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Stop devices from changing IP Addresses
I had gone to advanced>setup>LAN Setup and added some devices that I don't want the IPs to change. But today I did a reboot and one of IPs changed a then what a mess I had. I thought that was the pur...
captgadget wrote:
I had gone to advanced>setup>LAN Setup and added some devices that I don't want the IPs to change.
What devices?
Some people say it is a myth, but you might find it useful to go into the settings of these devices and telling them to use a particular IP address and then reserve that address on the router.
For example, I find that this helps to manage an array of NAS boxes that I can then get at simply by pointing a browser at the appropriate IP address.
> Model: R7000|AC1900 Smart WIFI Router
Is that accurate? Firmware version?
> I had gone to advanced>setup>LAN Setup and added some devices that I
> don't want the IPs to change. [...]
There are many things on that page. You're talking about Address
Reservation?
> [...] I did a reboot [...]
Of what? The router? Some device?
> [...] one of IPs changed [...]
Which? Which address did you reserve for it? Which address did it
get? Did some other device already have the address which you reserved
for it?
The non-psychics in your audience can't see your Address Reservation
table, or the addresses of any of your devices, which makes it hard to
guess what actually happened.
If you made changes to the address reservations, and, especially if
your reserved addresses are in the DHCP address pool, and you did not
restart the router and all the devices, then I would not be amazed if
you had some trouble.
I would shut down the router and the LAN devices, and then restart
everything (router first), and see if problems recur/persist.