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MarcDCA
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Jun 23, 2022

Disabling DHCP

I have been trying to disable DHCP on my Orbi (RBR750) so I can use my NetComm NF18ACV modem/router to allocate IP addresses to all devices. I'm having no end of trouble getting it working. The confi...
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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 23, 2022
MarcDCA wrote:

I have been trying to disable DHCP on my Orbi (RBR750) so I can use my NetComm NF18ACV modem/router to allocate IP addresses to all devices.

 

Any reason why you don't want to use the RBR750 in access point mode? That would deal with the DHCP thing.

 

Then again, why use the modem/router to allocate IP addresses? Maybe there are other ways of dealing with that bit of the challenge.

 

So, start by describing the problem and there may be other solutions.

 

While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.

You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:

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