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Issue with IP Assignment after Brownout on my XR700
Hello All,
Hoping someone will be able to help me out.
I have been having an issue with my router for about the past year or so where when there is a brief interruption to the power (say less then 1 min) when the router boots up most of my deceives have trouble connection and getting an IP.
Looking at my Alexa's it commonly shows DHCP error.
I can normally resolve this by rebooting the router a half dozen times then everything will connect with out issue.
Just wondering if anyone has come across this and if there is a fix? Thankfully it is not super common but is highly annoying.
My Network lay out:
1 Router
1 Nighthawk Extender
15+ Smart home devices connected via 2.4Ghz + phones ect.
Happy to provide logs if will help.
Kind regards,
David
11 Replies
- Reboot the router from the interface when everything is setup and connected, this acts as a hard save and should get you back online when there is a power interruption next
Thank you for the suggestion and i have tried that and unfortunately the result remains the same. have to do it a few times before everything works again
What modem/gateway is the router connected to?
We see that sometimes when the router boots up faster than the modem and doesn't pull an IP address from the modem for a while.
Usually it just takes powering them both off for a bit then the modem on for a couple minutes then powering the router on.
Hi plemans,
I have it connected to a Sagemcom Broadband Router (Provided by my ISP) but I have disabled all its Wifi as i am only using it a 4G backup for when the Fiber connection goes down and as a modem.
Kind regards,
David
- When it happens again, reboot the modem, wait 2 minutes then reboot the XR, wait 2 minutes and see if it connects right away. Some modems/routers are picky about the boot order
