text:  except that we can't get a printer to hook up to it. Well, the printer's probably using that 2.4 gigahertz network, and this Spectrum device, even though it's putting out both networks, the printer may not be smart enough to find that 2.4 gigahertz. I'm guessing that this router, except for the thing that throws me is the cheapy printer that you bought, why that's not connecting, because you think it would because it's new, but it's also inexpensive, so it may not have the smarts to do this.