Sometimes can't access device on local network

[Colin Law]

On 2 January 2018 at 13:02, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 31 December 2017 at 16:47, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It was not so much that C was not responding to ARP requests, but that
> the
> > router (a BT Home Hub running LEDE) was not forwarding them across the
> wifi
> > for some reason. Re-booting the router fixed it.  Presumably it will
> happen
> > again in a couple of weeks.  I can't find anything similar in a short
> google
> > search. I will post a question on the LEDE forum.
>
> I was about to point the finger of suspicion at the wifi router. Any
> odd behaviour, reboot that, is my general maxim.
>
> I mean, I forget myself sometimes, but it's _always_ worth a try.
>
> I am not a fan of HomeHubs. I replaced them at a couple of client
> sites, some years back, with more standard/customisable devices (e.g.
> DrayTek).
>
> Normally I also issue what is become a tiresome catchphrase of mine --
> "update the firmware!" -- but HomeHubs do that sort of thing
> automagically. (In theory.)
>

I am running LEDE on the hub, not the standard firmware, so I was not
expecting this sort of issue.

Colin
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