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desperotto's avatar
desperotto
Aspirant
Feb 27, 2017

Orbi RBK50 how to set up a fixed ip address for a lan port

I have a media server attached to one of the LAN ports on the Orbi Router.  I've also set up a W10 shared drive to that IP address.  Every once in a while the IP address gets dynamically reassigned and my shared drive gets lost.  Is there some way I can assign a static IP to this port?  I've tried to follow the instructions in the user manual, but I don't have a "LAN" menu option and "Advanced" is always grayed-out -- if I click on it, it takes me to a solid black web page.  I can see my attached devices at orbilogin.com, but I can't find anyway to change the properties.  Any ideas?

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    • desperotto's avatar
      desperotto
      Aspirant
      Feb 27, 2017

      Not sure I know what "Access Point" mode is.  But I did discover that if I type 192.168.1.1 into my browser, I can log in and access the "Advanced" tab.  I still can't get there via orbilogin.com. (???)  I think I was successful in setting up a static IP for my media server once "Advanced" started working.

       

      At the moment I've got Access Control turned on.  Does that mean that any device can connect to my network, or does it still require "credentials" -- network name and password before a device can connect?  I want my network to be secure

      • netwrks's avatar
        netwrks
        Master
        Feb 27, 2017

        Access Control creates an Access list, of which devices  can attempt to authenticate on your network. The assumption is, you have changed the default password and default wifi passphrase for the Orbi. You shoud spend some time getting familiar with the Orbi's documentation.