Re: Getting along without a keyboard

On 17/09/2024 17:56, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

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That's AP Isolation at work.  It stops Wifi devices communicating with
each. The idea is if you have lots of guest devices connecting, AP
Isolation stops them talking direct to each other and is meant to limit
a rogue guest device ability to do bad things to other guests.

 The problem is solved, and I'm feeling quite stupid about the solution.
 It turns out that setting a reserved DHCP address for the wireless client
MAC address un-isolates hosts on WiFi. Ssh and ping work now. Interestingly,
setting a static address at the client end, by itself, does not lift the
isolation. An old iMac with a static IP connected to the LAN via a WiFi-
Ethernet bridge still can't be pinged but connects outbound just fine.
 

How weird.
One feels there ought to be a simple snitch to switch that behaviour off, somewhere on the router
Or that if you use static address outsoide the DHCP range that should work too

On reflection it makes perfect sense.....
 

Well, yes and no..
Its all a bit Putin-like in its centralised state control...:-)

I've played with the idea of getting an open-wrt-compatible router in the
past, but dropped the idea after finding nothing suitable at the local
thrift store. Perhaps I should look again.
 

Are you *that* strapped for cash?
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