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More Printer Problems with an RBE371 Mesh Network
I've been having a problem with my new Netgear Orbi RBE371 mesh network since I installed it on Saturday. I have two printers, an Epson ET-8500 and a Brother MFC-L3770CDW. Until Saturday I was using ...
regarding my statement: "this is the equivalent of "Private Wi-Fi address = OFF", which is very safe and reliable on Netgear networks as you have found on your other computers."
You had written that "The "Private WiFi Address" option doesn't appear in the network settings .....This seems to be the switch that works"
My particular comment meant that if for the reasons I previously stated, the Private WiFu Address feature is not available/does not show as a setting on your MacBook Air, you still have a situation that "works" - If available, Private WiFi Address set to OFF fixes your issue. I am saying that in computers that do not have that feature, they function like Private WiFi Address is off - meaning, there is no masking, changing, rotating the MAC address the computer reports. So the behavior of your laptop without that setting is identical to a computer with Private WiF Address=Off. You don't have to do anything.
We still have the issue on a 2020 Macbook Air. The "Private WiFi Address" option doesn't appear in the network settings which aI find really odd. This seems to be the switch that works so I'm not sure how to proceed when the option isn't available. We made sure it was updated to the same OS as my Macbook Pro. Is there anything else we can try for this one laptop? Thanks.
What OSX version is on the 2020 Mac Book Air. I have this on my 2018 Mac Book Pro on OSX 15.7.x
It's on 14.7 and we've been trying to update it and for some reason it's not updating and there's no error message. But that's beyond the scope of this thread. I'm thinking that once we get an update installed that setting will appear. Thanks!