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OfficeJet Pro 8710
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I recently purchased this printer (OfficeJet 8710) and when I first hooked it up, the wireless functionality worked fine. The next time I tried to print something wirelessly, I couldn't. It had been disconnected from the wireless router somehow. I contacted support, and through 2 hours we tried multiple things including turning the printer on and off about a hundred times, and changing a setting on my router. Nothing worked and I ran out of time as I had an appointment. That evening, I tried to connect the printer again. I managed to make it work but I'm really not sure what I did. I think I finally got it to work through the app on my cell phone but I'm not sure. It worked GREAT for about a week, and then today, it refuses to work again.

 

It can find the router, but when I enter the password to sign in, it tries to connect for a minute or two, and then says "unable to connect to the network. For diagnostic information, touch "Print Report."

 

It prints fine from the pc, but I can't get it to connect to the network so that I can print from my cell phone or laptop, both of which worked find last week. As far as I can tell, nothing has changed.

 

I also downloaded the troubleshooting program and nothing there worked either.

 

For the diagnostic results, they say:

 

Diagnostics Results

 

Wireless

     Wireless On   Pass

     Wireless Working    Pass

 

Connectivity

     Connected     Not Run

     Disconnect count total     11

     Disconnect count (last hour)     0

     Disconnect count (last 24 hours)         0

 

Network

     Network Name (SSID) found     PASS

     Other networks detected matching your network name (SSID)     NO

     Wireless Networks detected         2

 

Settings 

     Printer Settings Consistent with Wireless Router Settings       Pass

     No Filtering      FAIL

     Channel      Not Run

     Security     PASS

 

 

Current Configuration

 

    Network Name     (my network name)

     Hardware Address     (gives the MAC)

     IP Address        (says not applicable)

     Configuration Source      (says not applicable)

      Communication mode     (Infrastructure)

     Authentication Type     (WPA2-PSK)

     Encryption     Automatic (AES or TKIP)

     Internet     (says not applicable)

 

 

Also, it has a suggested soluction with is that I need to disable MAC address disabled, but it's already disabled so it can't be that.

 

Any ideas?

    

 

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