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AX12 Nighthawk RAX120 DHCP and reserve issues
Hi, I've got several network devices. Both Wired and Wireless. I decided for security reasons to enable Access Control. I took a whole night adding each of my static and dhcp items to it's allow list...
> [...] I've never seen a Router that has so many inconsistancies with
> DHCP. [...]
If you exhibited any of them here, then I missed it.
> [...] Sure I have a lot of devices, but within surely within the
> limits. [...]
Define "a lot of devices". "surely within" _which_ "the limits"?
> [...] It seems that DHCP eventually acts like [...]
Doesn't that sound just a little vague to you?
> [...] my cellhpone [...]
Not a very detailed description of that device, either. One
potential trouble source for iOS devices:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211227
> [...] DHCP look screwed up in the logs, [...]
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see any of that, either.
> [...] only showing 6, 2 byte values of the celphones MAC. [...]
Do you mean six one-byte (two-hexadecimal-digit) values? Are you
trying to say that the IP address is missing from something? At what,
exactly, are you looking?
> I have the latest FW loaded, [...]
As always, an actual version number would be more useful than your
opinion of what's "latest" today.
> [...] I have read oterh threads [...]
Thanks for the helpful links.
> [...] Anyone else know of this issue with DHCP.
Not I, but, based on your description, I might not recognise "this
issue with DHCP" if I tripped over it elsewhere.