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Isolated ethernet ports
I have a fiber to ethernet terminal (Nokia XS-010X-Q, not a router) connected to my 860 in router mode. I also have 2 sats and a number of devices connected to the ethernet ports on the master, one b...
You have SPC or Armor enabled on the RBR?
What happens if you connect the non managed switch in between the RBR and the PCs and connect the PCs to this switch? Can they ping each other then?
Has this worked before or is this first time trying this?
What FW version is loaded on the system?
Again, Make sure your PCs are discoverable in Windows. There is networking profiles that may not allow that. Contact MS support about setting Public or Private networking profiles and enabling of discovery and sharing with Windows and getting Remote Desktop working correctly.
Are the ethernet port supposed to be able to talk to each other by default?
Yes, the Ethernet module included in most Netgear routers performs exactly as other ordinary Ethernet switches. It maintains an internal ARP table showing which Ethernet ports lead to specific Ethernet MAC addresses. When a data packet arrives at one port, the switch looks in the table to find which port the packet should be sent out of. (Broadcast packets go out every port.)
Windows computers have elaborate firewall settings with one set of rules for the local (private) network and another set for the remote network. By default, Windows computers do not respond to ICMP requests ('ping')
Most of the 60-odd devices connected to my Orbi system respond to ICMP, but there are some "odd balls" that do not. The Echo Dot speaker, for example, does not.