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Problem with LAN Setup, Address Reservation
Hello,
Nighthawk X10 R9000 - Router Firmware Version V1.0.4.28
The router is functioning perfectly: fyi...
However, I have three devices that I add to the LAN Setup, Address Reservation -->...
Use this as a guide, modify accordingly.
LAN address of router: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Pool 192.168.1.100 ~ 192.168.1.200
Assign a static IP, subnet mask and gateway to the Dell's NIC which is above or below the DHCP pool range specified above.
or
Re-enable the Address Reservation. Assign an IP which is (again) above or below the DHCP pool you've specified to the Dell's NIC MAC address. Leave DHCP enabled on the NIC, disable / enable the interface. It will grab the IP you specified in the reservation.
If you use my suggestion(s), the IP will never change, no device will ever get the Dell's IP and your port forwarding will work without issue.
It happened again (Using option #2) - sometime overnight - the Dell NIC dropped the connection (e.g. Linux swpinning wheel for connection icon!).
This of course drops the machine into the "Nighthawk->Security->Access Control->Allowed devices not currently connected list
Note: turning off access control does not change things.
--> What does change things is removing this machine from the "Address Reservation" list <<--- Remember: Only this happens to just this machine!?
----> My other two machines live in the "Address Reservation" list without problems!! :)
------> I go to "Address Reservation" list, select the reserved Dell IP, delete, click apply: when the router finishes the apply, BOOM the Dell connects :)
========> Again, This 'seems' to be some odd buggy behavior with this older Dell NIC and my new Nighthawk router ???
Anyway, I went with Option #1 Setup the NIC with a static IP), now and it is working... If that somehow fails with the same behaviors, I will report back here...
Thanks again!
I've had a 10 year old Dell XPS working fine.
One confusing thing you said, "Linux swpinning wheel for connection icon!"? What OS are you running? Which network adapter are you using? Wired or the Dell Wireless?
From my PRESENT experience with 2 Dell XPS's, an 8700 (5 years old) and XPS 8500 (7 years old) I've got some wireless connection problems too. Works fine unless the PC's (both running W10 V1809, one Home, the other Pro, with different 3rd party wireless AC devices) come out of sleep. One is a RealTek 8812AU chipset, and the problem was more apparent until the last update driver from RealTek for the device. Now both have it happen, but not very often.
If this happens when you come out of 'sleep', CHECK the device Properties for POWER. Make sure it can NOT be turned off to save power, that is a common cause of this.
- Ubuntu Linux Studio
- Wireless is off, in fact this has been Wired for years now
- The wired connection active and working icon is in the upper right hand corner (a double arrow kind of thing), but when the event occurs, and the router drops the connection, the 'double arrow kind of thing icon' turns to this 'spinning wheel icon' --> and disconnect wired and reconnect wired will NOT work!
- the steps in the router to immediately reolve and watch the spinning wheel icon change to a double arrow kind of thing icon are described in my last Post!
- Current status: static IP address setting is holding fastr so far....
- This DELL is maybe 10 years old and still cranking....
- Why I think this may be some strange router bug: All the routers previous, and I have had several due to changeing ISPs, never had this issue with this particualr machine (and the two machines I have still in Address reservation are newer machines, and they and the router have not shown this behavior)
Anyway, maybe its time to setup a new machine to replace this one anyway - one day...
I am having the same problem. I have many home automation devices I ran fine on an old router. Just got this R9000 and no matter what, the devices are moving around iP address wise. My pool is 100 to 254 as I put static devices below 100. Home automation works better when the addresses don't move around but I didn't want to have to assign a static ip to each of them.
Address reservation on the R9000 flat does not work.
> Address reservation on the R9000 flat does not work.
"flat" or lumpy, a useful problem report of this type would include
the version of the (apparently defective) firmware. (And, as always,
an actual version number would be more useful than anyone's opinion of
what's "latest" today.)