I have the imageCLASS MF216n and have had nothing but trouble trying to get it to connect to my network. I have experience hooking up network based printers and so far I have had no luck. When I try to hook up the printer to my router or switch, instead of the light for that port on my switch or router flashing rapidly to inidicate something is hooked to it, it just flashes on and off every 5 seconds or so. Sometimes I do have luck getting the printer to connect to my router and I will even give the printer a static IP address so the IP address can not change, however usually the next day when I need to print something the IP address has changed to 169...... and not 192. I feel like there may be something wrong with the hardware since it is not even sending a signal over the cable to my router. It may be worth noting that my router is a TP-Link TL-R600VPN.
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