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ORBI not properly associating static IP
Hello! I've been trying to use the Address Reservation feature under Advanced -> Setup -> LAN Setup. I have a PC that is hardwired (Ethernet, not wireless) to the RBS50 satellite (not the base RB...
I know this is an old thread but I was having the same problem with reserved addresses not getting assigned. I tried the "trick" of changing the DHCP addresses from x.x.x.21 to x.x.x.254 TO x.x.x.21 to x.x.x.100.
Restarted the devices that were not getting the addresses I wanted and it all worked. I had tried restarting the devices prior to changing the auto assigned addresses range and it did not work at that time. Only after changing the range of the auto addresses.
I know enough to know that should not change the addresses I wanted reserved. Nothing was assigned in the >100 range in the first place. All I know is it solved my problem.
I agree with Mstrbig that one "sure fire" method is to (a) assign a static IP in the PC control panel (with the correct subnet mask, gateway, DNS server, etc.) and (b) make sure that this IP is NOT in the range of IP's that the Orbi DHCP server is giving out.
There are some definite issues with the way Orbi handles DHCP. For example, it appears to allow devices to renew an existing IP that is not the IP in the reservation table. Seems like "you already have it, so you can keep it." takes precedence over, "Hey Buddy. That IP does not belong to YOU." There have been other posts about errors in Orbi DHCP management.
That said, my Orbi correctly handles all of the devices that have assigned IP's. All of the devices use DHCP and once I got them on the correct IP they have stayed for months. Being attached to the router or satellite has never made a difference.
There have been issues come up when it turned out there was a second DHCP server in the network. This computer that is a "server", for example, is not doing DHCP is it? There are some odd-ball devices that do DHCP.