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ORBI not properly associating static IP
Hello! I've been trying to use the Address Reservation feature under Advanced -> Setup -> LAN Setup. I have a PC that is hardwired (Ethernet, not wireless) to the RBS50 satellite (not the base RB...
I know this is an old thread but I was having the same problem with reserved addresses not getting assigned. I tried the "trick" of changing the DHCP addresses from x.x.x.21 to x.x.x.254 TO x.x.x.21 to x.x.x.100.
Restarted the devices that were not getting the addresses I wanted and it all worked. I had tried restarting the devices prior to changing the auto assigned addresses range and it did not work at that time. Only after changing the range of the auto addresses.
I know enough to know that should not change the addresses I wanted reserved. Nothing was assigned in the >100 range in the first place. All I know is it solved my problem.
One strategy for IoT devices is to create the reservation in the LAN setup table after the device has been assigned an IP by the Orbi DHCP process. This has the disadvantage of "lacking order." Being somewhat OCD, I want all my smart plugs to have IP's that are grouped together. (All the security cameras grouped, etc.) Functionally it makes no difference, but I like what I like.
Another strategy is.to make the reservation in the LAN Setup table before configuring the device. For devices that do not have the hardware MAC address printed on the device, the device has to be configured and join the Orbi network to discover the MAC address. Then, create the reservation, reset the device, and configure it again.
I, also, find the Orbi DHCP system to be disappointing. When a device gets "fixated" on an IP that I do not want it to have, I follow this procedure:
- Power off the IoT device.
- Set some device with a Static IP that the IoT has "stuck to".
The network now has a device with that IP active on the network. - When the IoT device is powered on again, Orbi does an ARP request and says, "sorry, that IP is in use. Oh look, here's a nice IP address in the LAN setup table for you."
I also have the same problem.....
It seems to the feature of ‘address reservation’ is a joke.....
It seems to the feature of ‘address reservation’ is a joke.....
You are correct about this not working correctly for me either. In my case like one mentioned previously when I reserved the address of the device in my case a Roku Ultra it caused the device to ask for another ip address and assigned it a different ip then the one it was using and I had reserved. This is clearly a very simple concept that should work on a $600 nearly top of the line Orbi Mesh network devices. For people to say here is the work around or use the ISP solution that is garbage. Why would Netgear Orbi put in the GUI that you can do this if they didn't intend on it working. Netgear needs to make this work as more people will need this depending on their home automation systems and I would think that Netgear Orbi's would want to be doing what they say they can do and more to entice new customers and keep their old ones.
What Orbi model do you have?
silenthammer wrote:
You are correct about this not working correctly for me either. In my case like one mentioned previously when I reserved the address of the device in my case a Roku Ultra it caused the device to ask for another ip address and assigned it a different ip then the one it was using and I had reserved. This is clearly a very simple concept that should work on a $600 nearly top of the line Orbi Mesh network devices. For people to say here is the work around or use the ISP solution that is garbage. Why would Netgear Orbi put in the GUI that you can do this if they didn't intend on it working. Netgear needs to make this work as more people will need this depending on their home automation systems and I would think that Netgear Orbi's would want to be doing what they say they can do and more to entice new customers and keep their old ones.
RBR750
I have 38 devices on my network at the moment, and all but one have the IP address that is assigned to them in the LAN Setup table. (That other device is 'temporary' and thus got an IP address from the pool of unassigned IP's). This is despite numerous occasions of power outages and devices being powered off and back on. The thermostat has been 1.10 for four years.
When I attempt to read up on DHCP, I do not get a clear sense of where Netgear has violated the standards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2131
It is abundantly clear that the router does not do what I want it to do, which is to look in the LAN setup table before responding to a DHCP request.
The matter of 'work arounds' is a frequent topic on the forum. As community members, we cannot force Netgear to do anything. Most of us have spent a lot of money on networking hardware and just want to solve a specific problem so we can get back to doing other things. If garbage advice solves my problem, then I am done with the problem.
Never said it violated any dhcp standards so not sure why that is being brought up nor did I say the router doesn't do what I wanted to do. I merely stated that in the NetGear gui it appears to give you the ability to reserve a specific ip address to it associated mac address that you specify out of its router table. And since you like to quote things if your read the NetGear kb article on ip reservation (you can look it up on google) it states that it will assign that mac address that ip the next time the device reboots. Well that doesn't work and all I am trying to point out to Netgear and the community is that a basic function that any dhcp system says it can do it should be able to do including Netgear. This is also a Roku issue in my book as well because they don't allow you to put a static ip address into their systems only dhcp addresses which again is a basic networking function that should be available. BTW I like my Orbi system and think it is one of the best out there and I have over 50 devices on my system (like that matters) but lets say the 2.4ghz wifi didn't work as advertised would you like a work around of buying another wifi system that supports it as a solution? Hmmmm I doubt it so thanks for helping someone out in the community that is having an issue.
