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DHCP IP Address Reservation - sorting, import, and export features

 
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DHCP IP Address Reservation - sorting, import, and export features

DHCP IP Address Reservation - sorting, import, and export features
DHCP IP Address Reservation - sorting, import, and export features
2025-08-12 07:17:25
Tags: #DHCP Reservation
Model: Deco M9 Plus  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.8.1

Hi,

 

This is to request a feature to sort entries in 'Address Reservation' by IP Address.

The Address Reservation option currently sorts entries alphabetically instead of IP address. Alphabetical sorting does not help in easily identifying IP Addresses available for assignment to new devices.

 

For eg, I might want to assign x.x.x.11 to x.x.x.20 IP addresses to only smartphone devices. Current alphabetic sorting makes it difficult to determine which IP addresses in that range have already been assigned and which ones are unassigned. Possibility to sort by IP Address will make it easier to manage.

 

Another feature request is to offer import/export functionality in the same Address Assignment setting. This will make it easy to have same IP assignments across multiple Deco networks or to import from (or export to) other systems/backups.

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Re:DHCP IP Address Reservation - sorting, import, and export features
2025-08-12 08:47:52

A bit more context on the import/export feature.

 

Deco lacks Private Reverse DNS (rDNS) which can reverse lookup hostnames from IP Address.

For eg, a file server with hostname FILESRV01 with IP Address x.x.x.2, which is part of your Address Reservation in Deco will not be accessible on your network by its hostname without rDNS.

So, you will always have to specify IP Address in all clients while initiating connection to FILESRV01.

 

The problem has two solutions:

1st is to add rDNS on Deco - this might be more complex and longer to develop

2nd one is to import list of Address Reservation to your own hosted DNS server (pihole, adguard etc) that can offer rDNS to your clients on the network. This might be easier to implement.

 

I am currently achieving this by manually creating host entries on my DNS server. An export function on deco will basically simplify this. Not sure how relevant or useful this feature might be to others though :-).

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