Hi there,

I am struggling to print with my wifi printer and it is starting to drive me potty. Any help would be much appreciated.

I have my router (a Linksys Velop) in my living room, and a TP-link powerline connection, specifically an AV500 Powerline Wi-Fi Kit, set up so that I can get a WiFi signal in the bedroom, which is having to play the role of my office due to the ongoing pandemic. I used the WPS clone button to have the same SSID and password in both the living room and bedroom. The router and the powerline kit work brilliantly to provide internet access in both the living room and the bedroom for all other devices.

I bought an Epson XP-900 wireless printer which works fine if it is in my living room, where it is in contact with the router, but in the bedroom (where it is in contact with the powerline extender) I simply cannot work out how to print with it. The printer connects to the network, and the router can see the printer, but if I attempt to print while in the bedroom I get a prompt telling me that the printer cannot be found. If I then try to use the troubleshooter, the printer is not found. I can't work out if the problem is with the router, with the printer, or with the powerline extender, and can't work out what to do about it.

After looking around other forums, I have tried setting the router to reserve a DHCP IP address (192.168.1.30) for the wifi printer, but that hasn't helped. I have tried to ping the IP address (i.e. "ping 192.168.1.30) but get the message "Reply from 192.168.1.140: Destination host unreachable." I can't work out what device the 192.168.1.140 address relates to.

Any help would be much appreciated! Any workarounds besides leaving the printer in the living room would also be much appreciated.

Thanks!