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Orbi RBR850 IP Address reservations and DHCP address range
Im looking for direction related to using address reservations, and how to set the DHCP address range. I have an Orbi RBR850 and 2 satellites RBS850, a Synology NAS, and about 20 other devices attac...
arlomike wrote:I ran into this problem yesterday with two devices, both managed by Orbi's DHCP server. I did restart and it persisted. The only thing I can think of that happened earlier in the day was I unplugged Orbi to reroute some cables.. I not sure if DCHP tables persisted in in a reboot but I can say if it didn't persist, a potential problem can occur w/ conflicts.
Interesting. One final question - How did you know there was an IP conflict? Was it because the devices themselves complained, e.g., "Windows has detected an IP address conflict", and/or did you notice duplicate IP addresses in the Orbi admin website or Orbi app list of attached devices?
I like IP addresses to remain the same so I make a point of periodically adding DHCP address reservations via the admin website for as many of my always-on devices as possible. So that may be why I've not noticed IP address conflicts so far.
Mikey94025 wrote:
arlomike wrote:I ran into this problem yesterday with two devices, both managed by Orbi's DHCP server. I did restart and it persisted. The only thing I can think of that happened earlier in the day was I unplugged Orbi to reroute some cables.. I not sure if DCHP tables persisted in in a reboot but I can say if it didn't persist, a potential problem can occur w/ conflicts.
Interesting. One final question - How did you know there was an IP conflict? Was it because the devices themselves complained, e.g., "Windows has detected an IP address conflict", and/or did you notice duplicate IP addresses in the Orbi admin website or Orbi app list of attached devices?
I like IP addresses to remain the same so I make a point of periodically adding DHCP address reservations via the admin website for as many of my always-on devices as possible. So that may be why I've not noticed IP address conflicts so far.
My wife complained she had intermittent problems surfing the net on her smartphone. Because I had to resolve an earlier issue btw an Echo Dot, Google mini and Ring, I suspected the same problem. I got on her phone and noted down her IP address and disconnected it from wifi and had her use LTE in the meantime. I then proceeded to login into the Orbi admin page and saw my iPad having the same IP. I restarted her phone but continued to have the same IP... WTF. I then assigned her a static IP outside the DHCP range and she was happy.. Happy wife, happy life. :)