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I have a cable modem from Spectrum (Ubee ddw36c) in bridge mode (you have to pay $5/month extra for router mode) so only one port is active which has the internet connection.
I have this connected to my router (Netgear R6700v2) by long cable to another rooom and everything works fine.It's in another location because this is the best location for all other wired devices and for best wifi signal.
I want to connect my network printer (etherne only, no wi-fi) to the network which is located near the cable modem.
I connected a switch to the modem with wired connections out to the router and the printer.
The printer isn't getting the right IP address from the router.
Do I need to have a router near the cable modem and connect the printer to it and then configure the wifi router as an AP and connect it to this router? Is this how I can get my printer connected to my local network.
Right now the printer is getting some IP address that isn't on my LAN. It's 68.175.XXX.XX which seems to be a time warner IP. But it's not the same as my public IP address which is 72.227.XX.XXX which is also a time warner IP.
Is there a way to get my printer on my network without getting another router?
If you can do it through its panel settings (assuming there is a panel), the printer can be given a fixed IP address outside the router's DHCP pool, but within your intranet address range. A fixed IP is recommended for a network printer, and this can be set through address reservation in the DHCP server or by disabling DHCP and setting the address manually, as already described. But I haven't a clue why your printer is picking up an external IP. – AFH – 2017-12-21T21:38:55.337
I tried setting up the printer with a static IP within my local network address range. 10.0.0.12 with subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 and the device is still not found on my network. – Mike L – 2017-12-21T21:48:54.937
If you want the printer on the same subnet as the other devices, it will need to be connected to the same router. If it needs to be adjacent to the cable modem, you need the router/DHCP server there. An Ethernet router with no WiFi would do the job if the Netgear is in AP mode, so that its own DHCP server is disabled and the Ethernet router handles it, though you may need to acquire a multi-port router with WiFi (at least 2 ports, one for the printer and one for the Netgear link), and disable its WiFi. Apart from the WiFi coverage you could simply swap the Netgear and switch locations. – AFH – 2017-12-21T23:17:45.700
move the printer to the router room? – Dmitry Kudriavtsev – 2017-12-22T05:02:02.950