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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by datendefekt@lemmy.ml to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

I've been using a rebranded Flashforge Adventurer 3 (it's actually a Bresser Rex that I got 50% off at Aldi) and have been really happy with it. The build volume is a bit smallish, but for most of what I'm doing it's fine.

So today I boot it up and after a while, it just hangs after a minute or so. I switched it on and off, did a factory reset, tried disconnecting mains for a while, nothing helped. Also checked my DNS blocker to see if some internet requests were getting blocked.

But what did work - weirdly enough - was to deactivate wireless. It's a small nuisance copying files over via USB, but one I can live with. At least I can continue printing!

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[-] Betch@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Have you tried power cycling your router?

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Assuming this is the printer. It looks like it has both wired and wireless networking. Does it work over wired ethernet or does that fail as well?

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Maybe the printer is trying to connect to a dead host? Do you have DNS logs besides blocked requests? How about capturing the traffic and figuring out what the printer is trying to connect to?

[-] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

After I printed a thing I was able to reconnect wireless about five-six hours later.

Thanks for all your suggestions! My working theory is that either the electronics are dying or a connectivity issue, that the device is trying to connect to an update server or whatever.

The former would be a poor show for a device with just 500h of usage, and the latter would be really really bad programming. Either way, it's a problem with a relatively easy workaround!

this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
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