of all the silly things…
welp, that totally worked - and you’re right, toggling cursor wasn’t the answer. in my case, it was flipping on permission for notion, which, in case anyone hadn’t noticed, is a completely different app from cursor.
for the benefit of anyone else who might need to troubleshoot this, i was able to start the ping, flip over to system settings, and start turning things on one at a time - as soon as i got to the right one, packets started coming through. for whatever it’s worth, i never got a prompt asking if cursor (or anything else) should be allowed to find devices on the local network - it just started working when i hit the right switch. i toggled it a few times just to be sure i had the right one, and it was like flipping a light switch: on was on, and off was off - it’s just that the switch for my living room lights was controlling the garage door, is all.
i’m a mac guy & always have been - and while this kinda stuff can be frustrating, it’s kinda nice to see that goofy errors like this still pop up from time to time.
thanks!