Once again I got an email last night from him saying he couldn't connect to his Canon printer. I suggested he power down and up the router.

The router is a Netgear DGN1000, possibly 6 or so years old - not sure of its age.

As I was in the area this afternoon I called in. The power cycling hadn't apparently resolved the problem.

Turned the printer on and the WiFi light came on - though that doesn't mean it's actually talking to the wireless network. Logged in to the router and checked Attached Devices, no sign of the printer. So I rebooted the router.

Checked Attached Devices and the printer was now in the list, tried a test print, all OK.

So clearly the printer and/or the router are reluctant to talk via wireless. His wife's laptop connects via wireless (albeit not used that often) with no known problem.

The router is left on 24/7.

So why does the router seem to fail to 'see' the printer? Power cycling the printer never gets the router to see it, re-booting the router does seem to - more often than not - fix the problem, until the next time.

Could the router wireless capability be in some way dying?

The cabling is a complete mess, with the router sitting on a bunch of cable and power bricks with the aerial leaning drunkenly to one side. I have temporarily moved the router a couple of foot away onto a small shelf, I need a couple of slightly longer cables which I'll take over on Friday to do the job more tidily.

Any thoughts on what the problem may be?

Any thoughts on what might be a straightforward and reliable replacement ADSL router? I'd have thought no more than around £50.

Hello
Sorry, I'm new to this and the only way I could see how to post was to reply to a query - so I chose the nearest I could...
I've had a Canon Pixma MG610 for a few years and it's really good. I now have a question. I WAS able to scan locally on the Pixma, then send the scanned image wirelessly to the PC. Although I haven't knowingly changed anything, this facility isn't now offered as an option on the Pixma's scan menu.
The scan facility works very well from the PC, but not the other way.
I am using Windows 7 64bit and Sky Broadband.
Any ideas, please?

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the only way I could see how to post was to reply to a query

Go up 1 level to Hardware Issues forum by clicking its link at the top of this page and then click Post at heading of that page on right.