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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.
I would try to keep default DHCP configuration to help trouble shoot those odd issues. Don't change subnet masks either. Just default. You'll not gain anything by changing that.
Something you can try, try setting the default DHCP IP address pool range to the following after applying and a factory reset: 192.168.#.100 to 192.168.#.200.
https://kb.netgear.com/24089/How-do-I-specify-the-pool-of-IP-addresses-assigned-by-my-Nighthawk-router
Something I use on my home system. Since I don't have 253 devices, no need for the DHCP system to managed less devices with a bigger pool.
Also try setting a IP address reservation for the RBS. Something I do as well for my RBS.
How about a picture diagram of the floor layout and where the RBR and RBS are located and how they are connected?
Please give brand and model# of any LAN switches in the mix.
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.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡