Nighthawk RAXE500 and printers

[wostamper]

Greetings, apologies if this is covered in another thread.  I have a basic question. My nighthawk raxe500 is using DHCP. I successfully added a HP LJ-1320NW printer to the network by resetting to the factory settings and then adding a new printer. The network sees it, I can print a test page, etc., etc.

But if the network router is restarted, the printer is offline. I'm assuming this is because the printer was assigned IP addresses (x) when I set it up, and when the network restarted it received a new IP address.

So the question is: if I want to keep using DHCP, will an address reservation (Advanced - Setup - LAN Setup) do the trick? Reserving the same address for the printer each time should do it... yes?

Thanks 

[plemans · Accepted solution]

I usually just use the address reservation feature. Its worked great for me

[FURRYe38]

Yes. 

Or set a smaller DHCP IP address range on the router and then set a STATIC IP address on the printer, say to .13 thats outside of the smaller DHCP IP address range. Something I do for my HP Printers. 

[plemans · Accepted solution]

I usually just use the address reservation feature. Its worked great for me

[wostamper]

Thanks all - I did the reserved address and it seems to work well now.

Much appreciated!

[FURRYe38]

Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡