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Not receiving an IP when the orbi is in AP mode
Hi, I've a SXR80 + 2 SXS80(so, orbi pro wifi 6). They are set in a AP mode, since I've no choice but to use my provider router(which is the modem for the optic fiber). My AP is configured with t...
Hi,
Thank you for the answer.
I totally agree that the provider router should be the one providing DHCP, I just don't understand why it answers when asked directly, but not through the AP+satellites.
My two satellites have the following IP: 192.168.0.213 and 192.168.0.228.
I did use ipconfig /renew because it was the fastest things I could do to simulate a disable/enable of the network adapter.
I just tried to also disable/enable the network adapter, but I didn't get much more luck.
Unfortunately, the provider router is quite poor(well, my internet provider seems to have some kind of custom firmware on it), and it doesn't display logs.
Do you know if there is a tool to simulate a DHCP request? Maybe that would provide me with more info?
I was probably confused. If the computer has been set up with a static IP (so that "it works") then ipconfig /renew is not going to accomplish anything.
The only tool I know of is a Wireshark capture on the network adapter that is being used. (I have just become aware that 'modern' laptops no longer include an Ethernet port.)
What I would expect to see is the DHCP request and then.........???
I'm sorry, I probably incorrectly said something(english isn't my mother tongue). The static IP was just a test to check if the connection between my laptop to internet was possible and if the DHCP was indeed the issue and not something else.
All the other tests ran with DHCP(and that's definitely the goal of using DHCP for all my devices).
I will try wireshark, but even if I've a basic knowledge of it, I'm not sure what I should be looking for?
Jaytonic wrote:
I will try Wireshark, but even if I've a basic knowledge of it, I'm not sure what I should be looking for?
With Wireshark recording the network adapter (wired or WiFi. wired is much simpler to manage), set the Display Filter to "dhcp" so those are the only packets that appear on the screen. Disable and enable the network adapter. Wireshark should capture the DHCP request broadcast and then the DHCP assignment response. Click on each packet and the bottom panel will display the contents.
The original post mentioned "new devices" not getting IP assignments. Does that mean there are devices that function correctly? If the Orbi was in router mode, there is a setting to block new devices, but that setting is not present in access point (AP) mode.
This is all very strange.
I've something weird, I just restarted everything, and now it seems the satellites did take an IP in the 192.168.*1*.x range. Any idea why that could be?
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