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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...
worth a shot, will try to get that done later tonight...
I tend to get a bit frantic when something is happening that cannot happen.
It is fortunate that relocating Orbi satellites is a simple matter of unplugging, moving, and plugging in again.
There is new firmware for the RBR50/RBS50 product, v2.7.5.4.*
It defies logic that the specific firmware release could have any bearing on this situation. It is, however, one of the first things people seize on: "Is the firmware current?"
* Netgear has a "pattern" when releasing new firmware. When it first appears on the support download site, some users rush to download and install it manually. (satellites first, then router) I am reminded of a proverb about "fools" and "angels". After a period of time, Netgear does something that causes routers to detect that there is new firmware and causes the Orbi 'app' and the web interface to alert the user. A huge percentage of customers never touch the Orbi app or open the web interface, so they remain blissfully unaware. Sometime after that, Netgear tells routers to install the new firmware in the middle of the night. Those customers who never open the app or web site, still have no idea. With v2.4.4.24 it was about six weeks from first release until my RBR50 updated in the night. I'm waiting to "see what happens" this time around.
Unfortunately i didn't get a chance to swap satellites, however last evening my Samsung TV decided to connect to the "faulty" satellite after a reboot. The Plex client/app on the Samsung TV was unable to connect to the Mac Mini running the Plex server software...so not limited to Mac<-> Mac comms. The Mac Mini running the Plex server software is hard-wired to the RBR. Good times...
Hope to get a break in my schedule today to swap satellites.
Now I'm at a complete loss. I've switched the two satellites and they both are working as i would expect. This makes zero sense. I'm going to switch them back and see if the problem comes back with the one satellite...why would it? Of course if it does return, i will switch them yet once again, and if it works that way, i'm leaving it! The only difference between the two is the hardware of course, and the number of hard-wired connections per satellite. The "bad" one has 1 hardwired connection and the "good" one has 4. That can't possibly matter...but i'm stating it as a reference point.
BTW, I'm computer scientist by education and trade, so I understand enough about this that this kind of crap drives me nuts. But as a good CS major, i will only change one thing at a time and observe. Then another thing and observe. Then put my head through a wall...