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Reserve IP address for my Raspberry Pi
Multiple RBR 850 restarts and factory resets during this initial experimental time period is unavoidable and I don't mind ip addresses change every time. Except to control the lights through my Raspb...
Under Advanced Setup-->LAN Setup at the bottom of the screen is where you can reserve an IP address for a particular device on the network. There should be no problems using a fixed IP address on your network. It is quite common, especially if you have a NAS or servers on the network.
You can also, on the same screem, limit the range of IP addresses that will be issued by the router and then you can configure the devices you want to have a fixed address to an address in the unissued range by setting the IP address on the device itself. Either method will work.
Under Advanced Setup-->LAN Setup at the bottom of the screen is where you can reserve an IP address for a particular device on the network. There should be no problems using a fixed IP address on your network. It is quite common, especially if you have a NAS or servers on the network.
You can also, on the same screem, limit the range of IP addresses that will be issued by the router and then you can configure the devices you want to have a fixed address to an address in the unissued range by setting the IP address on the device itself. Either method will work.