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notCB
Aspirant
Aug 01, 2026

Two devices can't ssh or ping

I have two devices, a Mac and a raspberry pi, that are connected to the same orbi satellite on the same main wifi ssid and same subnet using DHCP. The Mac is connected at 6Ghz and the pi is connected...
orbi 970 series
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notCB
Aspirant
Aug 01, 2026

I have RBE971 and RBE970 with firmware V12.1.10.12_5.3.16. Have not tried disconnecting the satellite to connect to the router. Currently testing with the Mac hardwired to the satellite. The mac is using private wifi addressing (MAC address randomization). I can turn that off as the next test. Also, while the problem was occurring, I tried flushing arp cache on both devices and also rebooting both. That did not help. 

 

My Sony TV and a few other devices randomly loses their wireless network connection. Not sure if that is related. Have not had the time to study it. 

 

By the way, I have a fair amount of experience in networking and software development. As far as i can tell right now, this setup should work and it does work for a few hours. 

 

Thanks.