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Pirana
May 15, 2021Follower
RBR850 ORBI Blocking my laptops
I have a RBR850 Orbi with 2 satellites. Its been working great, but recently it blocked 2 of my laptops from accessing the internet although they are both connected to the router (I can print wirele...
CrimpOn
May 15, 2021Guru - Experienced User
(just my opinon), but I am much more comfortable looking at the Orbi web interface. On the Advanced Tab, Security Menu, Access Control.
Does it show Access Control "on" or "off"?
For some reason, many people have issues with the way Orbi handles resolving internet names into IP addresses. (DNS).
Are these laptops able to 'ping' internet resources by IP address, but not by domain name?
i.e. ping 1.1.1.1
Does this work?
If so, ping one.one.one.one