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RBR20 Assinging 169 ip addess to my sony tv.
Please help. I have an Orbi that is; Assigning a 169. ip address to my sony tv that is 2 years old. This is a random occurance that will last for multiple days and then return to a valid ip address...
jumpinomega wrote:I still worry about the multiple SSID networks that are showing for the one SSID network. ...An issue for another day.
Two I can understand (2.4G and 5G). More than two is harder to explain.
jumpinomega wrote:Please help. I have an Orbi that is;
- Assigning a 169. ip address to my sony tv that is 2 years old. This is a random occurance that will last for multiple days and then return to a valid ip address.
- 2 or 3 Orbi networks available for use (I only have 1 orbi with No added satalites)
IP addresses from 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 are "Automatic Private Addressing" IP's that the device gives itself when it is unable to get an IP address from the network:
https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/APIPA.html
Can you please explain "2 or 3 Orbi....". Are we talking about the Sony connecting to 1 Orbi, or ???
How was the "static IP" assigned to the Sony TV?
- Using the Sony network setup to define the IP as "static" and also enter the Gateway and DNS IP addresses? or
- Creating an IP assignment on the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN Setup?
If the Sony is configured with a static IP (on the Sony), then it is critical that no other device on the network get that IP address by accident. That would create an "ARP conflict" where two devices claim ownership of the same IP address, and the Sony might decide "oh, s**t, I can't use the IP I want to."
So, how the Sony is set up and how the Orbi DHCP/LAN assignments are configured may hold the key to this mystery.
Can you please explain "2 or 3 Orbi....". Are we talking about the Sony connecting to 1 Orbi, or ???
- When I "forget my wireless network" and then look for my wifi network, I will see 2 or 3 Orbi networks available. I can click on each one of them, enter my password on all three and they all accept the password.
How was the "static IP" assigned to the Sony TV?
- Using the Sony network setup to define the IP as "static" and also enter the Gateway and DNS IP addresses? or This is the way that I did it.
- Creating an IP assignment on the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN Setup?
If the Sony is configured with a static IP (on the Sony), then it is critical that no other device on the network get that IP address by accident. That would create an "ARP conflict" where two devices claim ownership of the same IP address, and the Sony might decide "oh, s**t, I can't use the IP I want to."
- I made sure to assign a unique ip address to the Sony tv. I checked the ip addresses of all other devices to make sure that I did not duplicate.
So, how the Sony is set up and how the Orbi DHCP/LAN assignments are configured may hold the key to this mystery.
- How so? I would love to get this figured out so that my family and I can stop getting cut off from the world.
jumpinomega wrote:Can you please explain "2 or 3 Orbi....". Are we talking about the Sony connecting to 1 Orbi, or ???
- When I "forget my wireless network" and then look for my wifi network, I will see 2 or 3 Orbi networks available. I can click on each one of them, enter my password on all three and they all accept the password. This is fascinating. Does every WiFi device you have do this or only some of them?
How was the "static IP" assigned to the Sony TV?
- Using the Sony network setup to define the IP as "static" and also enter the Gateway and DNS IP addresses? or This is the way that I did it.
- I made sure to assign a unique ip address to the Sony tv. I checked the ip addresses of all other devices to make sure that I did not duplicate.
On the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN setup there is a section for "Use Router as DHCP Server". Is the IP address that the Sony is using in the range of addresses shown in the boxes for Starting and Ending IP address. It should NOT be.
I neglected to ask which model Sony TV this is. Would like to search for that model and Auto IP assignment problems. My Sony TV is about 1 year old and it just started popping up a notice about new firmware.
This is fascinating. Does every WiFi device you have do this or only some of them?
- No, just the Sony TV
On the Orbi web interface, Advanced Tab, Setup, LAN setup there is a section for "Use Router as DHCP Server". Is the IP address that the Sony is using in the range of addresses shown in the boxes for Starting and Ending IP address. It should NOT be.
- It is in the range of the 2 ip addresses. All of my other devices are within those two ranges as well.
I neglected to ask which model Sony TV this is. Would like to search for that model and Auto IP assignment problems. My Sony TV is about 1 year old and it just started popping up a notice about new firmware.
- Model # XBR-65X850F
- When I "forget my wireless network" and then look for my wifi network, I will see 2 or 3 Orbi networks available. I can click on each one of them, enter my password on all three and they all accept the password. This is fascinating. Does every WiFi device you have do this or only some of them?