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RBKE963 - DHCP/Connectivity Failure
I have the RBKE963B kit here in the house, one device on each floor at opposite ends of the property, the top floor is connected wired, the middle floor is wifi backhaul. The connectivity in between ...
jabenedicic wrote:Usually everything works fine, but every few weeks all devices connected via wired connections just stop working, if they have a DHCP lease they maintain their assigned IP until the lease expires, but if you release the lease or disconnect the device it will no longer get an IP address assigned.
I haven't seen this type of DHCP failure with my RBKE963 and its uptime has exceeded 2 or 3 weeks. What is the size of your DHCP range compared to the number of connected devices? Do you have lots of iOS or other devices that randomize their MAC address, possibly consuming more of your DHCP slots?
Mikey94025 wrote:
jabenedicic wrote:Usually everything works fine, but every few weeks all devices connected via wired connections just stop working, if they have a DHCP lease they maintain their assigned IP until the lease expires, but if you release the lease or disconnect the device it will no longer get an IP address assigned.
I haven't seen this type of DHCP failure with my RBKE963 and its uptime has exceeded 2 or 3 weeks. What is the size of your DHCP range compared to the number of connected devices? Do you have lots of iOS or other devices that randomize their MAC address, possibly consuming more of your DHCP slots?
Range is about 200 addresses, they aren't being used up. That's not how the iOS feature works, it just generates a new MAC address for each WiFi network you join, it doesn't randomise it on the same network.