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jdr2022
Apr 27, 2022Aspirant
Re: Rax200
I actually have the same question. I can't find in the general UI and assume it's fixed in RAX200 but wanted to know if there is anther way to change the duration. Why? in my case I have 65+ devices and a lot of them are low power wifi devices. What I am finding is when I reboot the router the devices are taking a while to reconnect to the network, I often find them are holding old IP addresses and are not in the DHCP pool yet. Eg. a wyze cam that thought it was on .51 vs. the network thought it was on .61. Searching for anything on local network using the device host name does not work until the device has obtained a new lease or new ip. eg. Synology NAS is unreachable until the IP renewal. This is true of smart plugs being accessed from HomeKit - they show as offline until they reconnect and obtain a new lease. I've never had this problem with other routers with their OOB configuration. At 62+ devices I don't have the time or energy to allocate them static IP addresses. If I can't solve w/RAX200 OOB DHCP I could configure on Synology, but not sure what other problems I create for myself w/Rax200....
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What happens if you set up IP address reservations for some of these devices ON the router?
I recommend setting a STATIC IP address ON NAS or devices, that's out side of the routers default IP address pool, that don't need much or any router management.