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General discussionOpenWRT: Can't game or transfer files over LAN.(8 posts)(8 posts)
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Posted December 21, 2023
I have a freshly flashed router with OpenWRT with the only change being the installation of luci SQM.

One PC is connected by wire (windows) the other wifi (MacOS). The Mac can see the windows machine in the network section of the file browser. On the Mac with SMB file sharing enabled the windows machine does not see the Mac in its network section of explorer.

Neither can see each other's games.

This is a configuration problem with the router, it did not have this trouble before the firmware change and an old router works.

What do I do to get things working?

OpenWRT should have this working out of the box. :(
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Posted December 22, 2023
We're not the OpenWRT forums.
You also didn't tell us what package/version you flashed, what featureset, and what router you brainslugged.
Posted December 22, 2023
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FreedomWings: I have a freshly flashed router with OpenWRT with the only change being the installation of luci SQM.

One PC is connected by wire (windows) the other wifi (MacOS). The Mac can see the windows machine in the network section of the file browser. On the Mac with SMB file sharing enabled the windows machine does not see the Mac in its network section of explorer.

Neither can see each other's games.

This is a configuration problem with the router, it did not have this trouble before the firmware change and an old router works.

What do I do to get things working?

OpenWRT should have this working out of the box. :(
https://forum.openwrt.org/ is a better place to ask that question.
Posted December 22, 2023
And about "seeing": Did you try to type in the Macs IP manually in the file explorer?
\\192.168.whatever\ ?
Posted December 22, 2023
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FreedomWings: OpenWRT should have this working out of the box. :(
Probably, but if some digging around and manual configuration bothers you, you're probably not their "target audience" in the first place.
Posted December 22, 2023
It is an IQ router V3.

I flashed it with the 22.03.5 firmware as instructed here. https://evenroute.com/eol

The company has closed, so now manual configuartion is the way.
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neumi5694: And about "seeing": Did you try to type in the Macs IP manually in the file explorer?
\\192.168.whatever\ ?
That works! But an icon for the computer still won't show in the network section.
Still can't game over LAN.
Posted December 22, 2023
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FreedomWings: That works! But an icon for the computer still won't show in the network section.
Still can't game over LAN.
This used to happen between different Windows versions as well, when "workgroup" was still something people would talk about.
Windows has its own way of finding things in the LAN and if something does not apply to its standard ... bad luck.

Other systems might be a bit more flexible.

The basic method is common for all: send out a broadcast to all devices on the net, they should report back.
Apparently either Windwos does not like the Macs answer or the Mac does not like the rude way in which Windows asks for its name.
Post edited December 22, 2023 by neumi5694
Posted December 22, 2023
Well the problem also happens between Macs.
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