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WNCE2001 inappropriately providing DHCP connections
I have a new WNCE2001 Wireless Ethernet bridge and have successfully configured it to connect my ethernet-only printer to my home network. This morning, I was unable to get to the internet from my iP...
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The default IP address of the device appears to be 192.168.1.251. This address is outside the DHCP range of my router. So how did it get that address when it is set to get the address via DHCP?
I wonder if that is part of the problem. Usually, I would have thought that one would want to stay within the DHCP range even if you are applying static IP addresses on your network. So now I have set the IP address of the unit to a static address within the DHCP range and set this same address on the router.
The default IP address of the device appears to be 192.168.1.251. This address is outside the DHCP range of my router. So how did it get that address when it is set to get the address via DHCP?
I wonder if that is part of the problem. Usually, I would have thought that one would want to stay within the DHCP range even if you are applying static IP addresses on your network. So now I have set the IP address of the unit to a static address within the DHCP range and set this same address on the router.