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DHCP Reservations - Netgear Support REALLY?????
We are trying to use DHCP reservations in a GSM7328S Switch but regardless of what we seem to configure, the client PC is not acquiring the IP address we want it to receive. We logged a support ca...
But the IP adderess can be an IP within the range of the current IP Pool.
E.G. if my Ip Pool starts at 192.168.10 and ends at 192.168.1.254, I can reserve 192.18.1.50 for a specific computer and have the DHCP assign that IP address to the same computer each time. That's the entire purpose of DHCP reservations, otherwise, you would set the computer with a static IP outside of the DHCP pool range.
E.G. if my Ip Pool starts at 192.168.10 and ends at 192.168.1.254, I can reserve 192.18.1.50 for a specific computer and have the DHCP assign that IP address to the same computer each time. That's the entire purpose of DHCP reservations, otherwise, you would set the computer with a static IP outside of the DHCP pool range.
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