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Orbi and connected Ubuntu devices
I have an RBR850 mesh network: one base station and two satellites. There are some ~30 devices attached to the network, and all is working well. However... I'm standing up a cluster of NVIDIA...
Possivle that your Ubuntu devices are not broadcasting ARP infornation or correctly broadcasting ARP device information that Orbi can understand.
What FW version are you currently using?
My Orbi is running firmware version V3.2.16.22_1.4.9.
Yes, it's possible my Ubantu box is not sending ARP information correctly...I'll check into that.
However, my other network scanning tools (one example IP Scanner Pro) DOES see my Ubantu device, while the Orbi still does not.
This is rather concerning, for it tells me that it's possible to hide devices on the network, and Orbi won't report to me that they exist.
But, we know that Orbi knows it exists: it offered up the local IP address (given that it's the DHCP server); it will have set aside that address so that no one else uses it...yet it's not reporting that it is in use.
Thus, one can reasonably infer that Orbi knows the device is there, but it's just not telling me.
That is indeed problematic, don't you think?
Just checked: indeed, ARP replies are being sent (Ubuntu enables them by default, as it turns out).
Curiouser and curiouser....
You can try updaing to v12 and see if this helps:
If other devices are being seen by Orbi and only thr Ubuntu devices are not, would point to a problem either on these devices or in FW. Something go contact NG support about.