I give up in sheer frustration, the wombat is now retiring from this palace of confusion.
My thanks to everybody for an interesting and in my case a partially fruitful discussion. And may I add that the Cable Forum is a superb place for resolving problems. That is meant sincerely and not sarcastically.
I wish you all a Happy New Year.
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
That's not correct. The router is normally the thing that coordinates everything talking to each other, much like a telephone exchange would.
In your setup, the printer will continue to work as long as the router is on. For instance you could print from a phone or tablet connected to the router when the PC is off.
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My parting gift to Ben.
Sorry Ben, but the router means nothing if the PC, tablet, phone or bull horn is missing. It is the router signal picked up by the control device that gives the router/ printer its instructions
not the router.
The TV transmitting station is operating 24/7 but if your own TV is switched off it makes no difference.