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grify
Dec 20, 2019Aspirant
ORBI RBR50 not honoring reserved IP addresses
ORBI RBR 50 running 2.3.5.30 I have configured a reserved IP for my Raspberry Pi which is a server, but every reboot, the IP address of the raspberry pi changes the mac address isn't the prob...
grify
Dec 21, 2019Aspirant
Yes, it keeps the same public IP, only the private IP changes.
Which raspberry pi and what OS did this occur on in your instance?
michaelkenward
Dec 21, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Is there no way to fix the IP address on the Pi thing?
Some people here insist that there is no need to tell the router to reserve an IP address if the device concerned, your Pi, can also claim an IP address.
My strategy is to fix the IP address on the networked devices – printers, NAS etc – and then to reserve those addresses on the router.
This usually provokes howls of derision and scorn telling me that I am doing it all wrong and that this two-stage process is not needed if the device reserves an IP address for itself.
Then again, that is not for devices that like to change their Mac address.