don’t want another user to tear their printer apart looking for a RPi.