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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.
So you guys won't believe this -- I decided to change the range of the DHCP-assigned LAN IP addresses from [192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254] to [192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100].
In my previous address reservation attempts, I set the reserved IP to 192.168.1.25 ...26, 27, etc. Then I set it to something really far out within the IP range, namely 192.168.1.100. Still within the original range, and still within the new range.
So technically nothing should change, right? But wait, there's more! When I changed the range, clearly the router did "something" and reset all connections. I noticed that even my router page was no longer accessible (for the time being). So when I simply typed "ipconfig" (without releasing or renewing anything) into my PC, it showed 192.168.1.100!
It's almost as if changing the DHCP-assigned IP range caused the system to start from scratch (perhaps the DHCP table itself got rebuilt) and therefore assigned my PC the correct reserved IP address of 192.168.1.100.
The question now is -- if I change the address reservation to another IP or if I reserve another IP for another device, will it work? Or will I have to "reset" the DHCP by changing the IP range again... I'm scared to try.. haha..
6old3nra1n wrote:So you guys won't believe this -- I decided to change the range of the DHCP-assigned LAN IP addresses from [192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254] to [192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100].
In my previous address reservation attempts, I set the reserved IP to 192.168.1.25 ...26, 27, etc. Then I set it to something really far out within the IP range, namely 192.168.1.100. Still within the original range, and still within the new range.
So technically nothing should change, right? But wait, there's more! When I changed the range, clearly the router did "something" and reset all connections. I noticed that even my router page was no longer accessible (for the time being). So when I simply typed "ipconfig" (without releasing or renewing anything) into my PC, it showed 192.168.1.100!
It's almost as if changing the DHCP-assigned IP range caused the system to start from scratch (perhaps the DHCP table itself got rebuilt) and therefore assigned my PC the correct reserved IP address of 192.168.1.100.
The question now is -- if I change the address reservation to another IP or if I reserve another IP for another device, will it work? Or will I have to "reset" the DHCP by changing the IP range again... I'm scared to try.. haha..
That really didn't do anything but reassign any IP addresses over 100 to 100 or below. Then it refreshed the IP table which could have corrected some issue. If it is working properly, changing a statically assigned IP address won't cause an issue, as the DHCP server will reserve the IP address and change the IP address of another device that previously had the reserved IP assigned to it.
This was my thought as well. Since I didn't have any devices using IPs greater than 100, then nothing really changed about them. I think the refresh of the DHCP table is what did the trick and allowed the address reservation to properly be applied. Thanks again for your help!