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Orbi loses WAN internet connectivity and Renew Lease restores connectivity
Hi everyone. My Orbi lost its internet connectivity, and I clicked on Renew Lease for the WAN connection and it got connectivity back. Is there any way to configure the Orbi so that it does this au...
Hi, peteytesting. All those things make sense to me, but none of them seem consistent with what ElaineM was proposing, which is to clone the MAC address of the computer that I am used to configure the router, which is not the same as cloning the MAC address of the old router. Also, if that were the issue, it would not explain why it worked at first and also why it worked again after I clicked on Renew Lease.
jwm4 wrote:Hi, peteytesting. All those things make sense to me, but none of them seem consistent with what ElaineM was proposing, which is to clone the MAC address of the computer that I am used to configure the router, which is not the same as cloning the MAC address of the old router. Also, if that were the issue, it would not explain why it worked at first and also why it worked again after I clicked on Renew Lease.
when you clone a mac address its so that what ever is upstream still thinks the same device is connected and not a different one , eg if you had your comp connected to the cable mode you would then clone the comps mac address onto the wan port of the router and connect it , this way the reg servers at the isp have no idea the device has actually changed
pete