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Problem with wired connection RBR40.
Dear community.
I worked with my ORBI (RBR40) for 5 months and today I connect (wired) to router IX220 (LenovoEMC Storage). Two things happened, that I would like ask gurus:
1. After connection I see, that storage receieved IP from WLAN of router. This mean from subnet 10.0.0.X and not from 192.168.1.X. How this happaned and if I need something configurate please explain me.
2, And very strange, that after connection sattelite, that worked properly start to disconnect. From starting this problem I thinked, that this something happened in home connection, but only after diconnect wire from router sattelite start work wothout any disconnects.
Anybody have this issues and how resolve them please
Best regards,
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- Looks that you have two routers providing DHCP functionality: Orbi and your ISP router.
You have to either bridge your ISP router or change Orbi to AP mode.Thanks for quick answer, but if I use wireless connection in home all devices are connected to Orbi WLAN (I mean 192.168.1.X) and not to ISP addresses.
Why wired connection is not use it if I connect to ORBI router?
Thanks and best regards,
- Because when you attach to wifi the device gets (as part if the wifi attach procedure) the Orbi IP address as the gateway and DHCP server address, but this is not the case for wired devices, where this will be random, the server that replies first will be the gateway, so the same device can get the IP address one time from the ISP router and other time from Orbi.
It’s not recommended to have two routers in your network, you will get many such random issues.
beckss1 wrote:
1. After connection I see, that storage receieved IP from WLAN of router. This mean from subnet 10.0.0.X and not from 192.168.1.X. How this happaned and if I need something configurate please explain me.This is the giveaway sign of the suggestion by ekhalil.
Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with competing DHCP servers and local address conflicts. To avoid that you may need to set the routers up with the right DHCP and IP address settings.
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers, to create two separate networks for example, it is usually easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point, as ekhalil suggests. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
beckss1 wrote:
...today I connect (wired) to router IX220 (LenovoEMC Storage).
It might be a good idea if you explained what that means.
I doubt if there are many people who are familiar with LenovoEMC Storage.
What is it? What does it do?
michaelkenward wroteIt might be a good idea if you explained what that means.
I doubt if there are many people who are familiar with LenovoEMC Storage.
What is it? What does it do?
michaelkenward LenovoEMC Storage is a network high density storage drive
LenovoEMC Storage is a network high density storage driveYes, I found that, but I could not understand how it related to this bit on the original message
"router IX220 (LenovoEMC Storage)".
What has "router IX220" got to do with "LenovoEMC Storage". Are they the same thing?
Is LenovoEMC Storage also a router? If not, how does this tie in with the idea that two routers are suddenly on the same network?
So, it sounds like your ISP modem is also a router. Is this correct?
10.x.x.x is a class A private IP address, meaning it is not routable on the internet at large, and while it's possible that that's the IP address your ISP has assigned to your modem, it's likely that your modem has a global IP address facing the WAN, and is using the 10.x.x.x network on the LAN side, and that the modem/router is performing NAT.
Then, the Orbi is connected to the modem/router's LAN port, and the Orbi is using the 192.168.x.x network, which is a class C private IP network, also not routable, and that the Orbi is also performing NAT between its LAN and WAN sides.
If this is the case, then you should either use the Orbi in AP mode, so that you only have one device performing DHCP and routing on your network, or keep the Orbi in router mode and either set the modem to bridge mode, or put the Orbi in the DMZ.
Generally, you should only have one device acting as a router and DHCP server on your network. Also, if you disconnect the Orbi from your modem (which I assume is also a router and DHCP server), and then connect the Lenovo storage device, the Orbi will be the only DHCP server the Lenovo can reach, and it will be assigned everything by the Orbi, giving it an IP address on the 192.168.1.x network. Then, if you connect the Orbi back to your modem, the Lenovo should retain the Orbi-assigned configuration. If everything else works properly, that should solve your problem (though, again, ideally, you would want to change the configuration on either the Orbi or the modem so that only one of them acs as a router). This may be an easier solution, though setting it so you only have one router/DHCP server on your network is a better solution.
FURRYe38 wrote:
Why we are trying to identify his ISP modem...
:smileywink:
If four or five of us say the same think, albeit in fewer words, perhaps we are on to something.
I can't wait to get the answer.
