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Orbi setting totally different IP address RBR50
Okay, so my Orbi will randomly set IP address of 192.168.107.X.. I actually decided to reset my Lan Starting IP Address to 172.16.1.X and its still setting the 192x for certain devices!!!! Im poking...
Could you please identify specifically which Orbi model this is and the exact firmware release?
Would help if you could make a screen shot of the Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN Setup parameters.
(mine are attached as an example)
My (limited) experience with the Orbi DHCP process is that it seems to defer much too often to devices which ask to "renew" an existing IP address. "Sure", it says, "go ahead and keep that address." When the correct response (in MY view) is, "Nope. Sorry. My LAN reservation table says you are supposed to use THIS address."
For example, sometimes I get a new gizmo and decide, "it's a keeper. I'll assign it an address." Do so, reboot the device and it gets the same damn IP it had before.
Are you 100% certain that none of these devices have a "static" IP?
Thats what i thougth as well.. but no, no hard coded IP.
its just really odd and cant figure it out..
CrimpOn.. thanks for the reply.. its the RBR50 with firmware V2.3.5.30 (should be the latest, per the interface)
also see Lan PNG
Seems pretty clear. Any device which does DHCP "should" get one of these addresses.
One trick I have used (sorry, not "trick", I mean "procedure") is to turn off the offending device. Take some other device and set it up with a static IP address matching the one that is "stuck". Then, once the new device is on the network, power up the offending device. THIS TIME, it asks to renew the IP address and gets told, "Absolutely NOT. That is a 'duplicate IP' and you MUST use THIS ONE."
I actually have an old cell phone that I use specifically for this.
So... the router is setting the wifi address on rebot... I have to renew over and over again until i get the 172.. vs 192.... FYI.. not internet conneciton with those users with a 192..
i can renew and release to get the right IP, but doing this everytime is not a great process. Example - i have the right address when i leave the house 172... come back home and phone reconnects and gets a 192...
krons wrote:CrimpOn.. thanks for the reply.. its the RBR50 with firmware V2.3.5.30 (should be the latest, per the interface)
also see Lan PNG
Actually, 2.3.5.30 is the last "stable" release from summer, 2019. There actually is firmware released in January, 2020 that appears to be stable (2.5.1.8). It can be found at https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RBR50.aspx#download There are some minor bug fixes, but the BIG NEWS is that it fixed a horrible mess that Netgear made in Sept-Oct when they released some firmware that totally hosed the device naming business. I seriously doubt that it has anything to do with this issue. I updated to 2.5.1.8 and have had no problems.
There are enormous posts on the forum about Netgear's "Firmware Update Fiasco", which you can browse through if you want entertainment. 2.5.1.8 is entirely optional.
