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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...
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...