Excessive static definitions on RBK-53

Question

Anyone notice that if you add too many static entries, DHCP seems to stop working?

martyfp · Answer

how many is "too many" ?&nbsp; I have something like&nbsp;20 static IPs. I tend to apply a static IP to anything that never leaves the network, including the Satellite.&nbsp;DHCP works fine for me.

varase · Answer

I put in about 14 or 15 and our iPhones stopped connecting - removed all the unnecessary ones and the iPhones came back.&nbsp;Spooky.

martyfp · Answer

&nbsp;You could try getting the iphones&nbsp;to "forget" the network and then rejoin.&nbsp; That might kick them into life.

varase · Answer

Well, it seems like our iPhones start losing connectivity when I have more than eight static (I guess since I'm assigning addresses by MAC address that should be fixed-addresses) defintions.&nbsp;I've got a 192.168.1.2-99 dynamic range, and place the fixed addresses at&nbsp;&gt;=100. Is that how NetGear's DHCP is supposed to work?&nbsp;(I administer our enterprise's ISC DHCP and for that, host entries should be placed outside the dyanamic range to prevent collisions from powered-up fixed address clients).

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Excessive static definitions on RBK-53

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