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Orbi as AP with another router
Hi everyone, My house was running a router with some repeaters around with not issues, I buildt an extension for rent , and I offer internet to the tenants, I order some ORBI, because i didnt want ...
I noticed today the orbi stop working, connecting and nothing !!! ... Im not sure what was the problem
When I connected with the ORBI this is the IP I got assigned
169.254.128.158
subnet 255.255.0.0
What is the issue? Is any wayt I can connect to the ORBI and get the logs?
javcarbe1 wrote:
When I connected with the ORBI this is the IP I got assigned
169.254.128.158
subnet 255.255.0.0
What is the issue? Is any wayt I can connect to the ORBI and get the logs?
Any IP address that starts with 169.254 is called a "Link Local" address . It is because the device did a DHCP request and got no response.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address
The device is not connected to the network, and thus did not get a DHCP response from the primary router.
(When in AP mode, the Orbi does not perform DHCP. That is left to the primary router. If this Orbi is in router mode, then it will perform DHCP.)
Either way, the device is not connected to the network.
