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Old 07-17-2024, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SaucyJim View Post
I switched to fiber in my previous home and had many, many 2.4 ghz devices. Smart lights, Traeger smoker, etc. and the new fiber equipment had backward compatibility. If the previous WPS connection advice does not work, I would advise using the menu system on the printer itself to search for networks. Once found and selected, manual re-entry of the password will be required to connect.

My two cents.
Maybe it's different now than it was previously, IDK, but the tech who did our install 6 months ago told me that they now only broadcast in 5 GHz and my 2.4 devices would not work unless I added a separate dual band router. And he was correct.