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Connected devices list
I am curious how reliable the connected devices list is for the ORBI. I have 8 SONOS devices connected to my network. I have network scanners that run on my iPhone and my iMac that reliably find all...
Hello TedHL
If that sonos device is connected to a satellite unit you may want to log into the Ip address of the satellite and check its connected devices.
DarrenM
There is actually only one connection to my network for the SONOS devices. That is a direct wired connection from a SONOS : BOOST to the main ORBI unit. The other SONOS devices connect through the SONOS : BOOST.
All of the SONOS devices show as a wired connection in the ORBI Connected Devices list because of the wired SONOS : BOOST connection. That is what is strange about the SONOS : SUB. It connects the same as all of the other SONOS stuff through the BOOST and the ORBI list reliably lists all of them except for the SUB.
Go figure...
When you say "reliably", do you mean that sometimes that device shows up and other times it does not show up? I have some IP cameras that all come into the Orbi through a single wired port, and ONE of the cameras "appears" and "disappears" from the Connected Devices list.
That is correct. Sometimes it will show in the Connected Devices list but most of the time it doesn't. All of the other SONOS devices show up all of the time. The SONOS : SUB is connected as it works just fine. It also allways shows up in the network scanning software I have on my Mac and iPhone.
It looks like we have similar situations. It would help if someone from Netgear would explain HOW the Orbi "knows" that a wired device is connected. I know that ordinary ethernet devices (i.e. hubs, switches, ports) can sense electrically that something on the other end of the ethernet cable has put voltage on the wires, and are "on". They usually light up an LED as an indication. (They even blink LED's when traffic goes through.) However, if the ethernet port is connected to another hub or switch, all that can be sensed electrically is THAT device is turned on, not any devices further down the line.
So, if the Orbi cannot sense electrically that devices are "on", what is the mechanism that Orbi uses to detect WIRED connected devices?
