Hi Trent, Thanks for this. Preliminary fiddling with the IGMP options does not appear to have any effect.
I'll play with it a bit more before throwing it away and getting a replacement. Next question: any suggestions on a make/model of modem which IS compatible with bonjour service discovery? Cheers, Andrew On 06/11/2011, at 3:21 PM, Trent Lloyd wrote: > Most likely your wireless is breaking Bonjour service discovery - which uses > multicast. > > Check to see if your modem has an option for IGMP somewhere in the settings > you can try turn it off/on to fix, if not, you will likely need to purchase a > new modem that is not broken (some modem/routers break this feature because > they are stupid). > > > You'll likely find iTunes music sharing is broken also. > > Regards, > Trent > > On 06/11/2011, at 3:11 PM, Andrew Schox wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We have an ADSL modem/router at our office (a Netcomm NB9WMAXXn, in fact). >> >> We have some Macs connected via ethernet, and some via wireless. In either >> case, the Macs get an appropriate IP address from the DHCP server on the >> modem. >> >> If I connect my macbook pro via ethernet, I can access printers and use a >> little chat app (which uses UDP), but if I connect via wireless, I can't >> access the printers or other chat users, although I still can access some >> network things (such as our database server, and networked disks). I have no >> idea why this is so. >> >> I've checked Netcomm's support site, and have googled myself senseless, to >> no avail... >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andrew >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
