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adameast9000
May 27, 2019Tutor
Philips Hue hub break DHCP address assignment over LAN on NightHawk Router
Recently upgraded from a Nighthawk R7500v2 to an XR500 but the issue is the same on both routers. The router works fine with wired and wireless devices (I have a switch and xbox connected via wired),...
adameast9000
Jun 27, 2019Tutor
I did this (setting the hub to a static address outside the DHCP range), but am now seeing issues with wifi speed on various devices. At this point I think I need to involve phillips support.
FURRYe38
Jun 27, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Ya, seems like the hub doesn't like the XR router for some reason.
Curious, what was the last Mfr and model# router use with this hub if you had this configuration then?
- Netduma-FraserJun 27, 2019NetDuma PartnerThat is really strange, does the hub go into a standby mode or anything like that at all? It could be similar to the console issue if so.