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Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

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  • 1.  Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

    Posted May 22, 2018 05:36 AM

    Hi Team,

     

    I am still playing around with AOS8 (in this case 8.3.0.0, 7005 md WLC) and this time I have a PSK SSID to which an Amazon Echo Dot is connected. The problem is, that the Echo cannot connect to a device in the same subnet (wired). This does not happen if I replace my Aruba AP with an AP from another Vendor. I am pretty sure that "something" is blocking mdns... But.. where? Tried to find a clue in the user-debug logs but that one didn`t help me out. Anyone has an idea where to look deeper? Or where to turn off all mdns related let`s call it "policing"?

     

    Regards

    Stefan



  • 2.  RE: Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

    Posted May 22, 2018 07:16 AM
    Do you have “drop broadcast/multicast” enabled under the virtual-ap?



    Thank you

    Victor Fabian

    Pardon typos sent from Mobile


  • 3.  RE: Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

    Posted May 22, 2018 07:28 AM

    double checked that - but unfortunately no. it is not activated. (checked at Managed Network and also on controller level)



  • 4.  RE: Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

    Posted May 22, 2018 10:09 AM

    Update:

     

    It works if I choose Bridge mode... with Tunnel mode I do not get a connection between a Philips Hue and my Echo dot :-(

    I simply cannot find the knob to push...



  • 5.  RE: Alexa mdns blocked in AOS8

    Posted May 22, 2018 12:21 PM

    Also working with Alexa/Aruba here. In my case there were some firewall rules, preventing Alexa from talking outbound to the internet. You might look at your AirGroup settings see what's enabled/disabled. 

     

    I'm running versin AOS 6.5.4.4 with AP's in tunnel mode. So far so good getting Alexa to talk to Hue and LeMetric. Keep in mind that the traffic isn't necessarily peer-to-peer, it's often making a round trip through your wired network to the controller.