Epson printer printout states: A router/access point channel conflict detected - improve your wireless network enviroment ???

Anonymous
2011-03-19T03:38:55+00:00

I am trying to print from my laptop to my Epson Printer.  It will not work on one of documents or from the internet.  The Epson prints out the following: A router/access point channel conflict has been detected - improve your wireless network enviroment.  My router is sitting beside my printer and laptop.  The green WiFi light on the front of the printer is on.  I have no problems using my Ipad in the other room.  So what does the printout mean ?

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  1. LemP 74,990 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2017-08-22T04:35:48+00:00

    I have the same problem after many years printing from ipad to epson xp 410.

    whats the problem / solution

    Not a Windows issue, although I expect that the basic problem is the same.

    In the U.S., wifi has 11 authorized channels in wireless-G mode.  It turns out, however, that there is considerable overlap between channels and for this reason it has long be recommended that home wifi users (again, with wireless-G) use channel 1, channel 6, or channel 11. 

    If your router is configured to use channel 11, for example, and your nearby neighbor uses channel 7, 8, 9 or 10 you may well see a "channel conflict."

    See http://www.metageek.com/training/resources/why-channels-1-6-11.html

    If you're using wireless-n or wireless-ac, it's more complex, but the answer is generally the same:  change the channel used by your router.  The wireless adapters on your devices should adjust automatically to the new channel setting.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-08-22T02:16:28+00:00

    I have the same problem after many years printing from ipad to epson xp 410.

    whats the problem / solution

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-23T23:12:30+00:00

    I was unable to access the router I was connecting thru...rental situation...nobody had p/w etc, but I could access it physically.

    What I did:

    1. Another printer was on and connected to the router (could see in wifi networks avail) - turned this printer off
    2. Recycled the router (unplug and wait for 30 sec)

    3 Reboot the router (when the router came back up the printer auto connected again)

    This worked.

    I think the other printer was the conflict but can't be 100% sure.  I tried other steps like disconnecting my printer from wifi and re running the setup wizard (nothing).  Updating s/w for the printer (nothing).  This was an extremely frustrating problem b/c I could see my printer on the network, I could even see the ink levels, but it still would not print. 

    Try eliminating the conflict with another device before reprogramming/resetting everything.

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