Wireless Access for Konica Minolta C224e

[m_ridzon]

Re: Wireless Access for Konica Minolta C224e

You folks have definitely convinced me to avoid the UK-208. Thank you!

Would you folks say the powerline network adaptors are better than the wireless router (set to "range extender" mode)? My hesitation with the powerline network adaptors is that they only receive one Ethernet connection, although I have two devices at the remote location that could use this adaptor. A router (set to "range extender" mode) should be able to connect several devices.

The best way to connect to one of these device is hard wire back to your router. The PCs on your network can connect wireless to the machine through the router. In my opinion, connecting the machine via wi-fi is not only unsecured, but comes with many with problems.

Hardwire back to the router is not easily done. The location of the printer versus the router poses issues. I would have dangling/running Ethernet cords through various rooms.

You answered yourself. If you enabled an option that is not phisically connected, the machine will throw errors related to that optional board (it is trying to communicate with it with no succes).

Um, I may have answered myself, but I definitely was not confident of the answer because the printer's error was completely cryptic. I had a strong hunch it was related to my attempt to turn on Wi-Fi, but otherwise, I was unsure if the error was related. So that's why I asked here.

[the_teck]

When dealing with trouble codes search google for that code, like bizhub c-xxxx error code and trust the answer on the printcopy.info site. They are what the service manual says. Stay away from fixya.com.
Regarding the wireless extender. You said you have to connect 2 wired devices to the same wi-fi network if I understood correctly. Solutions: 1) use 2 range extenders (1 per device), configured as wireless adapters (they will not extend the network, just converts wi-fi signal to wired). 2) Use 1 range extender and 1 switch. Look for a wi-fi router with range extender function (not regular router) with more than 1 lan output (I can't remember now exactly what model was but I think tp-link had some with 1x WAN, 4x LAN and the possibility to use it as range extender).

[m_ridzon]

Re: Wireless Access for Konica Minolta C224e

However, if you insist to connect via wi-fi, I would strongly suggest using one of these devices: TP-Link Wireless Travel Router WR902AC

Amazon.com: TP-Link AC750 Wireless Portable Nano Travel Router(TL-WR902AC) - Support Multiple Modes, WiFi Router/Hotspot/Bridge/Range Extender/Access Point/Client Modes, Dual Band WiFi, 1 USB 2.0 Port : Everything Else

Done deal folks. I got it up and running. This TP-Link AC750 did the trick. It was super easy to set up as well. Thanks for all of the help!