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Access Control Not Allowing Devices to Talk to Each Other
My Asus ZenFi Mini (XD4) mesh system allowed me to connect to devices on the local network simply by visiting the IP address of the device I wish to connect to. For example, I am running an application, which is exposed to outside traffic, on 192.168.1.5. I was able to visit that IP from all other devices on my network and reach the web pages the application serves. I had to quickly pick up a Nighthawk MK6W because the Asus router started going bad after some years. However, I could no longer visit 192.168.1.5. I get ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE. A different forum post suggests turning of Access Control entirely, which indeed was the solution to allowing access to that local IP address again. The strange part is that only Windows devices were cut off from being accessible. The Linux servers on my network did not experience this problem when I visited their IPs. My question (and frustration) is, why did this happen in the first place? With Access Control turned on, and no device blocked on my network (totally fresh setup), I would have expected to be able to visit device IP addresses without an issue. Why do I have to turn Access Control off for this functionality to return?Mesh 6 System Blocking Twitch
So, I just upgraded my internet with a mesh 6 wifi system with two sattelites. My wife and I were blown away with the speed increases that we saw. A couple nights later, I tried to go online and stream my gaming to twitch, but it seems that all of a sudden our internet is blocking twitch even though I have the mesh 6 system in its wireless AP mode. I have no idea how it is doing it since I haven't made any changes to our firewalls or anything like that. When I try to stream, my OBS software tells me that it can't connect to the server. When I try to watch a video on twitch, it tells me that there was a network error (error #2000). No clue if anyone here will be able to help me, but figured it's worth a shot.Security of MESH WiFi
I am considering to install a Mesh "Nighthawk AX1800 (MK63)" in my small business. We have a network with about 15 users, voip, server and a firewall. My consultant is guarding me about using a mesh system as WiFi access point, he says that they are very vulnerable to attacks and they will make the whole network very unsecure and exposed. Is it true? What can I answer him?