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Overly restrictive DHCP server configuration in RBR850
ello The DHCP server in firmware version 3.2.18.1_1.4.14 is overly restrictive in that it does not allow the pool of addresses to use the entire available subnet. My RBR850 IP address is 192....
> [...] subnet mask 255.255.254.0, [...]
I doubt that these consumer-grade routers were intended to work with
subnet masks narrower than "/24".
> My preference is to have the 192.168.2.x range for fixed addresses and
> 192.168.3.x for DHCP
Change your preference, or get a more serious router (or DHCP
server)? A DHCP pool like ".100" - ".199" should make recognition
pretty easy (without over-taxing the router).