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Orbi RBR50 doesnt pick up when external IP address changes
Hi This morning i noticed that my external IP address changed, however the Orbi didnt pick up on it. DynDNS knows, and so does Marc's Updater running on one of my pc's. But the Orbi itself still ...
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All - FYI - i finally found out what the issue was
Aussie Broadband has a system in place that doesnt match up the true external IP address with the one used as "external" in the router - which is why they dont match.
This was not the case when i was with Optus, they matched by default.
Aussie Broadband explained that they have a default system for IP addresses that has that effect, so i asked them to switch that system off for me - and it fixed it - the two IP's are the same now
davrod wrote:This morning i noticed that my external IP address changed, however the Orbi didnt pick up on it. DynDNS knows, and so does Marc's Updater running on one of my pc's. But the Orbi itself still thinks its on the previous IP address. That means some stuff, like accessing internal Pc's from outside the network via DynDNS, such as VNC etc, are not working
This is indeed puzzling. My Orbi carries on an almost constant dialog with No-IP.com. If DynDNS knows the public IP has changed, my impression has been that it knows because the Orbi told it.
Perhaps the web page showing the old IP was "cached" somehow and not refreshed when the IP changed?
No, there should be no need to reboot the Orbi when public IP address changes.
Oh and one more thing:
DynDNS is correct - it is showing the correct external address - 119.18.0.209
But Orbi is not updating itself
David
All
All - FYI - i finally found out what the issue was
Aussie Broadband has a system in place that doesnt match up the true external IP address with the one used as "external" in the router - which is why they dont match.
This was not the case when i was with Optus, they matched by default.
Aussie Broadband explained that they have a default system for IP addresses that has that effect, so i asked them to switch that system off for me - and it fixed it - the two IP's are the same now
Glad you figured it out. Thank you for letting us know.
Be sure to make a backup configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
Enjoy. :smileywink:
