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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.
Hmm, I left a reply and it seems to have disappeared so I'll try again. Tahoe is no installed on the laptop and the PrivateWiFi Address option appears in Settings. Toggling that off now allows that laptop to detect the printer, although installing it was a bit odd...kept referring to 3rd party software for some reason. So, instead, I printed from Notes and selected the printer which then successfully printed the document. We'll keep testing but I think this will be the solution that will work.
My only question and it's probably rhetorical is, why is Google Mesh so easy to set up and simply works whereas Netgear requires all this fiddling and tweaking? Not being a networking person, this was all new stuff to me.
Thank you everyone for all your help and patience on this one. I truly appreciate all the info your provided in helping me get this problem solved. THANK YOU!!!