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Irritator
Feb 11, 2026Aspirant
Netgear Discovery tool 2.0.7.0 no longer finding my 5 switches.
I have used the utility many times before. Sometimes I have to run it twice to get results. Now it doesn't find anything. I can ping them all by IP, I can get into them via web and they are all...
Irritator
Feb 12, 2026Aspirant
I forgot to attach the files. My "good" MAC finder utility is a windows program as well. Apparently, my attachments aren't coming through.
schumaku
Feb 12, 2026Guru - Experienced User
Irritator wrote:Apparently, my attachments aren't coming through.
Yes, longer standing issue with this SaaS platfrom
Irritator wrote:My "good" MAC finder utility is a windows program as well.
Irritator wrote:and my ping scanner output.
As explained several times, UPnP SSDP, and the Windows system must accept these Multicast on the incoming side.
With the default Windows firewall, magically controlled by the simple "Public" vs. "Private" network, " the "Public" setting will block these.
Similar, you can't ping your WIndows system from the LAN side with the "Public" network settings.
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