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Cinju's avatar
Cinju
Aspirant
Oct 13, 2016
Solved

Multicast requests blocked ?

We have this WNR614 router being setup to connect few HP wireless printers for printing from Mobiles .But non of the HP printers would list in mobile . The same scenario worked with other brand routers. Interesting point is that canon wireless printers does get listed. When checked with Wireshark for monitoring traffic it was found that MDNS traffic (Multicast) was getting blocked. Is there a way to enable Multicast traffic in this router or is it some sort of a bug ? There are not much options in the advanced page too. The router is running the latest firmware . Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated .

 

Thanks in Advance

Cinju

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Troubleshooting
  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    Oct 14, 2016

    Try to use a different firmware or downgrade it. 

    If the same thing happens, perhaps a newer router will work. 

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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Oct 13, 2016

    Hi Cinju

     

    Welcome to the community!

     

    See if unchecking "Disable IGMP Proxying" will help under Advanced > Setup > WAN Setup 

    • Cinju's avatar
      Cinju
      Aspirant
      Oct 14, 2016

      Hi Elaine,

       

      Thanks for the reply. I did try that option, but that didnt help .

       

      Regds

      Cinjith

      • ElaineM's avatar
        ElaineM
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Oct 14, 2016

        Try to use a different firmware or downgrade it. 

        If the same thing happens, perhaps a newer router will work.