HP wireless printer drops off from wireless router

SOURCE: Can't print using HP C6180 Printer via DG834G router

I helped a friend with this problem. He had Vista and was running through a Linksys router. You could see the printer, access the webserver through Internet Explorer by browsing to the IP (192.168.1.X), but the print job would hang, but would kick off immediateley if you reboot, but after it came up and printed that one job, it wouldn't print again. Here is the fix:

Find the IP of the printer and the exact name, which you should be able to get from browsing in Internet explorer to the IP. I think its under the farthest left tab and the 2nd option on the sidebar. I renamed it to HPC6180 because the original name was something like HP92601345U.

Now right click on the start button and click properties and select Classic Start Menu and click Apply/OK. (You can change this back later)

Click on the start button again and click Run and type in "drivers". When that folder opens up, go into the "etc" folder.

Right click on the file named "hosts" and click properties and uncheck "Read Only"

Then double click on the "hosts" file and open it in notepad.
Go down to the first line that isn't commented, it should say something like 127.0.0.1. Position your cursor on that line and hit enter to move 127.0.0.1 down one row. Then enter the IP address of your printer. Space over and line up with the entry below and add the Host Name (mine was HPC6180).

Click file and Save As, and in the file type, change it from .txt to "All files" and click ok, and click OK to overwrite existing file.

Close all your windows and reboot and try to print again. It should work now.

SOURCE: Netgear wpn824v3 slow connection, etc

MTU Adjustment

1. Access the web-based utility of the router.

a. Please open any web browser like Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
b. Connect to the router by typing http://routerlogin.com/basicsetting.htm or http://192.168.1.1 in the address field and click Enter or Return key.
c. A window will prompt for a user name and password. The default username is "admin" and the default password is "password".

Note: If it does not take password as the password, you might have changed it when you have run the NETGEAR Setup CD so please try other passwords. If you cannot remember the password, you need to reset the router and run the Setup CD to reconfigure it.

2. Adjust the MTU setting.

a. Click on the WAN Setup under Advanced tab.
b. Lower down the MTU size to 1492, 1400, 1358 or 1300.
c. Click on the Apply button.

Note: You may verify from your ISP the recommended MTU size you can use.

Harshit Kumar

• 124 Answers
• Posted on Jul 13, 2009

SOURCE: Temporarily Disable MAC address

Open the Router page using the following steps:

1. Open the browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape).
2. Access the Router (usually "http://192.168.1.1";
or "www.routerlogin.net" or "www.routerlogin.com").
3. LOGIN TO THE ROUTER (User Name = 'admin', Password = 'password';
unless you have changed it).

and then click on advanced wireless settings...

Click on setup access list..
Uncheck "TURN ACCESS CONTROL ON"

This is the process to disable MAC filtering..
In case u need further help u can contact me..