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Any problems switching from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1
Hi Guys - my orbi arrives when UPS gets it here today and I've been reading up - I have two printers that have static IP's - one of them is a scanner and the other is a color laser that is Apple Prin...
Set a new default IP addrss pool of 192.168.1.100 to .200, then you can set static IP addressed devices on either side of this pool.
Static IP addressed devices need to be out side of the default IP address pool while IP reservations are with in the pool.
I have 3 printers, cameras and 3 NAS set up with static IPs on the devices. I'm also using 192.168.0.1.
Set a new default IP addrss pool of 192.168.1.100 to .200, then you can set static IP addressed devices on either side of this pool.
Static IP addressed devices need to be out side of the default IP address pool while IP reservations are with in the pool.
I have 3 printers, cameras and 3 NAS set up with static IPs on the devices. I'm also using 192.168.0.1.
Got it - reserved IP addresses need to be outside the pool. . .
But - if I'm using 192.168.0.98 [example] and the reservations are 192.168.1.xx-xxx by default - isnt that already outside the pool? So All I would need do is to make the reservation in the reservations list?
No, Reserved IPs are inside the pool. Static IP devices are outside the pool. Remember you'll be changing the routers IP address string from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1.
Another "growth opportunity" for me. My understanding has been that the Orbi default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
DHCP devices are limited to one 255.255.255.0 subnet.
If devices with static IP's (not "assigned", but actually "static") are in the 192.168.0.x and the DHCP pool is in 192.168.1.x and they are all attached to the same Orbi, how does this "work"? I would think that to any device in the 1.x subnet, an address in the 0.x subnet must be "out the WAN port somewhere." (Same thing for the printers. 192.168.1.x must be "outside the local broadcast domain")
I am so confused.
All IPs and devices need to be under the same pool string. Thus the main pool string is 192.168.0.1 or .1.1, which ever you choose on the router. The size of the pool by default is .2 to .254 in most cases. I choose to lower the pool size to 192.168.0.100 to.150 for my needs. I don't have 50 devices as of yet so this gives me room to grow when that happens. Users can base this off what qty devices they have connected. Some may need .100 to .200 or more. This is flexible. This IP pool here resides for dymanic or reserved IP addressed devices.
Now from 192.168.0.2 thru .99 and 192.168.0.151 or .201, everthing at the head or at the end of the pool is open for use for static IP addressed devices. This is devices that have IP addresses input on the devices them selves. Not from the router.
