On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.
>
> I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
> be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms
> away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes
> into the house.
>
> So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?

I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then
connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.

The good news:
I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.

The bad news:
I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
network.

A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
working printer driver to it so it would not print.

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Does

https://www.google.com/search?q=Canon+MF216n+airprint

help, perhaps?

On 08/07/2021 13:44, Wade Garrett wrote:
[...[> The bad news:
> I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
> of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
> network.
>
> A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
> working printer driver to it so it would not print.
>

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In article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net>
wrote:

>
> The bad news:
> I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
> of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
> network.

you need airprint for ios devices. most printers in the past 5+ years
have it, and for older printers, you'll need an airprint server on the
network.

> A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
> working printer driver to it so it would not print.

does canon provide one?

On 2021 Jul 08, Wade Garrett wrote
(in article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>):

> On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> > I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.
> >
> > I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
> > be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms
> > away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes
> > into the house.
> >
> > So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?
>
> I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then
> connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
> changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.
>
> The good news:
> I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.
>
> The bad news:
> I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
> of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
> network.
>
> A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
> working printer driver to it so it would not print.

if you have two different networks, a device on one net ain’t gonna see a
device on the other. You would have to change the net that the iPad/whatever
is on for it to see the second net. I suspect that the Dell could see the
printer because it was on the second net. I would recommend connecting the
two routers by Ethernet, and put one into bridge mode, and thereby setting up
just one net.

You may be able to to connect it to the one WiFi and via USB to
the PC on the other from which it is shared. Works on my setup
for a Canon MF8200C and a Mac.

el

On 2021-07-10 15:02 , Wolffan wrote:
> On 2021 Jul 08, Wade Garrett wrote
> (in article <sc6oe3$q0o$1@dont-email.me>):
>
>> On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
>>> I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.
>>>
>>> I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
>>> be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several rooms
>>> away from where the printer is as that is where the internet cable comes
>>> into the house.
>>>
>>> So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?
>>
>> I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then
>> connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
>> changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.
>>
>> The good news:
>> I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.
>>
>> The bad news:
>> I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
>> of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
>> network.
>>
>> A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
>> working printer driver to it so it would not print.
>
> if you have two different networks, a device on one net ain’t gonna see a
> device on the other. You would have to change the net that the iPad/whatever
> is on for it to see the second net. I suspect that the Dell could see the
> printer because it was on the second net. I would recommend connecting the
> two routers by Ethernet, and put one into bridge mode, and thereby setting up
> just one net.
>

On 7/8/21 7:44 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
> On 7/5/21 9:37 AM, Wade Garrett wrote:
>> I want to set up a Canon MF216n Ethernet printer as a wireless printer.
>>
>> I have a spare router to use-- though that router would not be able to
>> be connected to the internet. That's because my gateway is several
>> rooms away from where the printer is as that is where the internet
>> cable comes into the house.
>>
>> So I connect the printer to the router-- then what?
>
> I disconnected the printer from my iMac by removing the USB cable, then
> connected the printer to the spare router with an Ethernet cable, and
> changed the selected WiFi network on my iMac to that router's network.
>
> The good news:
> I was then able to add the printer to my iMac and print to it wirelessly.
>
> The bad news:
> I could not print wirelessly from a Chromebook, iPad, or iPhone...none
> of which could see the printer when connected to the spare router's
> network.
>
> A Dell Windows laptop could see the printer but I could not install a
> working printer driver to it so it would not print.
>
OP here. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

I tried pretty much all of them that fit the parameters of the original
question- plus whatever ones I found online.

Nothing worked- and while it looked like I bricked the spare router when
I set it to bridge mode, I was able to restore it to factory defaults
and manually restore its settings.

I'm giving up on wireless printing from my Ethernet printer.

If I have a real need for wireless, a new printer ain't all that
expensive, especially if I offset some of the cost by selling my current
one on Craigslist.

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In message <sch8sg$fg5$1@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> I'm giving up on wireless printing from my Ethernet printer.

It's very simple.

1) Setup your printer
2) Add the printer to a Mac
System Preferences -> Printers & Scanners
3) Click "Share this printer on the network
4) Profit!

And yes, even lesser computer will be able to print to the printer.

> If I have a real need for wireless, a new printer ain't all that
> expensive, especially if I offset some of the cost by selling my current
> one on Craigslist.

I would not be too confident of being able to get any money for an old
printer. It's hard to get any money for a NEW printer.

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