Wifi Printer gets dhcp ip address from a different network

[Leonard704]

My wireless printer has been working for several years on my home network. Recently, I’ve been unable to print to it. The printer shows as offline in settings. The wifi light on the printer is on solid which indicates it is connected to a network. A wireless network test from the printer menu shows that it passes all tests. The odd thing is, it shows as configured to my network SSID, but it shows it’s ip address as one that is not on my network. On my network the DHCP address range of the router is 192.168.1.1 – 192.168.1.254. The printer address shows as 192.168.107.58 with a configuration source as DHCP. That is not in the range of ip addresses my ATT router is configured for.

My question is how can it acquire a DHCP address that is out of the range of my router but still be configured to my network SSID. The printer is an HP Envy 5660 and I can find no option to configure the wifi manually. I don’t have the printer manual and I can’t find one online. My operating system is Win 10 home.

I would appreciate any help you can provide to resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Leonard

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