I have multiple PCs working with a Netgear wireless router that I'd like to share a MFC-7820N printer with. Since the printer has an ethernet card and I can connect it to each PC independently okay and print. When I connect it to my wireless router via an ethernet cable, I cannot print to it from any PC. I set the IP address of the printer so that it is on the same subnet as the router, which allows me to ping it from each PC. On the PC I added a new printer device and setup the port as TCP/IP with the IP address of the printer. Any help would be appreciated. I've seen some posts where a print server is suggested, but since the printer can connect directly to the ethernet port of the router, I'm not sure it is needed. Thanks.

Read page S-9 of the User manual HERE. It explain what you need to buy to make the wireless work. If you are planning to replace this MFC soon, get Brother MFC-7840W. It is more wireless friendly and do not need any server. i_Xp/VistaUser

Allow print & file sharing in Windows Firewall under exceptions. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

XpUser, the manual indicates that I need to connecting the optional External Wireless Print/Scan Server (NC-2200w) to the USB port of your MFC to allow printing over a wireless network. This tells me a wireless printer server is needed. Do you know if a generic wireless print server will work with this printer, for example Netgear? Gaupo, I would like to avoid using file sharing, since I don't want to keep any PC running all of the time.

I am not familiar with Netgear server but I know the NC-2200w will work with the MFC. Check out NC-2200w homepage at the link below. http://solutions.brother.com/nc2200... i_Xp/VistaUser

You still have to let it through the firewall. How do you know when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving.

Thank you for the replies. I'm stilling trying to understand 'why' I can't print to the printer when hard-wired to the wireless router via an ethernet cable. Essentially, I'm trying to print to a printer at a specific IP address. If I can ping the printer (which was set the printer to a static IP) when connected to the wireless router, is it the router that is blocking the print commands? If so, could it be that I just need to configure the wireless router to allow those commands to pass? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I'm trying to understand the logic behind it. Thanks