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Wifi printer connection not re-established after powering modem down
I have a Canon Pixma MP495 wifi Enabled printer. When I was with AT&T, I could power down all of my equipment at night -- Router, printer, laptop ac adapter -- to conserve electricity. In the morning, when I powered everything back up, the printer was online and ready to print. Now with my Cisco DPC 3825 gateway and Cox, the printer remains offline. I have tried reconnecting the printer using both the router hardware WPS button and the router's virtual button in the router's software which says the printer is successfully connected, but the printer doesn't come back online. Any suggestions?
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When you install a wireless printer, the IP of the printer given to it by that router is saved in the driver. When you got the new router, it probably gave your printer a different IP. So even though the printer is connected to the new router, its still trying to use the old IP, which the printer no longer uses.
Refer to this document and try also running the "Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant (Windows)" Should be the 5th item under software.
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