Your router will have a section in which you can change the range. So, what you want to do, is ensure that any Statically assigned devices are using IP Addresses outside of the DHCP address pool. The address range (or address pool) is a range of addresses that the DHCP server is allowed to assign. So, to avoid this issue entirely, you set the DHCP address range. This is bad, in that it doesn't know if a Static IP address is in use or not. This is good, because it'll never set two devices with the "same" static IP. The router doesn't assign static IP's at all (which is both good and bad). Everything else you mentioned should definitely remain as static IP's. So with the printer, you can do static or dynamic.
With the printer, it doesn't matter so much, since if you use the Driver Installer, most of the time the printer will be assigned by MAC or by Hostname (as pulled from the DNS records on your router). I have the Switch, the Wireless Extender, the printer/scanner/fax machine, the CCTV system all set to static IP addresses. I am guessing there was an IP conflict.Ĭan a router not handle many devices being switched on at the same time (obviously different devices have different boot times and in the case of a switch I guess it's instant)? When power was back on for switch and all connected devices to it, many devices on the switch were not able to connect to the network. My issue is prior to the hub we would often get IP conflicts.Īfter the hub, the switch was turned off and all the devices connected to it for a few hours. The Netgear switch's setting of DHCP is CLIENT I guess so would not have caused any adverse effects.
Just searched the extenders manual and found out the DHCP server is DEFAULT set to OFF.
Surely the router can't issue those addresses no matter if the switch or router or extender are rebooted? If not, it might still let you set a fixed IP address in the DHCP server. You have to change the routers DHCP range, IF it lets you. The hub counts all previously connected devices for the device count number. I have around 22 devices connected to the hub most are wireless and most are not connected nor using the internet all the time. How will the router know not to assign the same static IP to another device? Reason being is I can then remember what IP addresses each device uses if I need to access them.
If you use an iOS or Android smartphone, use the NETGEAR Insight mobile app to detect the IP address (see Use the NETGEAR Insight Mobile App to Discover the Switch on page 22).If you use a Mac or a 64-bit Windows-based computer, use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to detect the IP address (see Use the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool to Access the Switch on page 21).You can also access and configure the switch from the utility.
If you use a Windows-based computer, use the ProSAFE® Plus Utility to detect the IP address (see Access the Switch With the ProSAFE Plus Utility on page 18).To determine the IP address of the switch, do one of the following: To access the switch, use the IP address that the DHCP server assigned to the switch. ''By default, the DHCP client of the switch is enabled.
You can configure and manage advanced features of the switch either by using your computer’s web browser and accessing the switch at its IP address or by installing the ProSAFE® Plus Utility on your Windows-based computer.'' However, it is also possible to configure the switch connected directly only to the computer that you are using to configure it, and not connected to the network (off-network). For easiest access, we recommend that you cable the switch to a network with a router or DHCP server that assigns IP addresses and power on the switch. Just connect power, connect to your network and to your other devices, and you’re done. ''Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switches are plug-and-play, so they can be used without any configuration.
as in for it's own IP settings and NOT for any connected devices to the switch.ĭisabling DHCP (I THINK) allows you to set a static IP for the switch and NOT any devices connected to the switch. Having a quick read through the manual for the switch and it seems the DHCP mode is for the switch to either be in DHCP mode (switch requests the router for the IP and the router assigns it one from it's IP range) or Static. Should I disable or enable DHCP on it and the Edimax?