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bhepler
Feb 23, 2026Aspirant
DHCP address reservations had not been respected
I am having similar issues with a RS280 and firmware 1.0.6.16. We recently had an extended power outage that outlasted my UPS. When the power returned, most of the DHCP address reservations had n...
StephenB
Mar 03, 2026Guru - Experienced User
bhepler wrote:We recently had an extended power outage that outlasted my UPS.
So everything ended up powered down?
What devices needed to be restarted manually?
Do you recall what devices would have started up before the router?
- bheplerMar 03, 2026Aspirant
So everything ended up powered down?
What devices needed to be restarted manually?
Correct. The entire house was down for the count. The router & other essentials lasted longer, but in the end, everything was off.
The devices that had to be started manually was just the HTPC. Everything else is set to boot on resumption of power.
Do you recall what devices would have started up before the router?
I'm not entirely sure. The router seems to take quite a while to boot & broadcast. My guess is that just about everything was active on the network before the router and of course everything with a battery would have still been active during the outage (phones, tablets, bird feeder, etc.). Possible exceptions may be the two Synology NAS.