Nighthawk CAX80 not issuing new IPs

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I have had the&nbsp;Nighthawk CAX80 for just one year and had several issues with this router. This time I happened to be traveling and working remotely. The issue is &nbsp;that the router is not issuing new IP addresses. I have several machines and an esxi host, when i create a new VM nothing works, no new IP whastover. I thought the issue was the DHCP, but when I check it says everything is working properly. Is there anything i can do to make this work? To get the DHCP to issue IPs? I rebooted several time times and so far nothing is working.

plemans · Answer

do you have issues for devices that aren't VM's?

chris-linux · Answer

The devices that are not VMs have had the same IP for the last few months until i changed the Subnet. But even when I reboot the router the non VM devices maintain their IPs. But these IPs are not static. &nbsp;

plemans · Answer

chris-linux&nbsp;wrote:The devices that are not VMs have had the same IP for the last few months until i changed the Subnet. But even when I reboot the router the non VM devices maintain their IPs. But these IPs are not static. &nbsp;Basically I'm curious if you connect a new (non-VM) device to the router,is it assigned an IP address?&nbsp;What are you setting with static ip addresses?&nbsp;Any other devices on your network acting as a DHCP server? (managed switch, access point that might not be in access point mode)

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] when i create a new VM nothing works, no new IP whastover. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A vague description of what does _not_ happen is less useful than aclear description of what _does_ happen.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The non-psychics in your audience might know very little about thenetwork configuration of these virtual machines.&nbsp; If a broadcast DHCPrequest does not propagate from a VM to the CAX80 (with its DHCPserver), then I wouldn't expect it to respond.&gt; [...] I thought the issue was the DHCP, but when I check it says&gt; everything is working properly. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp; "check it"?&nbsp; "check" _what_?&nbsp; "check it" _how_?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; None of that is a useful problem description.&nbsp; It does not say whatyou did.&nbsp; It does not say what happened when you did it.&nbsp; As usual,showing actual actions (commands) with their actual results (errormessages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vaguedescriptions or interpretations.&gt; [...] even when I reboot the router the non VM devices maintain their&gt; IPs. But these IPs are not static.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; "not static"?&nbsp; I don't know what that means.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Terminology: A "static" address is configured on the device itself.What you configure on a (DHCP server on a) router is a reserved dynamicaddress, not a static address.&nbsp; Either one should fix the address of adevice, but some implications are different.&nbsp;&gt; [...] if you connect a new (non-VM) device to the router,is it&gt; assigned an IP address?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; _That_ would be a useful test of the&nbsp;CAX80 DHCP server.

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Nighthawk CAX80 not issuing new IPs

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