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DHCP Address Reservations not Working
Hello all...
My setup:
AT&T GigaPower Fiber (1000/1000) with 5 Public Static IP Addresses
The RBR50 is hooked into the modem and is assigned one of those PUBLIC STATIC IPs, and bypasses the...
It doesn't matter what the modem is, it could be a magical unicorn that shoots fiber out its rear end... It has one cable that comes in from the NID and one going to the Orbi with a PUBLIC STATIC IP ADDRESS set, not a private static, a PUBLIC STATIC. I have to stress that because people don't understand when PUBLIC I mean PUBLIC. I pay for PUBLIC STATIC IPs so that I can host services without using a DynamicDNS service. The modem does not exist in the eyes of the Orbi, nor does it hand out DHCP to any of the clients. It on a different subnet altogether and just sits there doing its thing without saying a peep.
I have 6 reservations; none of them are working.
I have 30 devices. None of them are updating.
The wired back back haul isn't working because when I plug a cable into the satellite, it pukes all over itself and crashes, devices that are hard wired lose connection and wireless devices connected will drop. As soon as I unplug it, it's all sunshine and rainbows.
I've used Safari / Chrome on Mac and IE / Edge and Chrome on Windows, the results are all the same. This has nothing to do with my OS, laptop cables, switches, modem, or other networking equipment. This issue has been traced down squarely to the Orbi. If I remove that from the network, everything works fine. As soon as I put that back into play and configure it, or even if I don't, that's when everything starts going haywire.
But I'm go ahead and factory reset it again, and I'll reload the firmware and reset it again, and put all my port forwarding's back in again. I'll report back when it (eventually) doesn't work.
Try changing the IP address to 192.168.1.100 to .200 on the router.
It's actually set to 192.168.1.1...
But it didn't work anyway.
I did what you said: reset the router, reinstalled the firmware on both the router and the satelite. I even factory reset the unicorn for funzies.
I had my MAC addresses written down ahead of time, created the reservations and then started plugging devices in. One-by-one they received the wrong IPs. I turned DHCP off on the Orbi, created a scope on my Win 2016 Datacenter Server, set my reservations and activated it and long behold, every device received their reservation almost instantly...
I plugged in the back haul on the satelite, cause you seemed surprised that I reported that it didn't work. I got about 5 feet away when I got an alert that my internet was down, and (surprise) the Orbi was offline. No lights, couldn't PING it, couldn't get to the config page. Just, down... I went back, turned off the satelite and router came back up about 30 seconds later. I plugged the satelite back in, and it went back down...
I factory reset everything, isolated just the router, satelite and my laptop (no unicorn or other devices). Did not set any options, left everything default, then plugged a CAT6 cable into the router and the satelite... And it went down, almost instantly (had a PING -T going). There's obviously still an issue with the Ethernet Back Haul that Netgear is not reporting, or I have a defective unit (and support is usless, I've been on hold for 2 hours now waiting for someone).
At this point, I'm over it. I'm going to find a new system and send this one back to the depths from which it came (most likely with a 20 lbs sledge).
Unless someone has another suggestion other than blaming it on another piece of equipment I have (which everything else is working just fine).