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| I turned on LAN only mode using Bambu Lab's guide: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/enable-lan-mode.
|style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center"|Step 1||
I turned on LAN only mode using Bambu Lab's guide: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/enable-lan-mode.


Basically you go into your printer's settings, scroll to LAN only mode and set it to ON. This logs you out and supposedly disconnects your printer from their servers, but since it is still connected to WiFi it theoretically could call home if it wanted. We'll take care of that in step 5.
Basically you go into your printer's settings, scroll to LAN only mode and set it to ON. This logs you out and supposedly disconnects your printer from their servers, but since it is still connected to WiFi it theoretically could call home if it wanted. We'll take care of that in step 5.
|| [[File:P1S.jpg|thumb|450px|Turn on LAN only mode by selecting it and pressing Ok, then pressing Yes on the confirmation dialog that appears]]
|| [[File:P1S.jpg|thumb|450px|Turn on LAN only mode by selecting it and pressing Ok, then pressing Yes on the confirmation dialog that appears]]
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|style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center"|Step 2||colspan=2| I uninstalled both the Handy Android app and Bambu Studio, I won't be using those anymore.
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|colspan=2| I uninstalled both the Handy Android app and Bambu Studio, I won't be using those anymore.
|style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center"rowspan=2|Step 3|| I downloaded Orca Slicer 2.2.0 (latest at the time of writing): https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v2.2.0 . After you follow the link scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Assets section, and pick the right one for you operating system.
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| I downloaded Orca Slicer 2.2.0 (latest at the time of writing): https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v2.2.0 . After you follow the link scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Assets section, and pick the right one for you operating system.
|| [[File:Orca download.jpg|thumb|450px|In my case I chose OrcaSlicer_Windows_Installer_V2.2.0.exe]]
|| [[File:Orca download.jpg|thumb|450px|In my case I chose OrcaSlicer_Windows_Installer_V2.2.0.exe]]
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|| [[File:Orca slicer 2.2.0.png|thumb|450px|Orca slicer and my LAN only printer]]
|| [[File:Orca slicer 2.2.0.png|thumb|450px|Orca slicer and my LAN only printer]]
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| '''Important Note:''' After everything is working remember to turn on Stealth Mode so that Orca won't attempt to communicate with Bambu's cloud.
|colspan="2"| '''Important Note:''' After everything is working remember to turn on Stealth Mode so that Orca won't attempt to communicate with Bambu's cloud.
|| [[File:Stealth mode.jpg|thumb|450px|Click on the hamburger menu in the top left -> Preferences -> Network enable stealth mode]]
|| [[File:Stealth mode.jpg|thumb|450px|Click on the hamburger menu in the top left -> Preferences -> Network enable stealth mode]]
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| I got my printer's MAC address from Settings -> MAC (scroll all the way down).
|style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center"|Step 4||  I got my printer's MAC address from Settings -> MAC (scroll all the way down).
|| [[File:P1S MAC.jpg|thumb|450px|Printer MAC address location]]
|| [[File:P1S MAC.jpg|thumb|450px|Printer MAC address location]]
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| I went into my router's settings (this depends on your manufacturer, send me a DM if you are not sure how to do it), parental controls and added a new rule based on the printer's MAC, to permanently disable its internet access.
|style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center"|Step 5||  I went into my router's settings (this depends on your manufacturer, send me a DM if you are not sure how to do it), parental controls and added a new rule based on the printer's MAC, to permanently disable its internet access.
|| [[File:Router.jpg|thumb|450px|Example of router settings]]
|| [[File:Router.jpg|thumb|450px|Example of router settings]]
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