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Re: [Info] DGL-4300 Static DHCP IP bug and workaro
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jimjoh
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said by funchords  :Really? I'm back down on 2.42 right now. It accepts the out-of-range assignment and then won't serve it up. I just confirmed that a friend's di624 rev C3 fw 2.50 behaves the same as mine. He assigns all his static DHCP boxes non-range IPs. |
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said by jimjoh :Real DHCP servers (like ISC’s DHCP) support static DHCP reservations outside of the dynamic IP range. I also have a DI-624 that allows this. It’s a rev C3, fw 2.50. Funchords, have you actually tried this on DI-624? I’m surprised that it’d work for me, but not for you. Really? I'm back down on 2.42 right now. It accepts the out-of-range assignment and then won't serve it up.
My DHCP range is x.x.x.90-x.x.x.109 and the machine I'm on is x.x.x.108.
If I set it to x.x.x.208, then do IPCONFIG /RELEASE and IPCONFIG /RENEW, I get x.x.x.108 again.
If I set it to x.x.x.98 then do IPCONFIG /RELEASE and IPCONFIG /RENEW, I get x.x.x.98.
And then back, I set it to x.x.x.108 then do IPCONFIG /RELEASE and IPCONFIG /RENEW, I get x.x.x.108.
So at least on this firmware, it behaves like the DGL-4300 in this respect.
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jimjoh
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Real DHCP servers (like ISC’s DHCP) support static DHCP reservations outside of the dynamic IP range. I also have a DI-624 that allows this. It’s a rev C3, fw 2.50. Funchords, have you actually tried this on DI-624? I’m surprised that it’d work for me, but not for you.
You can intelligently argue whether the capability to set up a dhcp reservation for an address outside of the dhcp range is a bug or merely a missing feature. However the fact that the 4300 allows you to set up a reservation for an IP outside of the range, but then doesn’t allow it to work is definitely a bug. If they’re not going to allow you to use a non-range IP then the 4300’s UI shouldn't allow you to enter an IP address that’s not in the range. It's elementary, my dear Basher13. There is a bug here, even though we may disagree where, exactly, it’s located.
The fix to the UI to disallow this should be trivial. However, the fix to allow the 4300 to let you create reservations for non-range IPs should also be easy to implement. Since this is also one of the more expensive home routers I don’t think it’s too much to ask to have D-Link enable this functionality. |
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