DHCP range

[strodoggydog]

I got my router last night, and I have to say it's a truly awesome product. The Geo filter is perfect.

 

I have a setup where I had hoped to have modem->r1(wifi off)->tp link (with dhcp off).

 

I have connected them via Ethernet (just to be clear using LAN ports and not the WAN).

 

I have previously set this up where I'd assign a LAN IP on the second router outside the DCHP range of the first router to avoid the small change of a conflict.

 

However, I could only pick an IP within that of the DCHP of the netuma. I settled for 192.168.88.250 whereas when I tried 192.168.88.300, my to link told me this wasn't a valid IP.

 

I have two questions.

1. Is it not possible to manually set an IP address outside the range defined by the DHCP?

2. If not, should I reserve an IP address on the Netuma for the second router?

 

Thanks

[abc123]

Ah, so IP addresses are actually (IPv4) 4 sets of octets (1-255)

 

So your ip range is 192.168.88.1-255, so 300 is out of range because of that. IE not a valid IP address, due to IPv4 specification.

 

Dhcp should be 192.168.88.100-250 so I would recommend making the second router 192.168.88.2

[strodoggydog]

Cool. Thanks for help. I just picked a number higher than 250. My bad.

 

Should I reserve that address in r1 also though there seems no need of it's outside range.

[Guest Netduma_Iain]

Thanks for purchasing and really glad you're having a good time. 

 

No need