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Orbi RBR750 doing odd DHCP things
Rather a long question. The essence is: how can I configure my RBR750 to stop meddling with things? Firmware: V7.2.6.31 I have a somewhat complicated network for a home system. Briefly, fibre co...
I think it's fixed.
The system has been running without a glitch for several days now. What seemed to do it was:
1) Hard reset of the RBR750 by holding a pin in the hole for 20 seconds
2) Setting it up with a laptop plugged into the Orbi
3) Telling it to skip trying to set up satellites.The satellites are working. The "Router" is working as a wireless access point. Whether they are aware of one another, I neither know nor care. The non-Orbi access points are fine. It is time to stop tinkering and take the win.
Thank you to everyone for your helpful suggestion.
How did you establish that the RBR750 is responding to DHCP requests when the DHCP function is disabled?
(For example, do DHCP messages appear in the Orbi log?)
(I would attempt to capture the actual DHCP conversation between devices and the network to observe the MAC address of the DHCP server. This can be tricky when WiFi devices are involved.)
Can you describe how the router and satellites are connected?
The Orbi system expects that the router WAN port will be connected to the internet source (the Genexis router) and that the satellites will be connected to the router LAN ports (when 'wired'). There have been a number of posts on the forum this year describing issues with Orbi systems in AP mode where all devices are wired to the primary network and the Orbi satellites are not connected to the router LAN ports.