Re: Getting along without a keyboard

On 17/09/2024 09:38, mm0fmf wrote:

On 17/09/2024 00:58, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:

mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

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Check if your wireless settings for the router have something called "AP
Isolation" or very similar and if it is enabled. If it is enabled,
devices connected by WiFi will not be able to access each other. Turn it
off in this case.
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Hmm, nothing related that I have seen. The term "access point" doesn't
appear in the manual or setup menus, nor "isolation" or anything close
to it.
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It isn't clear that I've completely searched the Web interface setup
options, however. And a few topics I don't recognize. One is "Virtual
Server", described as:
Virtual Server is used to allow Internet users access to LAN services
At face value, that seems not to apply.
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Another is "Special Application", described as:
Special Application is used to run applications that require multiple
connections.
But, the "special applications" list refers to games.
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The firewall rules dangled an option to allow LAN-to-LAN traffic,
but when I tried to set a rule using the DHCP addresses a dialog
box saying:
Allow/Deny traffic from WAN to WAN or LAN to LAN does not support! (sic)
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There's no distinction between WiFi and wired LAN that I can find.
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Thanks for writing!
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bob prohaska
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 It's possible it is always enabled. The router has been obsolete for 14 years, maybe time for a new one?
 

I loved my old D-Link router.
A thunderstorm got it years ago.
Since then I had a netgear POS and a CISCO SOHO router - a rebadged linksys I think - that was good but the Draytek I now have is even better.
Unlike many feature rich routers, the draytek has a sanely organised user interface and the advanced features actually work...
I have a friend who is computer illiterate and cannot understand why his BT supplied router needs power cycling every few weeks.
My Draytek has never needed it. Neither did the Cisco.
Moral. Get a decent router so at least you can eliminate it from your problems
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