How does a device get connected to a specific pod

I have a printer that insists on connecting to the furthest away pod in my house rather than the pod that is LITERALLY right next to it.

We have a home office with two desktops, the one printer and, at times, Alexa, iPhones, etc.  The pod is located in the center of the office in a power strip on the desk right next to the printer.  Everything connects to the office pod, except for the printer which will opt for the basement pod (2 floors down on the opposite side), or garage pod (even further away).

Printing becomes slow, error-prone or the print job says in the queue.  The only way I can fix it is to unplug the far-away pods to force a connection to the office pod.  That works great until the next day when it's the same story.

Is there something I can do?

Thanks in advance