Can't Connect to Wi-fi Printer

Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years to a
Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one time, it was
also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days ago,
when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings." I get
this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the printer/driver,
but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the Dynamic DHCP
Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under the Static DHCP
Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know why it's not under the
DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is within range, and the MAC address
of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Boris on 2017/01/18 wrote:

Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years to a
Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one time, it was
also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days ago,
when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings." I get
this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the printer/driver,
but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the Dynamic DHCP
Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under the Static DHCP
Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know why it's not under the
DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is within range, and the MAC address
of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Can you hook up the printer to a computer via wire (Cat5 cable)? That
would eliminate the wifi router and any problems it inflicts. Routers
don't seem to last more than 3-6 years simply because they have crappy
cooling (i.e., they fry themselves). A wired connection would also
eliminate interference from other wifi devices.

Boris wrote:
Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years to a
Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one time, it was
also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days ago,
when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings." I get
this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the printer/driver,
but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the Dynamic DHCP
Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under the Static DHCP
Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know why it's not under the
DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is within range, and the MAC address
of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Someone here made their printer work, by using a MAC address.
That's when they were getting your error string.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.p...inting.270664/

Paul

VanguardLH wrote in :

Boris on 2017/01/18 wrote:

Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years to
a Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one time,
it was also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days
ago, when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings." I
get this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the
printer/driver, but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the Dynamic
DHCP Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under the Static
DHCP Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know why it's not
under the DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is within range, and
the MAC address of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Can you hook up the printer to a computer via wire (Cat5 cable)? That
would eliminate the wifi router and any problems it inflicts.

The printer can't be connected to both a wifi and wired LAN at the same
time. It's one or the other. To connect via ethernet, I'd have to set
factory defaults (eliminates wifi), and then install ethernet
connection.

I have a Brother wireless printer working fine through my router, and
while it doesn't exactly follow that the router is therefore also set up
correctly to handle all wifi printers, I am going to first assume that
the MP620 firmware has been corrupted, and reset to factory, and
reinstall the wifi drivers. BTW, the MP620 prints fine under a USB
connection.

Routers
don't seem to last more than 3-6 years simply because they have crappy
cooling (i.e., they fry themselves). A wired connection would also
eliminate interference from other wifi devices.

Paul wrote in news
Boris wrote:
Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years to
a Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one time,
it was also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days
ago, when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings." I
get this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the
printer/driver, but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the Dynamic
DHCP Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under the Static
DHCP Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know why it's not
under the DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is within range, and
the MAC address of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Someone here made their printer work, by using a MAC address.
That's when they were getting your error string.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/index.php?threads/wirless-
printing.270664/

Paul
Yes, I saw that, and my printer is set up to use MAC address.

Boris wrote in
9.88:

VanguardLH wrote in
:

Boris on 2017/01/18 wrote:

Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years
to a Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one
time, it was also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer
have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few days
ago, when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings."
I get this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the
printer/driver, but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the
Dynamic DHCP Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under
the Static DHCP Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know
why it's not under the DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is
within range, and the MAC address of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Can you hook up the printer to a computer via wire (Cat5 cable)?
That would eliminate the wifi router and any problems it inflicts.

The printer can't be connected to both a wifi and wired LAN at the
same time. It's one or the other. To connect via ethernet, I'd have
to set factory defaults (eliminates wifi), and then install ethernet
connection.

I have a Brother wireless printer working fine through my router, and
while it doesn't exactly follow that the router is therefore also set
up correctly to handle all wifi printers, I am going to first assume
that the MP620 firmware has been corrupted, and reset to factory, and
reinstall the wifi drivers. BTW, the MP620 prints fine under a USB
connection.

Well, Ireset the MP620 to factory, and reinstalled the wifi drivers. No
luck. I then reset the router to factory, and reconfigured it. Still
no luck connecting to MP620. As a matter of fact, All my wifi machines
oould connect to the router, but I lost all internet capability. I had
saved the config.bin for the router before I reset to factory, so I was
able to reinstall it, and regained internet wifi connectivity. So, I'm
back at step one.

Routers
don't seem to last more than 3-6 years simply because they have
crappy cooling (i.e., they fry themselves). A wired connection would
also eliminate interference from other wifi devices.

Boris wrote in
09.88:

Boris wrote in
9.88:

VanguardLH wrote in
:

Boris on 2017/01/18 wrote:

Printer is a Canon MP620. It's been attached wirelessly for years
to a Win7 desktop, an XP desktop, and two Win10 laptops. At one
time, it was also connected to a Win8.1 laptop, which I no longer
have.

Connection is made to a D-link wireless router. Starting a few
days ago, when I try to print to the MP620, I get:

"There are ports that cannot be used with their current settings."
I get this message from all pcs when trying to print.

I've searched online, and many have simply reinstalled the
printer/driver, but mostly without success.

The router is set up DHCP, The only item not listed under the
Dynamic DHCP Client List is the Canon MP620, which is listed under
the Static DHCP Client List. I never noticed this, and don't know
why it's not under the DHCP list, but the IP assigned to it is
within range, and the MAC address of the printer is correct.

Anyone ever experience something like this, and know the fix?

Can you hook up the printer to a computer via wire (Cat5 cable)?
That would eliminate the wifi router and any problems it inflicts.

The printer can't be connected to both a wifi and wired LAN at the
same time. It's one or the other. To connect via ethernet, I'd have
to set factory defaults (eliminates wifi), and then install ethernet
connection.

I have a Brother wireless printer working fine through my router, and
while it doesn't exactly follow that the router is therefore also set
up correctly to handle all wifi printers, I am going to first assume
that the MP620 firmware has been corrupted, and reset to factory, and
reinstall the wifi drivers. BTW, the MP620 prints fine under a USB
connection.

Well, Ireset the MP620 to factory, and reinstalled the wifi drivers.
No luck. I then reset the router to factory, and reconfigured it.
Still no luck connecting to MP620. As a matter of fact, All my wifi
machines oould connect to the router, but I lost all internet
capability. I had saved the config.bin for the router before I reset
to factory, so I was able to reinstall it, and regained internet wifi
connectivity. So, I'm back at step one.

Routers
don't seem to last more than 3-6 years simply because they have
crappy cooling (i.e., they fry themselves). A wired connection
would also eliminate interference from other wifi devices.




Solved. Or I should say fixed,because I don't know what went wrong, Why
did all wifi LAN connections to the printer suddenly fail? What did fix
it was to reinstall the drivers on all pcs (two Win10 laptops,and one
Win7 desktop. All laptops are connected to the router via wifi, while
the desktop, which sits right next to the router, is connected to the
router via ethernet. The desktop does not have a wifi card, but it can
print 'wirelessly' to the MP620 since the desktop is connected to the
wifi router.

I have two more desktops (XP) in remote rooms, one is connected both
wirelessly and wired (I wired the house with ethernet many years ago),
and the other is connected only with ethernet. Hope this goes well.