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jerm1777
May 26, 2026Aspirant
RS700 DHCP Issues with newest firmware
I purchased an RS700 back in February and on the previous firmware I had the slow Wi-Fi issue and once I would login to the web UI and re-apply the Wi-Fi settings it fixed everything and seemed to be pretty solid.
I upgraded a few weeks back to the newest 1.0.11.6 firmware and I have had issues with DHCP and devices showing no internet/IP configuration failure after a reboot. I reloaded the newest firmware from the web UI in Edge and completely factory reset the router and set it up from scratch and the issue remains. Anytime I reboot the router it takes me at least an hour to get it stabilized. When the router reboots I get an IP configuration failure on my Google Pixel when trying to connect and my desktop PC connects, but shows no internet. After waiting around 30 minutes I am able to get my desktop PC connected and when I log into the Web UI and go to attached devices I see many with either 169.x.x.x invalid IPs or else just 0.0.0.0 as the IP address. The fix I have found so far is to go into setup/wireless setup and re-apply the wireless settings and once I do that everything stabilizes usually within 15 minutes and all of my devices connect. I don't use the default DHCP pool so I define my own, but I did try using the default pool after the factory reset and saw the same issue. Is this the DHCP issue I saw in another thread or has that issue been fixed? Any help anyone could provide would be appreciated. Thanks!
6 Replies
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
jerm1777 wrote:
showing no internet/IP configuration failure after a reboot
Is that a reboot of individual devices or a reboot of the RS700 router?
- jerm1777Aspirant
That's a reboot of the RS700 router. I have around ~60 devices on my Wi-Fi network at any given time.
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
Do any of the 60-odd devices have reserved IP addresses in the LAN Setup table?
Just to be sure we're on the same page, can you describe how the LAN is configured. i.e.
- IP Address
- IP Subnet Mask
- DHCP Starting Address
- DHCP Ending Address
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
What brand and model# ethernet adapter are you using in your Ethernet PCs?
Issue still happen with protection engine and IPv6 disabled?
Been using newest FW version since day one. No issues seen currently.
DHCP is working for me. Using default 192.168.1.1 however IP address pool range is set to .100 thru .150 for my needs here.
Connected to a CM3000 series cable modem.
Might contact NG support and ask about this. If you have done resets and setup from scratch along with power cycling the ISP modem, possible something with the RS maybe doing bad things.
- jerm1777Aspirant
I don't have any PCs connected via ethernet. All of them are Wi-Fi using intel wireless adapters. The only thing I have plugged in via ethernet is my Reolink hub for my cameras. I have protection engine disabled, IPv6 disabled, and Netgear Armor disabled as well. Anything that could cause issues I disabled to make sure it was a clean slate.
The Reddit thread you linked is me replying there as well. I am using an Arris S33 cable modem. I would contact support, but I am past the 90 days free support so I would need to pay at this point.