u/maybefromthefuture

If my printer's on one wireless network, can I access it from another?

Just updated my main home wifi network to WPA3 (personal), from WPA2/WPA3 combo.

But now my Brother laser printer (HL-2275DW) cannot connect to this. (It claims it can use WPA2-personal TKIP/AES). The printer includes a USB port, but not ethernet.

I have a separate IoT network that includes WPA2, so I could connect the printer to this.

I have a Firewalla Purple, using a tp-link Archer AX3000 in access point mode running both wifi networks (plus a third guest network). The tp-link has a usb port but it's only for storage/disk access, not hosting printers.

Question: if I connect the printer to the IoT network to meet the printer's lower security demands, can computers/phones connected to the main WPA3-secured network also see it and print to it? Obviously everything going through the router shows up on my Firewalla, but can I print from one wireless network to another?

...and if not, any suggestions for a solution here?

thanks so much!

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u/maybefromthefuture — 5 days ago