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Re: Telus Wi-Fi Hub media server discovery issue
Turns out my solution isn't any good. My DLNA server is currently discovered ~50% of the time from VLC on Android, and very rarely from Roku TV. If anyone has any way to access deeper configuration of the wifi hub, please let me know. It seems to be reliably discoverable only after I apply settings on the hub that affect it, like forcing IP address change or disabling and re-enabling the media server. This is not a viable workaround for everyone in the household, so I am still looking for a fix. Any suggestions welcome!
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Re: vpn server on second router with Telus wifi hub
This is an old post so likely you resolved it or moved on. But I was mulling a similar setup so thought I would chime in. If you use bridge mode, then I believe your 2nd router is effectively treated as any other device on the WAN. It won't have any access to the other devices that are using your hub. I think the correct way to do this is to not use bridged mode, have the 2nd router as a regular client device connecting to the hub. Then use port forwarding on your WiFi hub to send the necessary VPN traffic ports to your 2nd router (give it a static IP address).
4 years ago Place Home Services
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Telus Wi-Fi Hub media server discovery issue
Documenting an issue and possible solution for anyone else with the same, and possibly report a bug. I have the Arcadyan WiFi hub (fw v3.00.21 build02) for PureFibre home internet service. The hub has a USB 3.0 port. It is possible to install a USB storage drive with videos/media on it, and configure the hub to act as a DLNA media server, as well as FTP or network share. This is a great all-in-one home networking device. Problem I had with it, the DLNA server could not reliably be discovered. I use a Roku TV and multiple android devices with VLC app installed. Each would only discover the hub DLNA server randomly, around 1 in 20 attempts. This was regardless of any other devices connected/streaming, rebooting, IP address, disabling FTP/shares, or wireless extender. The solution I have stumbled on is go to the Network->IPv6 page in the hub configuration, and disable IPv6 for both WAN and LAN use.
4 years ago Place Home Services
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