Hello:

I have an HP LaserJet 4050n network printer.  It is old enough, I only have a serial connection or LAN to print with, there is no USB. 

Because of the age of my house and construction I have had to deal with using WiFi for all of my network connectivity.  A few years back, I bought a TP-Link TL-WA850RE extender to help with this.  It has worked great as I plugged the printer cable into the extender and I was able to connect to my Google Fiber hub.

This past winter I moved my office from one end of the house to another.  To extend connectivity, I purchased a new router a few weeks back.  I have been trying to move the devices on this end of the house to the new router.  However, I have one device I cannot get to work with this, and that is the Printer.

I cannot remember how I connected the TL-WA850RE to my old Google WiFi point to get it to work correctly.  I know it was through the Tether app.  However now on the current version of the app, when I try to connect to the new router, it makes a third network.  This was something that never happened before.  In addition, I still cannot get my printer to connect to the network.

While I realize this could be a problem with the printer, I wanted to start with settings in my TL-WA850RE and go from there.

Does anyone have any experience setting up a printer with older network connections who might be able to walk me through what I need to do?  If so, I would greatly appreciate it!

Randy