Orbi RBR850 IP Address reservations and DHCP address range

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Jmichaels001 wrote:

Im looking for direction related to using address reservations, and how to set the DHCP address range.  I have an Orbi RBR850 and 2 satellites RBS850, a Synology NAS, and about 20 other devices attached.(Laptops, iphones, Directv, etc.).

 

Assuming all devices are setup for DHCP and not fixed IP:

 

1) Should I set the IP address range for DHCP to start at 192.168.1.20, and reserve IP addresses for NAS and other critical devices between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.19, or does the DHCP range need to include the all of the IP addresss including the reserved IP addresses?

Yes you can do that. I use a default IP address pool range of .100 to .200. Anything on ether side of this pool range can be used for static assigned devices. I would set static IP devices like, NAS, Controllers, Cameras, printers and anything that doesn't need much router management, set these devices to static outside the IP address pool 

 

2) Should the Orbi satellites receive reserved IP addresses?

You can set up reservations for the RBS ON the RBR. 

 

3) Does it matter if devices on reserved IP addresses are plugged into an Orbi  satellite in some circumstances?

No. The RBS are just pass thru.

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