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Tivo gets 2 IP addresses on Orbi
I have 2 Tivo boxes connecting to the Orbi routers via the Tivo Wireless N adapter. I have configured the Tivo boxes to use static IP and I have reserved those IPs on the Orbi with mac address reserv...
I'm confused.
If you set a static IP on the TiVos (within the TiVos themselves), they should never be issuing a DHCP request, and thus by definition couldn't receive two IP addresses.
I've seen multiple IPs show up for the same device in the Orbi UI before, but never for devices with truly static IPs, and one of the IPs was for a completely bogus subnet that never actually appeared on the device (despite what the UI indicated). I never got to the bottom of why that was happening, but there were no ill effects other than the odd address showing up on the reservations list.
Rodney
I am also equally confused. The Tivo box has a setting where you can choose between DHCP and Static IP. I have set that as Static IP. In addition, there is mac address reservation on the router. So even if the Tivo software has a bug and is doing a DHCP request, the router has to return the IP that has been reserved. That is the crux of the issue I am seeing.
Shankar