25 Dec '15 23:02>1 edit
So I get one of my son's a printer for christmas. A nice Canon. I knew his comp had a wifi dongle plug in cause I bought it for him months ago.
I get as far as having the comp, desktop Win 7, look for the canon printer, can't find it. Says unable to connect to internet. I knew my son was too poor to be able to afford internet ATT, but I thought the wifi dongle would be able to wirelessly connect printer and comp.
That didn't happen, it just kept saying ' can't connect to internet'.
The question is, can't a stand alone wireless module connect to a printer regardless of not having internet? Do you HAVE to have an internet connection to be able to use wifi on other stuff?
The problem was the canon provided an AC power cord, two ink carts, the driver CD and a quick hook up guide, but no mini USB to full size USB connect. You know the mini, it is a squarish shaped plug that most printers use. But Canon did not see fit to include that cable so I could not get his printer to work. I was trying to make a complete christmas present work on christmas but no such luck. The really sucky part was, if I had known about the printer not having the USB cable, I have at least three of the dam things in my house, I could have just grabbed one, but NOOO.......
It just seems cheap of Canon not to provide a silly cable.
What has having or not having internet have to do with wifi.
Well, ok, one thing, no router. And of course, no modem. But why can't they communicate in spite of that?
Maybe it needs a router hooked up to the comp? Confused here.
I get as far as having the comp, desktop Win 7, look for the canon printer, can't find it. Says unable to connect to internet. I knew my son was too poor to be able to afford internet ATT, but I thought the wifi dongle would be able to wirelessly connect printer and comp.
That didn't happen, it just kept saying ' can't connect to internet'.
The question is, can't a stand alone wireless module connect to a printer regardless of not having internet? Do you HAVE to have an internet connection to be able to use wifi on other stuff?
The problem was the canon provided an AC power cord, two ink carts, the driver CD and a quick hook up guide, but no mini USB to full size USB connect. You know the mini, it is a squarish shaped plug that most printers use. But Canon did not see fit to include that cable so I could not get his printer to work. I was trying to make a complete christmas present work on christmas but no such luck. The really sucky part was, if I had known about the printer not having the USB cable, I have at least three of the dam things in my house, I could have just grabbed one, but NOOO.......
It just seems cheap of Canon not to provide a silly cable.
What has having or not having internet have to do with wifi.
Well, ok, one thing, no router. And of course, no modem. But why can't they communicate in spite of that?
Maybe it needs a router hooked up to the comp? Confused here.