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DietyDangIt
Jul 14, 2025Aspirant
WAX615 unwanted DHCP on 1 SSID's VLAN
Hello, Management->IP->LAN->Genaral: DHCP disabled, static IP given. 802.1Q: Untagged VLAN [X] = 4000 (bit bucket) Management VLAN: 3000 Wireless->SSIDs 4 SSIDs, on VLANs 500,600,700,800,...
DietyDangIt
Jul 14, 2025Aspirant
So the answer occurred to me as I was working with tech support. If you're running a Captive Portal, you need a web server to serve the capture page. That web server needs an IP address. It was the web server that served the Captive Portal that was requesting an IP address. Case closed.
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