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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 ...
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.
Something to try on the RBR as well if you can, Recommend 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-routerI've seen some wifi devices not handle IP address reservations properly as well on there side of the fence. Sometimes a reboot or power cycle isn't enough, where a factory reset and setup from scratch maybe needed.
