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Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX4300 RAX45 WiFi Router
I have a Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX4300 RAX45 WiFi Router - Firmware Version V1.0.11.112_2.0.77, that I been having some issues with. I have a fairly active internet family. So i bought this router be...
There's a lot of stuff in that long slab of text. Trying to find the key issue, I landed on this bit:
CptWelsh wrote:
So I check the MAC address against my master list. Then I go to the Advance, LAN to assign IPs. Then I've notice that the IPs in Basic/Attached Device - The DHCP IPs didn't match. Ok, refresh.
It seems to be a recipe for confusion.
MAC addresses have a habit of changing from what you see on the box. It is especially likely on mobiles. Both iOS and Android have ways of fooling routers.
NETGEAR Mobile Applications and Apple Devices FAQ - NETGEAR Communities
There may be a tweak you can use on your phones.
Then there is the strategy with IP addresses. If I have devices that allow it – such as printers, network attached storage (NAS) and wireless access points – I find it easier to assign the IP address on the device itself.
I'm sure that the real experts here will turn up with better advice, but I would start with the basic question. What is the idea behind this "tight ship". And what is the best way to run it.
Serious disciplinarians like to use tools like Armor, even though it costs.
Just a little eccentric I guest. Setting each device individually kinda side step the DHCP. It would work for most of my devices. I know about the random MAC on Cell. I set them to use phone MACs. Any ideas on the pains that won't allow me changing IP's, Security CAM. And That wifi reaper/extender? (side note- I rebuild it. Works ten time better and cooler, bigger heatsink & fan, very poor design.)
I find it hard to understand that message. Take this bit:
CptWelsh wrote:
I know about the random MAC on Cell. I set them to use phone MACs.
How can you "set them to use phone MACs" if the MACs keep changing.
Or do you mean you disable the randomising?
Then there is this bit:
Any ideas on the pains that won't allow me changing IP's, Security CAM. And That wifi reaper/extender?Can you explain that in ways that are easier to understand?
- The Attached devices on that firmware version is buggy (I run same FW version). Here, devices will show up but the reported IP is often just 0.0.0.0. Sometimes a device will be completely absent from the list even though bthat device is functioning well.
All my devices use a reserved DHCP as I like a "fixed" IP for all my devices (easy to find/lookup them). So don't trust Attached devices this much and hopefully a new FW version will improve things, but with NG's/Delta Networks incompetent developers, my hope isn't high.
