Blame Wi-Fi drivers for printer (mDNS) discovery issues

3 pointsposted 17 hours ago
by ValdikSS

2 Comments

chasing0entropy

17 hours ago

Since modern DHCP servers ping check an ip before they assign it, I usually static assign the printer it's DHCP assigned IP allowing the mdns cache - which I haven't check but appears to be persistent between reboots- to work assuming you print regularly.

ValdikSS

17 hours ago

Well I guess that could help, but only on Windows, since it's the only OS which follows printer "installation" flow for driverless printers.

Other OS just discover printer all the time, and for that they need DNS-SD as well, which could not be fixed by static IP assignment.