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Range Extender(EXS25) Management When Extending Guest Network
I have an EXS25 set up to extend my Guest network and now that it's successfully joined I can not get access to view or manage its configuration via the Nighthawk app or browser. Is there a way to...
DHCP in the Orbi was working fine before the introduction of the extender on the primary WiFi network.
Understood. To clarify, I was thinking that perhaps DHCP isn't working correctly for extender-connected devices because the extender is set up with a static address.
but why if there’s a reservation for the .140 address why is the router serving it do a device it’s not intended for?
Don't know, so that is unexplained.
Still I suggest switching to DHCP on the extender, to see if that makes a difference.
I can try that later.
If I let the extender serve DHCP I’ll lose my reservation ability for the device.
Also shouldn’t the 2.4 and 5ghz networks on the extender share the same ip address. Why would I be seeing separate ips in the router for each WiFi network?
If I let the extender serve DHCP I’ll lose my reservation ability for the device.
No. You can't set up a competing DHCP server on the extender.
To clarify - I am just suggesting that you configure the extender to use DHCP to get its address, instead of using a static one.