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DHCP flood in log.
The Orbi 970 with one satellite is struggling to provide reliable coverage in a small house. A single 970 unit failed to come anywhere close to the connectivity performance of my old Synology router,...
Examining the DHCP log, it seems that some devices make DHCP requests more often than others.
This file has the DHCP entries sorted by device IP (with MAC address) and then by Date/Time.
Is there "something different" about the devices that make many DHCP requests?
Not really. It’s a mix of wired and wireless devices: Lenovo notebooks, Lenovo AIO, a Dell AIO, several Echos, a Swann DVR and cameras, HP printers, a couple of Magicjacks, a Home automation server, and more. I even ditched the satellite, rebooted the Orbi, and the DHCP flood continues. Now I’m left with a bunch of Wi-Fi devices showing poor signals. The Orbi rollout has massively interfered with the HA in the home for the first time in 25 years, and through many router migrations...
So I’m screwed with just the Orbi, and I’m screwed with the Orbi and a satellite too because I’ve been told I can’t place it far enough away to be effective. So I'm pretty much defeated and need to move on to a more scalable solution and with more granular admin control than Netgear provides. Thanks for the suggestions.