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    Setting up a network printer on a different DHCP

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by saturnotaku, Nov 16, 2020.

  1. saturnotaku

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    On my home network, I have a combo modem/router where I have my desktop PC and a couple other devices connected. That area uses the DHCP range of 192.168.0.X. One of those devices is a Linksys Velop mesh network, which has its own DHCP range of 192.168.1.X. Since most of my devices are wireless, I have my Canon TR8520 AIO printer connected to one of the Ethernet ports on the Velop. That works fine for printing from my laptops, smartphones, and tablets. However, if I try to use the AIO from my desktop, I can't see it on the network. I tried adding the printer manually by IP address, but the computer doesn't see it. Googling doesn't produce any leads so I'm hoping I can find some help here.
     
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    Common cascading routers issue. Devices from the Velop should be able to connect to clients on the combo router since the Velop is essentially a LAN device for the first router but not in reverse due to NAT/Firewall on the WAN port side of the Velop. You could just set the Velop to AP mode and let the combo unit be the DHCP server for all clients or if you want to keep the current setup set the printer to the combo unit and the clients on the Velop should see it if you manually enter the IP on the Velop side clients.
     
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    I ended up working around it by plugging my switch into the other Ethernet port on the main Velop node, which put all devices that might need to use the printer within the same DHCP range. Appreciate the suggestion all the same.
     
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    Normally if I am running something on a different IP range I run a static route to that IP on a different subnet.

    So say I have Main Router on 192.168.0.1 and a printer on 192.168.1.4

    What I would do is make a static rout from 192.168.1.4 to 192.168.0.1 infact it's what I do for my modem to my router as I have them separated IP wise but need access to the Management GUI and stats GUI.

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