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I have a Brother MFC-L3750CDW and an ASUS router. My printer would typically work fine after a reboot of the printer and/or the router, but after several hours it would stop accepting new print jobs. Brother support was not really any help and I was ready to throw my new printer out the window. I suspected that the wifi connection would drop silently (even though it still shows connected) and I refused to believe that my printer needs to be within 5 feet of my router (mine is about 20 feet away through 3 walls). All of the above ideas may help but were not sufficient to get my printer to stay connected. After hours of internet searching I discovered an obscure posting with an ASUS router setting that fixed the problem completely for me, and the printer connection has been stable for over a month now. I can also print directly from my iPhone which never used to work either.
Using your browser address bar, log into your ASUS router admin menu (typically http://192.168.1.1), then click on the Wireless menu on the left side. Go under the “Professional” tab and scroll down to find the “Airtime fairness” setting. It is probably enabled by default, but this is causing the printer to silently lose the Wifi connection, so switch it to “Disable”. As far as I can tell, there is no real issue with turning this setting off. I think it is to prevent some devices from monopolizing the Wifi network, but I haven’t had any problems with it turned off, and now my printer works great! I don’t know if a similar setting exists for non-ASUS routers, but if it does, try turning it off. Airtime fairness not compatible with Brother printers as far as I can tell. I don’t know why Brother tech support doesn’t seem to know about this router setting, maybe it’s unique to ASUS. Happy printing!
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I have a Brother MFC-L3750CDW and an ASUS router. My printer would typically work fine after a reboot of the printer and/or the router, but after several hours it would stop accepting new print jobs. Brother support was not really any help and I was ready to throw my new printer out the window. I suspected that the wifi connection would drop silently (even though it still shows connected) and I refused to believe that my printer needs to be within 5 feet of my router (mine is about 20 feet away through 3 walls). All of the above ideas may help but were not sufficient to get my printer to stay connected. After hours of internet searching I discovered an obscure posting with an ASUS router setting that fixed the problem completely for me, and the printer connection has been stable for over a month now. I can also print directly from my iPhone which never used to work either.
Using your browser address bar, log into your ASUS router admin menu (typically http://192.168.1.1), then click on the Wireless menu on the left side. Go under the “Professional” tab and scroll down to find the “Airtime fairness” setting. It is probably enabled by default, but this is causing the printer to silently lose the Wifi connection, so switch it to “Disable”. As far as I can tell, there is no real issue with turning this setting off. I think it is to prevent some devices from monopolizing the Wifi network, but I haven’t had any problems with it turned off, and now my printer works great! I don’t know if a similar setting exists for non-ASUS routers, but if it does, try turning it off. Airtime fairness not compatible with Brother printers as far as I can tell. I don’t know why Brother tech support doesn’t seem to know about this router setting, maybe it’s unique to ASUS. Happy printing!
I have a Brother MFC-L3750CDW and an ASUS router. My printer would typically work fine after a reboot of the printer and/or the router, but after several hours it would stop accepting new print jobs. Brother support was not really any help and I was ready to throw my new printer out the window. I suspected that the wifi connection would drop silently (even though it still shows connected) and I refused to believe that my printer needs to be within 5 feet of my router (mine is about 20 feet away through 3 walls). All of the above ideas may help but were not sufficient to get my printer to stay connected. After hours of internet searching I discovered an obscure posting with an ASUS router setting that fixed the problem completely for me, and the printer connection has been stable for over a month now. I can also print directly from my iPhone which never used to work either.
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Using your browser address bar, log into your ASUS router admin menu (typically http://192.168.1.1), then click on the Wireless menu on the left side. Go under the “Professional” tab and scroll down to find the “Airtime fairness” setting. It is probably enabled by default, but this is causing the printer to silently lose the Wifi connection, so switch it to “Disable”. As far as I can tell, there is no real issue with turning this setting off. I think it is to prevent some devices from monopolizing the Wifi network, but I haven’t had any problems with it turned off, and now my printer works great! I don’t know if a similar setting exists for non-ASUS routers, but if it does, try turning it off. Airtime fairness not compatible with Brother printers as far as I can tell. I don’t know why Brother tech support doesn’t seem to know about this setting, maybe it’s unique to ASUS. Happy printing!
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Using your browser address bar, log into your ASUS router admin menu (typically http://192.168.1.1), then click on the Wireless menu on the left side. Go under the “Professional” tab and scroll down to find the “Airtime fairness” setting. It is probably enabled by default, but this is causing the printer to silently lose the Wifi connection, so switch it to “Disable”. As far as I can tell, there is no real issue with turning this setting off. I think it is to prevent some devices from monopolizing the Wifi network, but I haven’t had any problems with it turned off, and now my printer works great! I don’t know if a similar setting exists for non-ASUS routers, but if it does, try turning it off. Airtime fairness not compatible with Brother printers as far as I can tell. I don’t know why Brother tech support doesn’t seem to know about this router setting, maybe it’s unique to ASUS. Happy printing!
Hi,[br]
I have a Brother MFC-L3750CDW and an ASUS router. My printer would typically work fine after a reboot of the printer and/or the router, but after several hours it would stop accepting new print jobs. Brother support was not really any help and I was ready to throw my new printer out the window. I suspected that the wifi connection would drop silently (even though it still shows connected) and I refused to believe that my printer needs to be within 5 feet of my router (mine is about 20 feet away through 3 walls). All of the above ideas may help but were not sufficient to get my printer to stay connected. After hours of internet searching I discovered an obscure posting with an ASUS router setting that fixed the problem completely for me, and the printer connection has been stable for over a month now. I can also print directly from my iPhone which never used to work either.
Using your browser address bar, log into your ASUS router admin menu (typically http://192.168.1.1), then click on the Wireless menu on the left side. Go under the “Professional” tab and scroll down to find the “Airtime fairness” setting. It is probably enabled by default, but this is causing the printer to silently lose the Wifi connection, so switch it to “Disable”. As far as I can tell, there is no real issue with turning this setting off. I think it is to prevent some devices from monopolizing the Wifi network, but I haven’t had any problems with it turned off, and now my printer works great! I don’t know if a similar setting exists for non-ASUS routers, but if it does, try turning it off. Airtime fairness not compatible with Brother printers as far as I can tell. I don’t know why Brother tech support doesn’t seem to know about this setting, maybe it’s unique to ASUS. Happy printing!
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