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luvjesus2day
May 15, 2025Tutor
IP Address value has disappeared from the Nighthawk app
The IP Address no longer appears when using Device Manager in the NightHawk app. It does show the MAC Address (but this isn't helpful to me). The business reason is I bring my work laptop home...
schumaku
Jul 30, 2025Guru - Experienced User
luvjesus2day wrote:The business reason is I bring my work laptop home (daily) and it is set for DHCP so the IP Address will change from time to time so I try to remote into it with the last known IP Address but when that doesn't work (because a different IP Address was assigned)
Remote access to your work laptop on the LAN resp. WLAN (WiFi)?
Better advice would be to make a DHCP reservation (MAC<->IP Address) on the RAX10 -> RAX10 4-Stream AX1800 WiFi 6 Router Model RAX10 User Manual p.61 ff. Manage reserved LAN IP addresses -> Reserve an IP address
This requires the work laptop wireless interface is not configured for using random hardware addresses:
Et voila, now your computer does always get the same IP address assigned by DHCP on the LAN and WLAN.
Hope this simplifies your coming home from work 8-)
Regards
-Kurt.