Subj : Re: Getting along without a keyboard To : none@invalid.com From : bp@www.zefox.net Date : Tue Sep 17 2024 16:56:26 mm0fmf wrote: > > 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. On reflection it makes perfect sense..... 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. Thanks to everyone for all your help! bob prohaska --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .