c309 - no bars at all (lost wireless communication)! [ Edited ]

[Spodeworld]

Hi.  I have a c309g-m, and it has been working just fine wirelessly for a while.  Now, all of a sudden, the wireless function has ceased to work.  It shows no bars on the printer interface and cannot find any wireless routers.  

The wireless router in my apartment is working fine.  I reset the wireless setting on the printer to factory defaults, and then after that did nothing, I set the printer to factory defaults (no dice).  According to the printer, the Wireless Radio is on.  I unplugged it and left it overnight, plugged it in again, and no luck.  When I use the Wireless Setup Wizard, it searches and searches and now doesn't find anything.  In the past it would not only find my network, but a few of my neighbors' too.

Anyone have any ideas how I can solve this?

Thanks

Steve

[PrintDoc]

Print a Wireless Network Test from the front of the printer (Network menu).  What does it report about the wireless radio?

[Spodeworld]

Thank you.

Ran the test.

It says:

Wireless ON - PASS

Wireless Working - FAIL

are there any other results that you would like me to post?

Thanks.

[PrintDoc]

No, that's it.  Your wireless radio has died, sorry.  There is no practical way of fixing it, sorry.

[Spodeworld]

Thank you...I wasn't expecting that it was terminal!  

Steve

[PrintDoc · Accepted solution]

Unless its under warranty its not worth fixing.  You would spend more than just buying a new printer.  The Ethernet port is still useful on it (likely).  You could just plug it into the back of your wireless router and get the same functionality as wireless.

[Spodeworld]

Thanks so much, setting it up as a networked printer through ethernet worked! 

For those who may need to go this route.....On the main pc that is hooked directly into the router, I had to uninstall the printer software first before I could make it work....took me quite a while to figure that out.

Regards,

Steve