• hperrin@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I had a guy recently ask why his printer wasn’t working after he got a new router, and it turns out it is because the printer only went up to 802.11g. I’m pretty amazed that printer outlived the wireless standard it was using.

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      1 month ago

      I mean… 802.11g is still able to be used. Even b is supported under the radios I’m familiar with.

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        1 month ago

        The router he got did have support for 802.11g, but for some reason I don’t remember we couldn’t turn it on. It was some integrated 5G router. The solution was just to use the printer’s built in AP to print. He has to disconnect from the internet to print things, but it still works.