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DHCP Server is buggy
Just a friendly message because it may help others. I'm using an RBR50 with 1 RBS50 sattelitte on firmware V2.3.1.60 ... I've been having a horrible time with the smart switches in my house (I have a...
I just noticed the new upgraded firmware (V2.3.5.30) and in the release notes is this fix:
[Bug Fixes] The client was not able to obtain an IP address when the router rebooted or the client renewed the IP address
I'll try to update over the weekend when I have some time, but this seems like a likely fix to my issue since my problem was that subsequent reboots of my large network always ened up with some devices unable to obtain an IP Address (with different numbers not working each time). I'll report back if this fixes it, but I'm hopeful.
Thanks for letting us know. Would be interesting to know why you were experiencing issues before or if it appears again.
Enjoy.
No problem. I think it was the bug in the old firmware version that was fixed per the release notes. If a client doesn't get a IP address, that points to a problem with the DHCP server. That's why it resolved itselve when I turned off the Orbi's DHCP server with the old firmware, and works now without disabling the DHCP server in the new firmware. Mystery solved!
Enjoy. :smileywink: