mindlash Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Hey folks. I've just added an older Orbi mesh I had forgotten I had, as my 'upstairs' devices were showing Poor connectivity in Device Manager, and were disconnecting often with my new R3 (didn't seem to have this issue previously with my XR500. At any rate, I've configured the Orbi to have the same previous 2GHz SID as my R3, thus using my R3 for 5Ghz wireless clients, and my Orbi for 2Ghz clients and it works just dandy. As expected, in AP mode my 2GHz clients are receiving all their IP's in the 192.168.77.* range. That being said, I know that R3's device manager will only show the connected Orbi Router, as a wired device. My question is, now that I know IP's are being taken properly, distributed by my R3 -- can I, in any way, manage/see/track devices by IP usage on the R3? (I know I can do this via the new IP for the Orbi Router) -- Just like some form of consolidation if you will. I presume that if an IP is being utilized, then R3, in theory, should have a log of this, and I would think it would show up somehow/somewhere. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PharmDawgg Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I had the same question. I went back to only using the R3 because I wanted to be able to see all the devices on a single device. I was running the R3 with an Asus Aimesh setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 4 Administrators Share Posted January 4 As it's being used in AP mode you should actually see all the devices connected to the Orbi actually shown individually on the R3 so you can manage them - is this not the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlash Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Netduma Fraser said: As it's being used in AP mode you should actually see all the devices connected to the Orbi actually shown individually on the R3 so you can manage them - is this not the case? Negative. Zero past the orbi… I have over 20 devices… PharmDawgg and Disrek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 5 Administrators Share Posted January 5 They may be showing offline, are they listed there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlash Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 Well. Yes. But wouldn’t they be listed there since they were previously online? And if I remove offline devices… are you suggesting they’ll show back up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 5 Administrators Share Posted January 5 Yes that's right and if you do remove them they should come back I suspect once the devices start using traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlash Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 This is interesting... In offline mode, I had over 50. Which is/was odd, but likely because I was trying 2GHz/5GHz on various items with and without merged SID's ... so likely my 25'ish clients double-booked at some point. At any rate, I cleared offline devices... and that took it down to a couple still listed, but offline. But then I noticed a few items 'online' via hardwire (which technically is correct) as they're coming through from the ORBI. I don't know if this is possible, but man it would be nice to have the ORBI or any other AP-mode router become another visual hub-point to then start showing connections connected to that point. Because, this is going to get overloaded shortly, if devices continue to 'come online' under wired. Vs my actual 3 items that are hardwired. I'm also surprised that the devices, coming online via ORBI connection are not keeping their edited names/icons - As I presumed that was locked in via MAC address. I'll need to re-roam the house gathering IP's and MAC addresses as I did before. Lastly, there are two items showing 'offline' that will not go away after clearning -- LA Work, and SKYTOP -- Both of which are connected via ORBI -- Both of which are using data currently. But neither are showing online. Bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 5 Administrators Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, mindlash said: This is interesting... In offline mode, I had over 50. Which is/was odd, but likely because I was trying 2GHz/5GHz on various items with and without merged SID's ... so likely my 25'ish clients double-booked at some point. At any rate, I cleared offline devices... and that took it down to a couple still listed, but offline. But then I noticed a few items 'online' via hardwire (which technically is correct) as they're coming through from the ORBI. I don't know if this is possible, but man it would be nice to have the ORBI or any other AP-mode router become another visual hub-point to then start showing connections connected to that point. Because, this is going to get overloaded shortly, if devices continue to 'come online' under wired. Vs my actual 3 items that are hardwired. I'm also surprised that the devices, coming online via ORBI connection are not keeping their edited names/icons - As I presumed that was locked in via MAC address. I'll need to re-roam the house gathering IP's and MAC addresses as I did before. Lastly, there are two items showing 'offline' that will not go away after clearning -- LA Work, and SKYTOP -- Both of which are connected via ORBI -- Both of which are using data currently. But neither are showing online. Bug? They will show as wired yes for the reason you mentioned. I'm not sure if it's possible either as technically the AP is transparent to the router which is why the devices get the IPs from the R3, I will pass it on though. Did you rename them on the R3 or Orbi? If they have an IP it won't want to remove them so if you reboot the router that'll drop the IP and you can remove them then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlash Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, Netduma Fraser said: Did you rename them on the R3 or Orbi? If they have an IP it won't want to remove them so if you reboot the router that'll drop the IP and you can remove them then. I only renamed 2 of them after adding the ORBI -- I renamed them on the R3. I don't recall if they had the same IP with the Orbi as they did with the R3. It's as if they're brand new devices discovered on the R3 entirely -- even though their MACs are the same. *shrug*. A related, but not in the same vein question (only because this may be related to the ORBI): I was just actively downloading a large file on my 'MB Pro Office' laptop, and you can see the speeds below -- However, it was not registering which device was utilizing the bandwidth. The MB Pro Office is connected via WiFi via ORBI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 5 Administrators Share Posted January 5 What devices are they specifically? They don't have the Private/Random MAC addresses option enabled do they? (I know you mentioned the MAC is the same) Good catch on the network activity there, seems like we need to do a better job of handling devices behind an AP, I will pass that on, thank you! mindlash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindlash Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 It's difficult to say, but from just checking, any/all custom names/edits I gave devices prior to adding in Orbi, are defaulting back to their original names when being re-detected. I have two Google Home Mini's that I previously renamed in R3 to be their respective locations 'Den' and 'Office'. Those are now shown 'online' with their default names. R3 (Google Home Mini - 'Office'): ORBI (same device): Separately... A laptop on ORBI: Has been on all day, and used for typical business work. It shows offline, and with no IP address via R3. All quarky for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 6 Administrators Share Posted January 6 That is very strange, thanks for the reports, I'll get the team to have a look and see what they can improve! mindlash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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