I have worked with over a half-dozen of the 8600 family in the past couple of years. I have also given up on reliable direct wireless connection to the printer, and I NEVER update firmware unless something is not working to my satisfaction. Since routers are cheap and time is not, i use a Cat 5 connection from the printer to a router that is set up as a wireless access point. Thus, the printer is connected via cat 5, but there is no need for a hard wired connection to that location - just AC power. Neither the access point not the main router cares if the access point's client is connected by cat 5 or wireless, but it seems that the printer does.
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