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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...
Yeah I got that. My point was that there's no reason for such a limitation to exist. I should be able to say I want dynamic IP assignments to be from a certain pool of addresses, but I want certain devices to be able to be assigned whatever address I set, whether inside the dynamic range or not. There's no technical reason why that shouldn't be possible, as I did it all the time before on D-Link equipment.
Also at the very least the Orbi should make more clear that that's not supported.
Also at the very least the Orbi should make more clear that that's not supported.
Well since Orbi is a home class router, not much call for advanced DHCP addressing. I think most averages users just want simple addressing where needed. Anything beyond that is not useful for most and thus probably why NG isn't supporting anything advanced DHCP features like other mfrs. NG chooses to run there systems they way they see fit. DHCP Addresss Reservations IS working on Orbi. The behavior of DHCP and reservations is for only inside a pool range. Anything outside is not supported for reservations. Anything outside a pool range is meant for static IP addresses which are set ON devices. Not on a router. This is normal networking standards btw.
Good Luck.