Windows 10: Lost LAN-connection with Printer only to my Win11-PC

Hi,I run several devices in my home with WLAN and LAN.I have an issue for some days with my Win11-PC and my Epson-Printer, both LAN-connected with the same hub.Although it did run smoothly previously, now I am not able to use the printer with my Win-PC. The Win-PC does not "see" the still LAN-connected printer.Any other device router, smartphones, Chromebook is able to print. The Win11-PC is not - not anymore.I already tried several things as this is bothering me for several days now. I uninstalled the printer and tried to reinstall, but even with the epson-setup-software it is not running.

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share printer connected other PC on LAN


My office LAN is p-p LAN, every time i want to use the printer connected other PC on LAN, i must enter credentials to connect, how to disable it? Both 2 PCs are Winows 10 Pro, turned off password protected sharing and turned on file and printer sharing.
I greatly appreciate everyone kindly help. Thanks

 

connecting laptop to Office jet G55 printer

Hi Luisa,

To help you with your concern regarding the printer, let me suggest you to contact the manufacturer for the steps on how to connect your printer to your computer. Please follow the steps on how to contact the manufacturer:

• The name of the OEM + “contact information”
• The name of the OEM + “PC support”

Regards.

 

Lost Connection to Printer

My gut tells me it is a problem on the machine in question. Said machine accesses the internet just fine. I can remote desktop connect from other machines to the machine in question. So it has successful connectivity to the LAN and WAN. Is there a way to tell which firewall port(s) the machine may be trying to communicate to the printer? - - - Updated - - - Never mind folks! I found the issue! I retraced my steps over the last week for modifications I've made to the machine's software. I recently installed Oracle VirtualBox. It activated a virtual ethernet connection in the network sharing center. Somehow traffic was getting messed up and/or redirected through that connection. As soon as I disabled the virtual connection, the machine was able to find the printer.