on 17-12-2022 12:49
In Hub 3, under advanced settings/DHCP there is the facility to reserve an IP address for any of the connected MAC addresses. Has anyone successfully done this? When I try to add a rule to do that and hit the add rule button the screen freezes for a few minutes and after that comes back with the login screen. Subsequently when I check the rule I have tried to create I do not see it in the reserved list.
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on 17-12-2022 19:18
Using Firefox browser we have added 2 entries to the DHCP Reserved list of the VM Hub 3 as shown below.
For us the Hub 3 management works in Firefox except for the Network Diagnostics Tool that always fails, but works fine in the Edge browser.
If the Reserved list web page of the Hub 3 is not working as expected, it might be worth another try with a different browser.
on 17-12-2022 12:57
Try a full 60 second factory pinhole reset as below;
Remove any ethernet cables from the Hub and hold the pinhole reset switch for 60 seconds. Do NOT reboot the Hub, just let it do it's thing. Note you will need the passwords from the bottom of the Hub afterwards, so make sure they are legible.
Bear in mind this will remove any custom settings you have set in the Hub, and you will need to set them up afterwards.
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on 17-12-2022 13:41
You could set a static IP address in the device.
on 17-12-2022 14:12
How other than via the DHCP setup screen?
17-12-2022 15:29 - edited 17-12-2022 15:31
You cannot set a Static IP via DHCP, all you are doing is to set a preferred IP address. You set a static IP address on each device. All my iPhone, iPads and other devices use a static IP address. I have well over 60 static IP addresses on my network, across 2 VLANs.
on 17-12-2022 19:18
Using Firefox browser we have added 2 entries to the DHCP Reserved list of the VM Hub 3 as shown below.
For us the Hub 3 management works in Firefox except for the Network Diagnostics Tool that always fails, but works fine in the Edge browser.
If the Reserved list web page of the Hub 3 is not working as expected, it might be worth another try with a different browser.
17-12-2022 19:23 - edited 17-12-2022 19:27
Unlikely better routers that do reserve IP in DHCP the hub does not do it correctly and can give out the IP to another device without checking the reserved IP list.
As for setting a device with a Static IP I read port forwarding does not work.
on 18-12-2022 11:27
I see what you mean but it is not my objective to give the devices fixed IP, rather leave it to the DHCP Server to manage that function.
18-12-2022 11:28 - edited 18-12-2022 11:39
@Client62 - This works, many thanks.
18-12-2022 11:29 - edited 18-12-2022 11:39
@Tudor - I see what you mean but it is not my objective to give the devices fixed IP, rather leave it to the DHCP Server to manage that function.