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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 ...
Host A & B are RPIs or MacOS depending on the tests I carried on.
It appears the test machines have both Ethernet and WiFi network connections, correct?
Bummer that they cannot both be connected with Ethernet to the same Orbi unit (router or satellite)? (not enough Ethernet ports)
If they are both connected with WiFi to the same Orbi unit (router or satellite), does the multicast still fail?
Test machines are not connected to both Ethernet and Wifi at the same time.
I used a Netgear Switch for the Ethernet test (GS108T) to ensure that both nodes were effectively sending/receiving these multicast packets. This switch has IGMP Snooping and Snooping Queriing
When both connected to the same Orbi Unit, multicast to 224.0.0.234 fails.
What is interesting (I just discovered that) is that these multicast packets are received in the Netgear Ethernet Switch that is wired to the RBS.
I have used tcpdump and Wireshark to witness this traffic from both side.
Attached is a drawing of my setup.
.... I have trouble attaching the drawing