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Using Gmail with an Orbi setup
I have managed to install Orbi in the house and wifi is working fine. However I am not getting my emails through Gmail. There is lots of technical speak about this but can someone please point me in ...
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I appear to have fixed the problem but don't ask me how. Everyne seemed to be suggesting I was have a dns problem. So I changed one of the dns switches in the Orbi app and suddenlt everything is working again including Gmail.
My thanks goes out to eveyone who took the time to respond to my issue and point me in the right direction. I don't understand any of these issues any better than before but it was the multiple suggestions regarding dns issues that made me look at my profiles and change the dns settings.
Thank you all. Without you I would have sent back the Orbi system to Amazon (to my/our detriment!).
Sean
Only thing I could think of since it is one isolated site meaning there is something blocking it.
First open dos window use the window cmd command after opening try to command ping Gmail.google.com see if u get a response. Then try ping 172.217.3.46 that should be IP address for Google mail. Let us know what get
I am thinking your dns or something is wrong like a block
First open dos window use the window cmd command after opening try to command ping Gmail.google.com see if u get a response. Then try ping 172.217.3.46 that should be IP address for Google mail. Let us know what get
I am thinking your dns or something is wrong like a block
Ping Gmail.google.com
64 bytes from 146.112.61.106: icmp_seq=23 ttl=58 time=17.155 ms
64 bytes from 146.112.61.106: icmp_seq=24 ttl=58 time=16.361 ms
Ping 172.217.3.46
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=90.913 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=88.877 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=89.275 ms
You have a strange problem. It could be related to the router's MTU size. Are you on a PPOE connection, or using some kind of VPN?
To check, try pinging using different packet sizes and the "do not fragment" bit set. It's the same test you just did with a couple options added.
See this: https://kb.netgear.com/19863/Ping-Test-to-determine-Optimal-MTU-Size-on-Router
I tried but it didn't like the -f so I tried without and got the following
Seans-iMac-38438:~ seancreavy$ ping www.yahoo.com -f -i 1492
ping: -f flag: Operation not permitted
Seans-iMac-38438:~ seancreavy$
Seans-iMac-38438:~ seancreavy$ ping www.yahoo.com -i 1492
PING atsv2-fp.wg1.b.yahoo.com (46.228.47.115): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 46.228.47.115: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=24.171 msSorry - I forgot to mention I am on a PPPOE connection
creavy wrote:
Ping Gmail.google.com
64 bytes from 146.112.61.106: icmp_seq=23 ttl=58 time=17.155 ms
64 bytes from 146.112.61.106: icmp_seq=24 ttl=58 time=16.361 msPing 172.217.3.46
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=90.913 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=88.877 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.3.46: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=89.275 ms146.112.61.106 is the address for hit-adult.opendns.com. Are you using OpenDNS domain filtering? You may have blocked access to gmail with it.
All
I appear to have fixed the problem but don't ask me how. Everyne seemed to be suggesting I was have a dns problem. So I changed one of the dns switches in the Orbi app and suddenlt everything is working again including Gmail.
My thanks goes out to eveyone who took the time to respond to my issue and point me in the right direction. I don't understand any of these issues any better than before but it was the multiple suggestions regarding dns issues that made me look at my profiles and change the dns settings.
Thank you all. Without you I would have sent back the Orbi system to Amazon (to my/our detriment!).
Sean
