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Orbi won’t work with BluOS
I have a NAD M50 media streamer which is wired via Ethernet which I can see at its ip address and on my desktop which is also Ethernet. The player is controlled by a WiFi app on an iPad, BluOS, whic...
QuiltyC wrote:I have a NAD M50 media streamer which is wired via Ethernet which I can see at its ip address and on my desktop which is also Ethernet. The player is controlled by a WiFi app on an iPad, BluOS, which has not worked since i installed the Orbi. Nothing on the WiFi network can see it. The BluOS app on my iPad cannot find the NAD player. I tried enabling iptv. My internet connection is through a UVerse router which I use the only dhcp server on the network. It's WiFi is off.
I have plugged, unplugged, power-cycled, rebooted to factory settings, and nothing works.
Was this working before the Orbi system was installed?
Are the NAD and the desktop both connected to the Orbi ethernet, or are they connected to UVerse?
Would you mind reporting the IP addresses of the NAD, desktop, and iPad?
Thanks
I keep forgetting that the forum is highly asynchronous. (Hours can go by betweenposts.)
Where I was going with the questions is this: If the desktop and NAD are connected to the UVerse, they will get IP addresses from UVerse.
The iPad will get an IP address from Orbi.
They will be in different subnets.
The iPad will "know" that the NAD is not on the same subnet, and will send packets to the Orbi gateway saying, "Please send this where it goes." The NAD will not have any idea where the iPad is.
The solution is to move the NAD and desktop connection to the Orbi. (or, at least the NAD).
Or... I have wasted everybody's time.
CrimpOn wrote:I keep forgetting that the forum is highly asynchronous. (Hours can go by betweenposts.)
Where I was going with the questions is this: If the desktop and NAD are connected to the UVerse, they will get IP addresses from UVerse.
The iPad will get an IP address from Orbi.
They will be in different subnets.
The iPad will "know" that the NAD is not on the same subnet, and will send packets to the Orbi gateway saying, "Please send this where it goes." The NAD will not have any idea where the iPad is.
The solution is to move the NAD and desktop connection to the Orbi. (or, at least the NAD).
Or... I have wasted everybody's time.
Definitely not wasting anyone's time. Thank you for the help.
I will try making the Orbi the DHCP server and plugging it into a switch and then everything else into that switch. I will turn off dhcp server on the UVerse router. So, UVerse cable from UVerse router to switch, and then switch to Orbi, and then everything else into switch. Does that make sense?
QuiltyC wrote:
I will try making the Orbi the DHCP server and plugging it into a switch and then everything else into that switch. I will turn off dhcp server on the UVerse router. So, UVerse cable from UVerse router to switch, and then switch to Orbi, and then everything else into switch. Does that make sense?Oh, dear. No. UVerse to Orbi to switch. Everything "downstream" of the Orbi.
Will try that.
Also, I assume that the UVerse router will remain as the lone DHCP server.