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mbolo01
Jun 05, 2026Apprentice
Orbi 37x and Local Network Control Block (224.0.0/24) multicast
Dear all, I have an Orbi setup (RBE371 and 2x RBE370) that is causing me headaches with LAN multicast. One of my music application leverages multicast against 224.0.0.234 for node/companion ...
mbolo01
Jun 05, 2026Apprentice
The host router carries all traffic he has to carry, i.e intranet/internet traffic.
Host A & B are RPIs or MacOS depending on the tests I carried on.
Host A & B are WiFi connected to the same Orbi kit (being RBR or RBS depending on the tests I carried on)
Host A can communicate with host B in my LAN as well as other hosts in my LAN using many network protocols
Host B can communicate with host A in my LAN as well as other hosts in my LAN using many network protocols
ARP table of host A shows host B MAC address
ARP table of host B shows host A MAC address
Host A and host B can communicate with any Internet host through the FAI router, from which they get their IP address via DHCP
Host A multicast packets sent to 224.0.0.234 are not received by any hosts in my LAN, including host B
Host B multicast packets sent to 224.0.0.234 are not received by any hosts in my LAN, including host A
If Host A & B are connected to the same Netgear switch, itself wired to a RBS, then they can see multicast packets from each other