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Failing to get ip address via wifi on vlan
Hi,
I have an issue with dhcp requests not reaching the client and therefore not getting an ip address.
I have a draytek 3900 router connected to a netgear M4100-50G-POE switch which con...
Hi jameswiltshire,
Welcome to our community! :)
It seems that some of your devices fails to acquire an IP from your DHCP server. May you be able to share a screenshot of the switch's configuration? So that we can further check what seems to be happening on your network. You may also try to disable IGMP snooping to check if that will work. Please upgrade the firmware to its latest version.
IGMP snooping helps to optimize multicast performance and is especially useful for bandwidth-intensive IP multicast applications such as online media streaming.
You may download the latest firmware here.
Regards,
Hi,
Sorry for the slow reply, the notification emails were getting quarantined so i didn`t receive them.
I`ll take a look at getting some screenshots on Monday.
One odd things is if i make the wifi network adapter on the laptop set to prefer 2.4Ghz it will then connect straight away and then i can reset it to no preference and it will work.
I`ll try and disable the IGMP snooping and see if this works.
Thanks
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