Kentuckienne's Posts

Well, that's brilliant. I ask how to connect the Jetpack to the home network so both internet and printing are available at the same time.  I explain that they are currently on two separate wifi networks and only one can be connected at a time. You explain back to me that I can't connect to two networks at once (which I just said) and to just switch back and forth (when I explained that it's a hassle to print from online - like an email attachment or web form) and switching doesn't work. I don't know how to clarify it more than that. HOW DO I CONNECT THE JETPACK TO MY ROUTER SO IT CAN BE SHARED BY THE SAME DEVICES THAT WOULD CONNECT TO IT DIRECTLY OVER WIFI? I have seen people mention configuring the router as a bridge and foolishly thought that I might get more specific advice on how to do that.

The problem I'm trying to solve is that I have a home network with a shared printer. I have no problem connecting multiple devices to the Jetpack. Yesterday I set up an ASUS wifi router and created a network that all the computers/phones can join. When connected to the router, file sharing works, and everybody can print. When connected to the Jetpack, everyone can get to the internet but nobody can print. I can't connect to both devices at once. That's why I was hoping to bridge the Jetpack to the router, so that both internet and printing can work at the same time. Right now I have to print to PDF, disconnect from Jetpack, connect to router, print, disconnect from router, go back to Jetpack ... and it's a hassle. I read somewhere about bridging the router in - and I did give up on using the Verizon router that was attached to the cantenna. The only other approach I can think of is to keep one computer on all the time, tether the Jetpack to it by USB, and share that internet connection. I hate having a computer on all the time, especially as I like to turn them off so they don't inadvertently use data. I appreciate you taking the time to help me understand this - I'm sure other people will have the same problem in the future and it's good to get everything documented and resolved in a single thread. Any advice on how I can have internet, file sharing, and printing simultaneously? Oh, and it's a Netgear AC791L

Um, I don't want to connect the Jetpack to the cantenna. But the cantenna had a separate wireless router that connected it to the rest of the home network, and it seems that I should be able to connect the same devices to that same wireless router, with the Cantenna coax disconnected, and share a tethered Jetpack ...