Hub 5.0 DHCP Issues
I just upgraded to the Hub 5.0 on VM's 1gig connection. I previously had the Hub 3.0 and had to switch it to modem mode as its WiFi was quite frankly rubbish, and I was hoping that the new Hub would...
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For a ‘reserved’ DHCP, at least on my router, you get:
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPOFFER
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPACK
For a ‘static’ device you get:
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPACK
I agreed most IoT WiFi devices do not provide facilities to have a ‘static’ IP address, but all Apple devices certainly allow it, I use it on all of mine.
Tudor wrote:For a ‘reserved’ DHCP, at least on my router, you get:
DHCPDISCOVER
DHCPOFFER
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPACKFor a ‘static’ device you get:
DHCPREQUEST
DHCPACKI agreed most IoT WiFi devices do not provide facilities to have a ‘static’ IP address, but all Apple devices certainly allow it, I use it on all of mine.
You are correct, but generally a reserved IP address means the device gets it - so like a static address with advantage that it can be changed at some point more easily on a hub/switch if required. Downside if DHCP is not available then your device may get nothing (but some devices offer a fallback address if DHCP not available to try). A pure proper static is fixed on the device itself and does not rely on DHCP to give it.