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  1. Swampledge

    Academic question about IP address assignment

    Thank you, brobin. That makes sense. If I understand you correctly, If I had connected the WAN port of the router being used as an AP, it would have been assigned an IP address by the DHCP function of the gateway router. Since I didn’t, that assignment never occurred, and all communication...
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    I believe when you do that you have also configured the WAN port to act as a LAN port.
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    All typical settings for a home network. Router serving as router, DHCP and DNS server, all set to 192.168.1.1. DHCP disabled on E2500. Only network connections via Ethernet cable between PC NIC and LAN ports of the 3 devices. I don’t understand what info you need that I’m not providing. Please...
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    Thanks for the assist, but the reference you cited disagrees:
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    Yes, the DHCP server has been disabled on the E2500. As noted in the second sentence of my post, connection to the E2500 is via a LAN port, not the WAN port. When I initially configured the E2500, after uploading newest firmware and a factory reset, I changed it’s IP address to one I knew...
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    Academic question about IP address assignment

    My home network currently consists of an ISP-provided cable modem configured as a bridge only to my Netgear R7220 router/AP. connected to one of the LAN ports is an unmanaged switch which feeds two CAT6 cables, each serving a different outbuilding. One of those cables is connected to a LAN port...
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    Recommend an Asus WiFi Mesh system for me

    As an update, I reconfigured an unused router/AP to function solely as an AP with the same SSID setup as in the main part of the house and connected it in an outbuilding and my mobile device transitioned seamlessly, so I’ll definitely try that approach before investing in any mesh nodes. Now...
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    Recommend an Asus WiFi Mesh system for me

    Thanks again. This is why I asked here. I am completely comfortable with adding an AP or two, and that’s an economically viable approach for a retired guy, having done a couple already.
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    Recommend an Asus WiFi Mesh system for me

    Thanks Spaceman. I‘m already using a Ubiquiti Access Point in my detached workshop, and there’s a part of me that wants to just add a couple of access points in the house. I’m leery, though, of our mobile devices automatically switching when we move from one end of the house to the other if I...
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    Recommend an Asus WiFi Mesh system for me

    I’m looking to upgrade from my Netgear router/AP to an ASUS mesh system. House is about 90 feet long, all on one floor, internet enters at one end, and that’s the current modem and router location. Main reason for switching is to get OpenVPN capability for remote access to my Blue Iris box, and...
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