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hiksemebs
Jun 15, 2022Follower
Netgear AX-12 router DHCP question.
So I have this Netgear nighthawk AX-12 RAC120v2 . And I have a DHCP question. So if I have two computers on and have mapped network drives. And say my computers ip address is 182.163.1.44 . And so ...
microchip8
Jun 16, 2022Master
DHCP renewal is not on the router itself but on the device that requests the IP address. The router's DHCP just assigns addresses requested by clients. If a client requests a different IP for some reason, the DHCP will happily give it.
A way around is to reserve IP addresses based on MAC address for clients
A way around is to reserve IP addresses based on MAC address for clients