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RAXE300 serving DHCP despite AP mode
tl;dr: I have the RAXE300 in AP mode, but it's suddenly serving DHCP. I've had a Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 (6E) since August 2024, and I always used it in access point mode. My LAN is 10.0.x.x...
Not seeing 192.168.1.x in your TCPDump.
Finding anything else if you disconnect the RAXE from the system temporarily?
Is the RS router in AP mode actually? Check the WEB UI.
Try setting a static AP mode configuration as seen here on the RS Router:
Be sure that the static IP address is not inside the host routers default DHCP IP Address pool range.
What IP address did you use for the Static IP address for the AP mode configuration on the RAXE?
You might turn OFF the RAXE and then run another check to see if those 10.x IP addresses are still seen.
Wondering if those IP addresses are passing thru the RAXE and getting masked there actual MACs by the RAXE MAC address.
We've seen odd behaviors with DHCP requests on various products. However in AP mode, shouldn't really be any since the router portion of the RAXE is disabled while in AP mode. Could be some odd behavior though.
What IP address did you use for the Static IP address for the AP mode configuration on the RAXE?
10.0.4.42
For almost two years, it was reserved DHCP, and then I used the same IP as static (typed into Netgear Web UI). Since I switched to static IP, everything is better. No more DHCP requests from ...8C:AD. No more rogue DHCP replies.
BTW, I forgot to mention when this issue first started on Sunday , the ...8C:AD MAC showed up with dynamic IP 10.0.6.21 and hostname "rax30", so it called itself RAX3, which was unexpected. However, the tcpdump shows RAXE300, which is expected.