Number of fixed IP addresses allowed on Netgear Orbie Mesh rbk853

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lbelardinelli wrote:

I presently have a "connected Home" with a totol of 93 devices (and growing). That is everything from mulpiplt computers, tablets, and phones, pool and jacuzzi controls, drip system controls, in house - 15 device wifi stereo speaker system (Sonos), all my theater devices and controls, 3 TVs, 10 alexa devices like coffee pot and garage oppenner, and numerous video and lighting controllers.

Many of these devices like FIXED IP ADDRESSES. However, I have a problem with my current Netgear R8500 router because it will NOT ALLOW ME TO ADD ADDITIONAL FIXED IP ADDRESSES. (Netgear has confirmed that the R8500 has a limit of 35.

I am considerating installing the new NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (RBK853). WHAT IS THE LIMIT OF FIXED IP ADDRESSES ON THE WiFi 6 RBK853 SYSTEM?????

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lbelardinelli I'm a little confused as to how you are assigning the static IP addresses?

We have many customers that want to be configured completely on static IP addresses. We configure the Subnet Mask for the amount of IP addresses wanted or needed. We reserve a small amount of IP addreses for the router's DHCP server. Then we assign a legal IP address, from the pool, to each device physically on the device. 

I have personally never run into an IP address limitation on pretty much any router, unless the subnet mask is set to allow 32 IP addresses, when we need 35. This includes the Netgear R8500. However I have had issues with router IP reservations, which is why we don't use router IP address reservation.

Being your stated background, you should already know a static IP address is an IP address that is manually set on a device's NIC. A DHCP Reservation is a pre set IP address, that is provided by the DHCP Server, then given to the NIC when it calls the DHCP server for an IP address. This usually has limitations.

So if you are using router IP reservations, and you want to keep the same IP addresses, write down what IP addresses you have already reserved for the devices. Then adjust the size of your DHCP server to your needs, remove all of the IP addresses from the reservation list and statically apply them to your devices. Then you will have properly assigned static UP addresses to your devices, and should have no limitations, as long as you have your subnet mask configured properly.