Q: I am trying to print from my iPad to a wireless printer.
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Dec 3, 2012 6:06 PMby alanoconnor,in a home network environment you typically cannot have two devices assigning ip addresses...... when you have two devices on your network, only one can be the router and assign the ip addresses on your network.... the pother device must be a bridge or access point, with dhcp disabled.......does this sound like your setup?
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Dec 3, 2012 6:34 PMby alanoconnor,HelpfulMain router , set up as normal
you can extend an additional airport device wirelessly or wired....they require two different setups
wired...... run a wire from the main router to the second airport device... this setup makes it a bridge/access point...you need to turn bridge mode on, this disables dhcp and stops the secondary airport device from assigning ip addresses,it gets the ip addresses from the main router
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wireless............this is called "extend an network" ..... it will give u a list of the networks it can see which u might want to extend......just choose the relevant one and click update
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Dec 3, 2012 7:17 PMby alanoconnor,"I am trying to print from my iPad to an HP Airport ready wireless printer"
an ipad or iphone will only print to an "airprint printer".......just connecting a regular printer to an airport device does not make it an airprint printer.....
what model is your HP printer..... if u do own an airprint printer, maybe you have not set it up correctly..... HP model no. please
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Dec 3, 2012 8:17 PMby worksafe,There are two other solutions that work like collobos
Printopia and handyPrint.
I'm running a iPad 4 off of a Airport Express that is extended from a Airport Extreme. I have a HP LaserJet P1005 plugged into the APE. No problem printing from either pieces of software.
I also have two MBP's 17" (one WiFi and one hardwired) and 1 PC (hardwired) connected to the APE and can print through the APE to the LaserJet. I thought of putting in a USB hub but found it was just going to confuse the issue.
