Yes. The solution is Prusa, Creality, Qidi or anything else that is “NOT Bambu”.
In case you haven’t been following current events. This is at the heart of Bambu’s current controversy. According to Bambu, you’re imagining this problem, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, there’s nothing to see there. Except, people keep coming back with the same issues, the product simply is unstable without an Internet connection.
The bottom line is that LAN-only mode was clearly a stopgap measure implemented when Bambu Labs was caught off guard at the introduction of the X1C in 2022. To their credit, in 2022, they admitted they were humble ex-robotics engineers—mostly from DJI—with little expertise in networking. At the launch of the X1C and P1, Bambu placated the community by introducing LAN-only mode to silence cybersecurity concerns about their lack of security with their cloud offering.
Last month, Bambu came back with a vengeance, implementing—for our own good—the new Bambu Connector to ensure our LAN was “properly protected” from us. How fortunate we are to have such shepherds watching over their flock. Except these measures were defeated within 24 hours, accomplishing nothing except blocking third-party hardware and software like Orca Slicer from working in future releases. Orca has stated they will not support Bambu going forward and suggested people refrain from updating their firmware.