I recently changed my router to a Netgear Orbi RBK50 with the latest firmware.
The LAN address of the router is 192.168.1.1 and things on the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet can access the internet just fine.
On the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet is a box that forwards packets to another subnet, 192.168.2.0/24. The devices on that subnet could access the internet with the old router. They no longer can with the Orbi. I did install a static route in the Orbi giving the gateway address of the box that forwards packets between the two subnets. The 192.168.2.0/24 subnet can ping 192.168.1.1, so the static route is working. I cannot tell whether the Orbi forwards the packets on to the internet and drops replies that comes back in, or whether it is just dropping them.
Basically this seems like a fairly broken piece of equipment if it cannot handle multiple subnets.
Can anyone suggest a way to resolve the problem? Is Netgear really this broken?
The LAN address of the router is 192.168.1.1 and things on the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet can access the internet just fine.
On the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet is a box that forwards packets to another subnet, 192.168.2.0/24. The devices on that subnet could access the internet with the old router. They no longer can with the Orbi. I did install a static route in the Orbi giving the gateway address of the box that forwards packets between the two subnets. The 192.168.2.0/24 subnet can ping 192.168.1.1, so the static route is working. I cannot tell whether the Orbi forwards the packets on to the internet and drops replies that comes back in, or whether it is just dropping them.
Basically this seems like a fairly broken piece of equipment if it cannot handle multiple subnets.
Can anyone suggest a way to resolve the problem? Is Netgear really this broken?