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R8000P - Static IP for WLAN device not possible
Hi! I try to get static IP addresses for some of my WLAN devices. I go the way like discribed in the manual but always get the message "MAC adress wrong" (something like this, I use German as languag...
Thanks a lot for your reply!
I need some devices to have the same IP adress after the router restarted. After a reboot or lost of power maybe. Now the devices get a new IP address after a reboot.
There is a way explained in the manual but this doesn't work in my case. I watched a YouTube video showing exactly what is discribed.
Sorry for my English
I need some devices to have the same IP adress after the router restarted. After a reboot or lost of power maybe. Now the devices get a new IP address after a reboot.
There is a way explained in the manual but this doesn't work in my case. I watched a YouTube video showing exactly what is discribed.
Sorry for my English
SkyWalker2_D wrote:
I need some devices to have the same IP adress after the router restarted. After a reboot or lost of power maybe. Now the devices get a new IP address after a reboot.
This is not the same as the "Static IP" you are trying to set up.
For that you have two options:
- Tell the router to Reserve IP addresses so that your unnamed "devices" always use that I address
- See if these unnamed devices have settings that let you fix their IP addresses. That is how I fix printers and Network Attached Storage on my network.
- Do both at the same time – Research and Fix.
The whole idea of a Reserved IP address is that your router says "Always use that IP address for this device".