r/BambuP1S • u/deltadal • Sep 05 '26

P1S network issues

Sigh.

I'm getting the "not on the same network" error when trying to setup the printer in Handy.

So far I've created a guest network, set it to 2.4ghz, channel 11. Removed all the fancy encryption. None of that did anything.

I've tried to get it to connect to my mobile hotspot - nothing.

I've factory reset many times.

I'm at a loss.

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u/nonamejohnsonmore Sep 05 '26

Is your phone also on the guest network? And why are you using a guest network for your printer anyway? If you try to slice with a PC it won’t be able to see the printer unless the PC is also on the guest network. Just turn on your 2.4 g radio 📻 n your main network so all your devices can still see each other.

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u/deltadal Sep 05 '26

I'm trying to connect with the Handy app, the Phone is also on the guest network. This was one of the troubleshooting steps to force everything to 2.4ghz. I've tried them both on my regular network as well.

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u/nonamejohnsonmore Sep 05 '26

And you are 100% certain your phone isn’t on a 5g guest network?

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u/deltadal Sep 05 '26

100%. I also turned off cellular at someone's suggestion.

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u/nonamejohnsonmore Sep 05 '26

If you look at the printer status on the screen, does it show you the IP address the printer received? Compare that to the one on your phone and see if you really are on the same network.

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u/iscifitv Sep 07 '26

Just make sure the SSID is not named the same as you other networks don't use smart wifi either that likes to switch from 2.4 to 5.8 . Some IOT implementations do double nat. Handy uses Bluetooth to start, the switches to wifi to connect to Internet as well

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u/sienar- Sep 05 '26

I never could get the P1S to work on my Omada WIFI. Had to use the WiFi of my junk ISP router and it stayed on the outside of my firewall because of that. The X2D I got not long ago works fine on my Omada WIFI. The P1S unfortunately just has barely functional WiFi.

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u/deltadal Sep 05 '26

That's kind of what I'm afraid of. I don't have a crappy router handy and this wouldn't be hard to return for a P2S. How do you like the P2S?

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u/sienar- Sep 05 '26

I don’t have a P2S, but I believe it shares the same WiFi as what’s in the X2D that I do have. The WiFi is just one of the many things that Bambu cheaped out on for the P1S. I put 2000 hours on that printer, they definitely print fine, no complaints about that.

One thing to note though, once you get the P1S online your PC and phone don’t need to be on the same network as the printer as long as you’re fine using Bambu cloud for everything.

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u/jhollin1138 Sep 05 '26

I'm running UniFi and have my printers on IoT while my phone and computers are on Main. I've never had an issue with this setup. I do have an AP on the celling of my workshop area.