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Trouble accessing local network devices from Orbi satellite connection
My problem: Unable to "see" a Mac Mini server on my local network when the client device is connected via Wifi to a satellite. If connected to the main router via Wifi or cable, it is fine. In a day...
Try it with nothing connected to the adtran router other than the orbi router.
If you're using a wired backhaul go
adtran---->orbi wan port----->switch/devices/satellites.
Because in ap mode, the adtran is managing the routing/dhcp/nat.
wilro15 wrote:
- Any device connected via cable, such as another computer in my office works fine.
Interesting, so devices connected by wi-fi cannot talk to your Mac Mini but if connected by ethernet they can?
Are your satellites wired or wireless to the Orbi base?
When you ping, is it by DNS name or by IP address of the Mac Mini? If it is by DNS, also test if pinging by IP address works when wireless connected to the satellite.
Wifi only works if the device is connected to the RBR50 and the RBS20 (the smaller satellite). The two larger satellites, RBS50, do not work.
I am using a wireless backhaul. The ping is done by IP address, when it doesn't work I get a "request timed out" message in teminal.
Up until Dec 27th, it was working fine, then the issue started.
Its really strange!