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Orbi salellite not passing Mac screen sharing
System: Orbi RBR50 router V2.7.4.24 running in router mode with 2 x Orbi RBS50 satellites also running V2.7.4.24 Mac Laptop: Ventura 13.2.1 (5G wireless) Mac Remote(s): Catalina 10.15.7 (5G wireles...
Remote Desktop = screen sharing = VNC (port 5900 to answer the next question)
The two macs I connect to are both Mac Minis although likely irrelevant.
Mac laptop moves around the house running VNC, conneting to the two Macs listed above, so can change where it is connected to
Satellites connected wireless
- Hardware Version: RBS50
- Firmware Version: V2.7.4.24
Orbi Satellite WiFi Status (2.4GHz)
- Name (SSID): xxx
- Channel: 6(P)+10(S)
- Region: North America
- Mode: Up to 400 Mbps
- Wireless AP: On
- Broadcast Name: On
- Security Type: WPA2-PSK[AES]
Orbi Satellite WiFi Status (5GHz)
- Name (SSID): xxx
- Channel: 36+40+44+48(P)
- Region: North America
- Mode: Up to 866.7 Mbps
- Wireless AP: On
- Broadcast Name: On
- Security Type: WPA2-PSK[AES]
Thanks. Think I get it now:
Two Mac Mini's connected to the Orbi network, each hosting macOS Remote Desktop.
When connected to the router and to one of the satellites, the laptop can remote to both Mac Mini's.
When connected to the other satellite, the laptop cannot remote to either of the Mac Mini's. (or to one but not the other?)
When I use VNC, I always identify the VNC hosts by their IP address. How does Remote Desktop indicate which of the two Mini's is the target for a specific connection session?
When connected to the other satellite, the laptop cannot remote to either of the Mac Mini's. (or to one but not the other?)
- Laptop is unable to connect to either server when the one satellite is involved
When I use VNC, I always identify the VNC hosts by their IP address. How does Remote Desktop indicate which of the two Mini's is the target for a specific connection session?
- I connect via IP address. Each connection is separate, so when things are working i have two VNC sessions open on my laptop, 1 to each server. When it can't connect, well, i have zero sessions open! I need VNC as these two mac minis have no keyboard/mouse nor display
I, also, use VNC to connect to my headless Raspberry Pi's.
Do these PI's respond to ICMP (ping)? (or have any other server software running on them (web server? FTP server? etc.)
As it turns out (new info to me) lots of stuff dies when laptop connects to the "bad" satellite!
Ping from laptop to mac mini dies, but laptop ping to RBR works fine (as well as https for web admin of RBR)
Plex stops working on the laptop (one of the Mac Minis is a plex server, laptop has plex client)
But lots of other things connect to that Satellite and work just fine, like Next cameras, Sonos speakers, LifX bulbs, iPhones, etc.
And my laptop works fine to get to the web when connected to the "bad" satellite, like web browsing, etc.
I can enable more server services on the minis, but I'm thinking they will also not work correctly. Befuddling...