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Nighthawk RAX50 not assigning IP addresses to wired devices if switch/NAS combination is present
I have a Nighthawk RAX50 with the latest firmware that has 2 switches attached to it. - Switch 1 has 8 devices behind it (various devices) - Switch 2 has 2 devices (Synology NAS and my laptop) ...
Sooooo... I'm just going to kick myself here. I've been using my MacBook to test everything and sniffing traffic to try to figure out what is going on.
When I put the NAS behind the switch and plugged in the switch, my MacBook was also plugged into that switch so it cut over automatically to using ethernet instead of wifi. My MacBook also had bootpd enabled on ethernet for testing some embedded devices; the script to automatically disable it after testing failed apparently. So when the NAS was plugged into the switch and the switch was plugged into the router, my MacBook was giving all wired devices addresses for a completely different subnet.
When I detached the switch with the NAS to remove it from testing, my Macbook switched to Wifi automatically and bootpd didn't serve anything because it was bound to ethernet only.
It was a combination of testing steps (switch attached or detached) and bootpd not having shut down properly though I swore I checked it. Apparently I didn't swear enough.
Sorry to waste everyone's time. Mods should feel free to remove this since it didn't involve the Netgear router in any way. Otherwise feel free to leave it as a cautionary tale: be careful with bootpd. :-D
sinr wrote:
I have a Nighthawk RAX50 with the latest firmware that has 2 switches attached to it.
While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.
You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:
Nighthawk Routers with WiFi 6 (AX) - NETGEAR Communities
In the meantime you could visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.
You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.