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RBR50 wifi and lan not routing between each other properly
I have an ORBI RBR50 set up. I have figured out that my lan and wifi aren't talking to each other properly. What settings are my options for looking at fixing that? I'd like to start by opening up that traffic completely, for troubleshooting.
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On the Orbi RBR50 (I have one), the wired network and the primary WiFi network are one address space. The Guest WiFi network has a setting to either allow (or not allow) devices connected to the Guest WiFi to communicate with the primary network.
Because it is a LAN subnet (usually 192.168.1.x), in a technical sense there is no routing going on. Devices communicate by using Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to learn the hardware MAC address of the devices they wish to communicate with and address data packets directly to the hardware address.
What is happening that indicates a problem?
