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DHCP reservations and rebooting: WHY?
There's a threat from 2020 that I can't reply to about this. I find it annoying that in the year 2021 we have to reboot routers for a simple DHCP reservation change. Perhaps it's with IPtables c...
What 2020 threat are you referring to?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
What is the size of your home? Sq Ft?
What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
There is v12 available for manual download and manual installation:
This is referring only to the internal LAN DHCP service.
When you create a simple DHCP reservation for a device, the firmware must reboot. This doesn't make any sense to me -- hence my question, wanting to at least understand why this is the case.
I think NG reboots to refresh the DHCP table and connections.