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>>anothe+(OP)
Brother is just as terrible as all the other printer manufacturers but for some reason their refusal to care about improving their products is seen as virtuous.

I’m sitting right next to a brand new brother printer that, once per month, forces me to unplug it, reboot, and re-enter my Wi-Fi password using a nightmarishly Byzantine “up/down” input mechanism…into a LCD display seemingly from 2002. Would really love even a mediocre mobile app to help with this (somehow mine doesn’t support it). A quick internet search shows my experience is not uncommon.

Brand is a powerful thing I guess. 15 years ago you release a somewhat not-terrible product in a stale category…and decades later you can do no wrong. Makes sense I guess, how many people have had the chance to evaluate first-hand more than 2-3 printers in their life.

>>pembro+Tm
I had a similar issue, problem was a problematic WiFi-router. I got clued in when other devices were having sporadic disconnects once in a blue moon. Turned out that (unlike the brother) they also lost connection but managed to usually auto-reconnect on their own, hiding the issue. After replacing the problematic router all my issues went away.

Not that it'll solve your issue with any guarantee, but if you haven't looked into it yet... .