# Form 2 LAN connection issue

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602>\
**Category:** Form 2\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602 "2018-09-28T16:43:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![noahlawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@noahlawrence](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/noahlawrence)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602/1 "2018-09-28T16:43:08Z")

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I recently purchased a form 2 (rc-1.13.5-101), but cannot get preform (2.17.1) on windows 7 to connect to it on the LAN. I can ping the printer’s IP address from my windows cmd prompt, but when I try to connect via preform I get the error " could not connect to printer". I have manually set a static IP address, and have entered the correct IP address in preform. Any ideas?  
Thanks,  
Noah

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**Author:** ![Sculptingman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Sculptingman](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Sculptingman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602/2 "2018-09-28T19:01:02Z")

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Are you connecting via WiFi or Cable?

Does your router have a password?

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**Author:** ![noahlawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@noahlawrence](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/noahlawrence)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602/3 "2018-09-28T21:03:55Z")

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Thanks for the response, it turns out the issue was a buried permissions setting on my LAN, issue has been resolved.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-2-lan-connection-issue/20602/4 "2018-10-05T21:04:00Z")

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