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  • ARP starts with an Ethernet broadcast. Are other broadcasts affected? Like ping -b 192.168.1.255 (which doesn't require ARP) once you allow answering broadcasts (sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0) in peers . Also toggling ap_isolate like told in the answer might change behaviour (but answer talks about a non-existing bridge). multicast (and broadcast) can be handled differently than unicast sometimes in Wifi (related to shared group key etc.) Commented Apr 17, 2021 at 17:38
  • @A.B ping -b is working if icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=0. Commented Apr 18, 2021 at 11:05
  • Ok I was curious on why would a NIC or driver get a special effect with ARP, but this led nowhere. Commented Apr 18, 2021 at 11:11