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WNCE2001 Hijacking Network DHCP
The WNCE2001 is basically a wireless bridge that allows devices that only have a copper Ethernet port to connect to a wireless network. In our case a video appliance plugs into the WNCE2001, which...
Same here. this has been going on for more than a year. I even run a Sonicwall and assign static IP's to the adapters based on mac address's. It took down an entire school of 1 to 1 instruction today. Took out all of the Chromebooks and teacher computers in 2 rooms then after classes switched it did it to a whole new group of students. NETGEAR refuses to admit there is any problem.
Kevin
I had the same problems but I found the source of the problem (at least in my case).
I always had the problem after a power outage (happens very rarely, but happens). So, when the power is back, the router (DHCP server) starts up, but the wnce2001 is much faster at booting, so it seems it checks if there is a DHCP server online, it doesn't find one as the router is still booting, and the wnce2001 turns on it's own DHCP server for configuration purposes. Then the router is finally back up, and I have 2 DHCP servers running which of course leads to the known problems.
So, basically the problem is that the wnce2001 doesn't turn off it's own DHCP server when the DHCP server from the router is back online. So I need to turn the wnce2001 off and on again and everything is back to normal.