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jtm0n3y
Tutor
Jun 28, 2022

WAX630 mDNS or multicast printer discovery issues

I have a WAX630E AP with two separate SSIDs on different VLANs. I can't print or scan to a printer that's on the other VLAN if i'm connected wirelessly. If I'm hard-wired into my switch on a separate...
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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 28, 2022
jtm0n3y wrote:

This leads me to believe there is a multicast issue between VLANs within the netgear AP.

The AP does not neither any multicast forwarding between the SSIDs resp. VLANs. nor forward to the other VLAN.

 

Reads more like the multicast is not forwarded to the VLAN to the security appliance, or in case it's a wireless printer from the security appliance to the other VLAN and to the AP.

 

it should not make any difference from the wired VLAN to the other resp. from one SSID to another VLAN - data path is the very same.

  • jtm0n3y's avatar
    jtm0n3y
    Tutor
    Jun 28, 2022
    That would make sense if printing didn’t work between vlans whenever I’m hard-wired to a different vlan other than what the printer is on. This issue wasn’t present prior to installing the netgear AP. Both SSIDs previously resided on fortiwifi APs (replaced with the netgear wax630e because of ongoing connection reliability issues). Everything works wirelessly between vlans with the exception of printing and scanning. I can even ping the printer and view it’s status and settings through snmp.
    • schumaku's avatar
      schumaku
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jun 28, 2022
      jtm0n3y wrote:
      That would make sense if printing didn’t work between vlans whenever I’m hard-wired to a different vlan other than what the printer is on. --- 

      No doubts about your obviously nicely working VLANs on the wired network. Suspect the AP does block some multicast it should not block between the mapped SSID and the VLAN. Sorry to be unclear before.

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        jtm0n3y
        Tutor
        Jun 28, 2022
        Curious to see if anyone else has this issue. I know with unifi you can enable mdns to resolve this but I’m not seeing any settings in the netgear AP webui similar to that.

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