I have a canon printer MG5765 (Direct Wireless Connection New wireless direction connection elimiates the need for a Wi-Fi router)
and a gateway computer ...
how do I get the printer to work wirelessly from this computer?
- or is this not possible ..... I'm totally confused by this
greatly appreciate your advice/info on this please
I have added here speccy info on the wireless connections on my computer, just to try and save you (and me) some time
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(Speccy)
Network
You are connected to the internet
Connected through Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
IP Address 10.0.0.1
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 10.0.0.138
Preferred DNS server 10.0.0.138
DHCP Enabled
DHCP server 10.0.0.138
External IP Address 120.145.128.128
Adapter Type Ethernet
NetBIOS over TCP/IP Enabled via DHCP
NETBIOS Node Type Hybrid node
Link Speed 0 Bps
Computer Name
NetBIOS Name ERIC-PC
DNS Name Eric-PC
Membership Part of workgroup
Workgroup WORKGROUP
Remote Desktop
Disabled
Console
State Active
Domain Eric-PC
WinInet Info
LAN Connection
Local system uses a local area network to connect to the Internet
Local system has RAS to connect to the Internet
Wi-Fi Info
Using native Wi-Fi API version 2
Available access points count 2
Wi-Fi (BigPond46AF54)
SSID BigPond46AF54
Frequency 2437000 kHz
Channel Number 6
Name BigPond46AF54
Signal Strength/Quality 100
Security Enabled
State The interface is not connected to any network
Dot11 Type Infrastructure BSS network
Network Connectible
Network Flags There is a profile for this network
Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network AES-CCMP algorithm
Default Auth used to join this network for the first time 802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK
Wi-Fi (OPTUS_BC426E)
SSID OPTUS_BC426E
Frequency 2462000 kHz
Channel Number 11
Name OPTUS_BC426E
Signal Strength/Quality 40
Security Enabled
State The interface is not connected to any network
Dot11 Type Infrastructure BSS network
Network Connectible
Network Flags There is a profile for this network
Cipher Algorithm to be used when joining this network AES-CCMP algorithm
Default Auth used to join this network for the first time 802.11i RSNA algorithm that uses PSK
WinHTTPInfo
WinHTTPSessionProxyType No proxy
Session Proxy
Session Proxy Bypass
Connect Retries 5
Connect Timeout (ms) 60,000
HTTP Version HTTP 1.1
Max Connects Per 1.0 Servers INFINITE
Max Connects Per Servers INFINITE
Max HTTP automatic redirects 10
Max HTTP status continue 10
Send Timeout (ms) 30,000
IEProxy Auto Detect Yes
IEProxy Auto Config
IEProxy
IEProxy Bypass
Default Proxy Config Access Type No proxy
Default Config Proxy
Default Config Proxy Bypass
Sharing and Discovery
Network Discovery Enabled
File and Printer Sharing Enabled
File and printer sharing service Enabled
Simple File Sharing Enabled
Administrative Shares Enabled
Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
Adapters List
Enabled
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Connection Name Bluetooth Network Connection
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address 00-0D-F0-84-D0-2E
Ralink 802.11n Wireless LAN Card
Connection Name Wireless Network Connection
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address 00-17-C4-F9-72-91
Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Connection-specific DNS Suffix BigPond
Connection Name Local Area Connection
NetBIOS over TCPIP Yes
DHCP enabled Yes
MAC Address C8-0A-A9-7D-E4-FE
IP Address 10.0.0.1
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway server 10.0.0.138
DHCP 10.0.0.138
DNS Server 10.0.0.138
Network Shares
Users C:\Users
Canon MG5700 series Printer XPS Canon MG5700 series Printer XPS,LocalsplOnly
Canon MG5700 series Printer Canon MG5700 series Printer,LocalsplOnly
Current TCP Connections
C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe (1692)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe (5592)
C:\Windows\explorer.exe (6080)
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (1752)
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe (3760)
lsass.exe (656)
services.exe (648)
spoolsv.exe (2000)
svchost.exe (332)
svchost.exe (472)
svchost.exe (848)
System Process
System Process
wininit.exe (584)