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IP address when the computer sleeps
When my computer goes sleep and is awakened the old IP address is no longer available and so it creates a 169.254.36.55 replacement. Is there a reason why the router would remove the allocated IP address? I have another computer running different antivirus software that does not have this problem.
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Tom2B wrote:
When my computer goes sleep and is awakened the old IP address is no longer available and so it creates a 169.254.36.55 replacement.
It isn't clear to me what you are doing and where things go wrong but you can usually try to used a fixed IP address on the PC or a reserved IP address on the router.
Then the usual boilerplate questions to eliminate some of the more common issues that crop up here.
What firmware version do you have on the device?
A number is more useful than "the latest". There may be newer versions, or "hot fixes", that do not show up if you check for new firmware with an app or in the browser interface.
If there is one it might also help if you told people the make and model number of the modem/gateway/ONT that connects this router to the Internet. Is it, by any chance, also a router, with a set of LAN ports on the back?
I ask because a lot of people turn up here trying to put a router behind a modem that is also a router. That can complicate troubleshooting.
