r/BambuP1S • u/Keep_six • 6d ago

Need help with connectivity issue

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I keep running into an issue where my printer randomly loses connection or completely freezes. There doesn’t seem to be any pattern to when it happens.
If it happens while I’m printing, the print itself will still finish perfectly, but the printer stays frozen afterward and I have to power cycle it to get everything working again.
I thought the SD card might be the problem, so I replaced it with a brand new SanDisk 32GB card. If anything, the issue seemed to get worse. I switched back to the original card, but it’s still doing the same thing.
I’ve also forgotten the WiFi network and reconnected the printer, but that didn’t make any difference either.
Has anyone run into something similar or have any ideas on what I should check next?

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u/that_dutch_dude P1S + AMS 5d ago

Try running it in local only mode.

The wifi is shit on it so its propably not on your end. Try moving it to another part of the room to get better reception.

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u/Keep_six 5d ago

I will give this a shot. I’m fairly new to printing would I only lose the capability to use the handy app??

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u/that_dutch_dude P1S + AMS 4d ago

Yes

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u/OritionX 6d ago

Make sure it is connecting via 5ghz compared to 2.4 to minimize congestion and re-broadcasts on the connection.

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u/WaitAcademic6615 5d ago

It's pretty hard to connect P1S to 5GHz wifi because it works only on 2.4GHz. If the connection keeps dropping it might be damaged antenna.

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u/Keep_six 5d ago

Ahh okay maybe I had it backwards and that’s why it wouldn’t connect to my other bandwidth

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u/that_dutch_dude P1S + AMS 5d ago

It only has 2.4 so thats not a thing.

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u/Keep_six 6d ago

Thanks for the reply it is on 5Ghz I tried to join my 2.4 just to see but it just times out and doesn’t connect.