Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup

From	Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup
Date	2020-07-25 22:29 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<rfi88l$vb4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Andy Hewitt wrote:
> Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
>> Andy Hewitt wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Now, the setup is as the Mercusys set itself up automatically when
>>> installed. The setup is thus:
>>>
>>> Plusnet Hub One: Linked to the outside world for broadband (Fibre Extra,
>>> which I get 67meg down and 19meg up). WiFi disabled, DHCP on as address
>>> 192.168.0.254, supplying in the range 50-100.
>>>
>>> Mercusys (Halo S12) Mesh: Auto setup as 192.168.0.1, and DHCP on to the
>>> WiFi devices (there must be appropriate settings to link to the PlusNet
>>> router, as the Halo gets an IP address in the 192.168.1.x range). I set the
>>> range to 101-199.
>>
>> What you've written does not make sense.
> 
> Yeah, it’s not what I was expecting either, but everything works, apart
> from HomeSharing.

[snip]

OK I've tried to read the manual at 
<https://static.mercusys.com/manual/1910080045_Halo_S12_UG_REV1.0.020191227055946.pdf> 
on the assumption that it describes the device you have.

It's clear that they expect you to use only the mesh devices to connect 
your client devices.  Further, they might expect that you only use WiFi 
for all the clients although there are two RJ45 sockets on each device.

Even more importantly, they expect you to achieve your internet 
connection via an Ethernet modem, not a router.

You can (probably) configure your Plusnet router as a modem - it might 
not be easy.

But you can use the Plusnet device as router because most applications 
such as email and web browsing will tolerate the double-NAT that this 
implies.

So, this means:

Disable the WiFi service on the Plusnet router.

Disconnect everything from the LAN ports on the Plusnet router, and 
connect ONLY ONE Mesh device.

Cover the unused LAN ports on the Plusnet router to prevent anybody 
using them by mistake.

Set up the Mesh devices as instructed.  Note that the WAN IP address 
reported by the primary Mesh device will be the IP address issued by the 
Plusnet router, not a real public IP address at all - unless you 
configure the Plusnet router into Modem Mode.  You should then be able 
to ping from any client device to any other client device, and to any of 
the Mesh devices.  But it is likely that you won't be able to ping your 
Plusnet router - whch makes debugging the internet connection difficult 
if the need ever arises.

-- 
Graham J

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Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 09:55 +0000
  Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 20:45 +0100
    Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 20:53 +0000
      Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-25 22:29 +0100
        Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 22:12 +0000
          Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 22:42 +0000
          Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 08:05 +0100
            Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 07:49 +0000
              Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 10:08 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 12:07 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 12:47 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 20:43 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-26 20:47 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 20:47 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 22:49 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 10:42 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-27 15:00 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 16:35 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-27 16:05 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 17:32 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-27 22:04 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-27 23:10 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 16:28 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 16:30 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-28 17:59 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 18:39 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 12:14 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 19:23 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 13:37 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-28 22:30 +0100
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-28 21:45 +0000
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-28 15:03 -0700
                Re: Homesharing problems, maybe network setup Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> - 2020-07-29 06:38 +0000

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