Originally Posted by nmenaker
I think the SSID broadcast being turned off has nothing to do with it. But, what were the connection problems? Could you not print? Was there an IP conflict? The printer setup on one pc, shouldnt really have an issue being found if it is being shared correctly and you are searching for the same device.
I stopped being able to connect to the printer from the laptop. Finally discovered that the laptop had been assigned a different IP address than previously by the DHCP server on the router and that IP address was being blocked by the pc's firewall. When I added the new IP address to the firewall's safe list, the laptop was again able to connect to the printer.
Everything would be much simpler if I had bought a router with a printer port. Oh, the wisdom of hindsight!