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EX6200 Acting as a DNS server
Purchased a EX6200, upgraded to latest firmware. Connected to a business network and configured as an access point. Issue I am having is that two PC's on the business network which is on a 160.0.1.x ...
Did you configure your EX6200 to use a static IP address? If so, you should have assigned an address in the 160.0.1.x range to the EX6200 and set the DNS server to 160.0.1.7.
If the EX6200 is configured to get its IP address dynamically, then it still should have picked up an address in the 160.0.1.x range from the DHCP server. By no means should it be using 192.168.1.250 in your business network.
Precisely what I am saying. It should NOT be acting as a DNS server, but it most certainly is.
Chicken/egg. To set the unit up as access point you need to connect to your network so it can find the router otherwise cannot setup. Do this and any PC that does not have a fixed DNS in network settings potentially will get 192.168.1.250 set as its DNS. So you need to connect to your network and then go as quick;y as possible to fix the IP settings for the unit before it knocks out every PC that does not have a fixed DNS.
Bear in mind that the two PC's affected had been on all day with internet access, plugged in the ex6200 and the PC's lost internet connection, yellow exclamation mark and ipconfig showed 192.168.1.250 as DNS. I have seen units affected on reboot but not while booted up.
Units going back.