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RBR750 - Static IP Address assignments
I am trying to assign a static IP address to an Amcrest security camera and went into Advanced - LAN Setup - selected my camera from the list shown - entered the IP address I wanted - hit Apply. The ...
AlanF100 wrote:
The router rebooted under Attached Devices I have the camera in question with its 'old' router assigned address and under LAN Setup - Address Reservation I have the same camera with the address I assigned to it????
Netgear's implementation of DHCP has been a source of frustration (to me) for years. What appears to be happening is the DHCP process does not do what any normal person would expect:
- Router receives DHCP request.
- Router looks in IP assignment table to see if MAC address has been assigned IP.
- If match found, respond with that IP.
- If match not found, find next available IP in the DHCP 'pool' and respond with that IP.
What (I swear) it does it this:
- Router reeives DHCP request.
- Router looks in some internal table and says, "Oh, that device was assigned IP x.x.x.x in the past"
- Router responds with that IP.
- Router never looks in IP assignment table.
A procedure that "works" is the deliberately restart the router. Power off and back on. What appears to the user to be a "restart" is indeed the router "doing something", but not clearing that record of IP assignments.
Can you please try a restart and see what happens?
Thank you for your reply. Did try a cold boot of the router but no joy I'm afraid. I do not understand how the router can "be happy" with the same device mac address having two IP addresses - one it has chosen to assign and one that is shown in the Address Reservation table as being assigned.
I do not understand how anything like this managed to get through Netgear testing! - or maybe I do!
I just went through this with a new Wyze Pan Cam last week. To be honest, I cannot remember if I powered off the camera before power cycling the router (or not). I can remember High School pretty well, but last week - not a chance!
You are a good sport to endure this mess. Can you try again:
- Power off device.
- Power cycle router.
- Power on device.
I actually have a procedure for adding new devices:
- Before powering the device on for the first time, copy down the device MAC address (or hold the device in my hand)
- Open the Orbi LAN setup table.
- Create an entry in the table for the device.
- (Remember to "APPLY" - got me more than once)
- THEN, plug in the new device.
With this camera, the MAC address was in such tiny print on the camera label that I read one of the characters incorrectly and entered a MAC address that didn't match. (I also RANT about products that do not show the MAC address on the label or on the box, but that's a different issue.)
Hi CrimpOn
Thanks once again for your reply; it is much appreciated.
So I think I will go back to basics and remove the security cameras, factory reset them and then start the installation process as you describe later in your post. This will take me a few days but will try to get it done over this weekend.