Unbound Printer visibility problem on AiMesh network when running unbound with dnsmasq disabled

[Slawek P]

Hi,

I noticed a strange issue, that I am not sure how to troubleshoot really. Any suggestions appreciated.

I run two AX88Us in AiMesh and everything works fine normally. One strange behaviour is immediately introduced when I chose dnsmasq disabled in unbound_manager so unbound acts as an entry port for DNS queries rather instead of relied from dnsmasq to unbound.
What I am observing with my printer and tv is that their visibility to computers on the network depends if these devices connect to main router or AiMesh node.
For example - when printer connects to AiMesh node then it is not visible to computers (ping would not work), but when it is connected to main router then it is.
I do not know if it has something to do with printer stand by mode, but as I mentioned this is only observable when I activate dnsmasq disable in unbound_manager. Perhaps something else is not offered anymore with dnsmasq disable mode.
What steps can I take to investigate this? Many thanks

 

[Slawek P]

I do not observe this problem anymore on Merlin 386.2_2. My printer connects wirelessly at random to either router or AiMesh node and is always visible.