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Deleting an IP Reservation Not Working
I have an RBR50 (base) and RBS50 (satellite) router setup. They are connected via Coax cable using MoCA, and seem to work fine.
A few years ago I reserved some IP addresses, and (not surprisingly) some of those devices are no longer on the network. When I "delete" the IP reservation (via Advanced / Setup / LAN setup), the reservations disappear (which is good).
However, when I attempt to add a new IP reservation, "all" of the reservations (including deleted ones) suddenly display, and there is no way to delete the IP reservations that appear.
Even worse, after I add a new reservation, that reservation does "not" appear in the Setup / LAN setup main display, although (when I attempt to add another IP reservation) the "earlier entered" IP reservation appears!
I am not sure if there are separate IP reservations in the RBR50 vs. the RBS50, but I noticed on the main Setup / LAN Setup screen that (in the upper left corner) it shows the device name as the RBS50 - which happens to be the router to which my computer is connected. I don't see a way to specify the RBR50.
Do I need to connect my computer to each router to "clean up" reserved IP addresses in each? Will this create an issue with mobile devices that will traverse both routers?
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on what I might try (besides replacing the routers - something I am considering more and more as time moves forward), I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Sorry, everyone. What was actually happening was as soon as the screen popped up to allow me to manually enter another reserved IP, “in the background” was displayed all of the devices that were currently attached to the network (making it easy for me to pick one and reserve it) - “not” the older entries that I thought weren’t being removed.
The user manual didn’t indicate what would happen, and all I saw was the same kind of information without looking at it more closely. My bad…
Thanks for all of the responses with assistance. Very much appreciated.
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What browser are you using? Try a different browser? MS Edge, Firefox or Opera?
There is only one LAN Setup table, on the router (RBR50).
Could you post a screen capture (similar to this one) that shows the device name?
(to me, "left" refers to the part of the screen where Orbi appears.)
After making changes to the LAN Setup table, you DO click the Apply box at the top of the page?
Which version of firmware is on this system?
Sorry, everyone. What was actually happening was as soon as the screen popped up to allow me to manually enter another reserved IP, “in the background” was displayed all of the devices that were currently attached to the network (making it easy for me to pick one and reserve it) - “not” the older entries that I thought weren’t being removed.
The user manual didn’t indicate what would happen, and all I saw was the same kind of information without looking at it more closely. My bad…
Thanks for all of the responses with assistance. Very much appreciated.
Hello rckingsley ,
Welcome to the NETGEAR Community!
This is odd behavior for the system as deleting reservations usually removes the reservation from the system entirely. Please ensure that you are on firmware version 2.7.5.6. Then perform a factory reset to clear the IP reservations from your RBR50.
Navigate to the link below for the download file for your RBR50:
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbr50Please navigate to the link below for instructions on how to correctly factory reset your RBR50:
https://kb.netgear.com/31486/How-do-I-reset-my-Orbi-system-to-factory-default-settings
Best,
Kevin
Community Team
