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msinex
Apprentice
Jul 27, 2020

Intermittent DNS Errors and WiFi Issues

I have had the Orbi AX6000 for a few months now.  While there are many things I love about it (great wifi coverage, great speed, looks nice, software, ease of setup, etc.), there are two very frustra...
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msinex
Apprentice
Jul 28, 2020

Thanks arlomike , could the DHCP be causing the wifi dropping off for my mobile devices?

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arlomike
Apprentice
Jul 28, 2020
msinex wrote:

Thanks arlomike , could the DHCP be causing the wifi dropping off for my mobile devices?

If wifi is disconnecting, then it's not DHCP.  If you are connected to your wifi SSID and you have intermittent connectivity to sites, etc., it is possible there is a IP conflict possibily due to DHCP handing out a conflicting IP.  Best way to check is to login to the router and see if your IP assignment conflicts w/ other devices that has gotten a lease from the DHCP server.   I ran into this problem w/ my wife's phone.  Her phone and my iPad had the same IP address.  These devices got their IPs via DHCP.   A work around is to statically assign your device that is not within the DHCP range.

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    msinex
    Apprentice
    Jul 28, 2020

    Thanks arlomike , next time I have a device that runs into that wifi issue (shows as connected but with no internet access), I will check the IP tables and see what it says.