DLNA discovery doesn't work
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@bmeeks yup very possible - but that is a bad way to do it implement it IMHO.
Unifi does it the other way, you can disable sending the multicast - but out of the box it does.
What is more likely for typical user - go looking for settings to make something like dlna or any other discovery something that is done via multicast work.. When they have no understanding on the how the underlying protocol works or is suppose to work.
Or someone with understanding say - hey I have zero use for this, let me turn it off.
But maybe I am mistaken - maybe those multicast settings are on by default, and I turned them off.. wifi iot stuff like light bulbs love to send broadcast, and if you disable it - they tend to not function ;) At least not optimally.
Also a typical home setup prob not going to have 100s of devices - a handful of devices sending multicast or broadcast while no such traffic is not great for wifi performance, unless your talking a lot of clients it shouldn't be an issue. Which is another reason I would think such controls should be off by default and enabled by the admin of the network if they deem it of benefit to the overall performance of the network.
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@Fandangos said in DLNA discovery doesn't work:
The first orange port.
Just switched DHCP off on TPLINK router. DLNA is still working.
I guess IGMP snooping is needed? This router actually has a settings for IGMP version 2 and 3 to switch from.
Yeah, well that's not the one you should be using. That is the WAN port and whenever using a router as an AP, you need to shift the cable over to the LAN side.
Using it as an AP basically means that you turn it into a switch, only incorporating the LAN ports and wifi. You also need to turn off DHCP of course since now you are on the same network as pfsense.To be able to manage it and change wifi channels, passwords and SSID's, you can keep the static IP you have already assigned it, since it is on the same subnet as pfsense.
After shifting the cable, I'm pretty sure that it will start working as you intended.
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I am not using the wan port. I'm using the first lan port.
The dhcp in the print is for the lan. This router comes with pppoe preset for the wan side and I haven't touched it.
It's actually working now, with dhcp off.
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@Fandangos said in DLNA discovery doesn't work:
I am not using the wan port. I'm using the first lan port.
Ok perhaps I found pictures from a different model router than the one you have. The one I found had one orange and four blue ports.
But that's good, you need to be connected to one of the LAN ports. And even though some routers these days have an "AP Mode", all you really need is to turn off DHCP to make it function as an AP.So I guess, problem solved right?
