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imrlumley
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Oct 29, 2023
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Dlna server not appearing on wifi

Dlna media server not appearing on wireless network. I tried to upgrade and downgrade firmware as per other discussions. Server appears and works just fine on wired devices in same vlan. But no wirele...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 30, 2023
What Netgear product is this?
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imrlumley
Aspirant
Oct 30, 2023
Nighthawk mesh Mr60 and two MS60.
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    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 30, 2023
    imrlumley wrote:
    Nighthawk mesh Mr60 and two MS60.

    From what I can see, the MK63 does not have a built in DLNA server.

     

    So what server are we talking about here?

     

    What tells you that the router is the source of the issue?

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      imrlumley
      Aspirant
      Oct 30, 2023

      I have been running my own DLNA server for many years on my LAN.  After installing the Nighthawk mesh units, none of the clients on the wifi network can find the DLNA server.    Seems the Mesh APs may be blocking the broadcast from the DLNA server.  

       

      I have used minidlna, mediatomb, serviio, and others on the LAN.  I also launched bubbleUPNP on and an android connected to the wifi SSID.  bubbleupnp server hosted on the android on wifi does appear to my client DLNA devices on wifi; The DLNA server on the wired LAN does not.

       

      Typically I would configure previous wireless APs as network bridge mode.  The MR60 is operating in "access point" mode.