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N300 DHCP weirdness
I just installed this router on a rather complex home network. The WAN port is from a DSL router, the wireless is for a nearby house, and the LAN ports go a few places, one of which is a Ubiquiti ra...
After all the hand wringing, I replaced the antenna (.200 address) and everything now works. Very weird mode of failure. Sorry for all the traffic over a dead end!
What's your router's subnet and what static IP addresses have you tried? It's possible that you are using wrong addresses.
My router is set us as 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0 with a DHCP pool of 49-100.
My static IP is 192.168.1.200 (which could be anything, but has to be fixed).
If I connect my laptop via DHCP, I get 192.168.1.3 and I have internet access and router, but can't see 200. If I static my laptop at 192.168.1.15, therer's no connection. If I wifi my laptop, I get 192.168.1.4 (varies), it can get to the internet and the router itself, but not to device 200.
I tried reserving the address 200, and I also tried expanding the DHCP pool to include the reserved 200.
It appears the router is following a rule that says "if they didn't ask me for an address, I'll block any traffic with them".
I'll call Netgear tomorrow, but I might just have to get a different router.