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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...
Just created an account to post what I believe resolves this problem.
First off, thanks to the folks for posting observations. Very helpful. I'll note that the lastest firmware (1.0.0.26NA), still has the problem. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to use a rogue DHCP checker to return the MAC address of the bad device, so yeah, the WNCE2001 definitely is the bad actor here.
The problem happens when you try to specify a static IP address for the device. The firmware kicks on DHCP with a very fast response time, causing any other devices to connect to it's subnet first. Fortunately, the firmware disables the internal DHCP when you have it connect out using DHCP (If that sounds confusing to you, don't worry, it's because I'm not going into details about WAN/LAN and other bits)
How do you have the device lock to a specific IP address? Most routers allow you to map MAC addresses to specific IP addresses. You can get the MAC address off the bottom of the device (it's the bottom most number).
Annoying as all get out, but it works.
First off, thanks to the folks for posting observations. Very helpful. I'll note that the lastest firmware (1.0.0.26NA), still has the problem. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to use a rogue DHCP checker to return the MAC address of the bad device, so yeah, the WNCE2001 definitely is the bad actor here.
The problem happens when you try to specify a static IP address for the device. The firmware kicks on DHCP with a very fast response time, causing any other devices to connect to it's subnet first. Fortunately, the firmware disables the internal DHCP when you have it connect out using DHCP (If that sounds confusing to you, don't worry, it's because I'm not going into details about WAN/LAN and other bits)
How do you have the device lock to a specific IP address? Most routers allow you to map MAC addresses to specific IP addresses. You can get the MAC address off the bottom of the device (it's the bottom most number).
Annoying as all get out, but it works.