As you have had a router and access point setup previously, as a sanity check I have to ask, are the clients that are not getting the IP addresses from DHCP downstream from the the Deco? - ie: not connected to the router ports or on a switch between the router and the Deco.

Are your LAN clients connected directly to the downstream ports on the Deco, or do they connect to a switch and then to the Deco?  If using a switch, do you get the same result for a client connected directly to the Deco?

Hello!

 

My internet box is wired to a switch and all my DECO too, all my wired clients are connected to the same switch.

 

Previously i was configured as: box was DHCP server and DECO as AP. All was working fine (except that i can't manage DECO's IP in manual mode...) and all my clients wired or WIFI with good adresses given by box DHCP server.

 

But i changed my internet provider, and recived a new box. On it, the settings are very light (some missing settings, not the top of the router...), and with it, sometimes on WLAN clients i found 2 DNS adresses (1 of my box ands the second was the IP of the master DECO???!!!) and gateway with the adress of DECO master.

By this issues i decided to change all my configuration, make the DECO my DHCP server, to manage all my network, disabling DHCP on my box. The problem is that all the wired clients remains without IP adress, DECO DHCP seems to adress only WLAN clients.

 

Hope i've explained my problem correctly...

 

Thanks

So, just to confirm, you have your network set up like this?:

 

Router -----> Switch -------> Deco (Main)
                     +------> Deco (Other)
                     +------> Deco (Other)       
                     +------> Other Client
                      

    

If so this won't work in Router mode.  The Deco DHCP server will only issue addresses to devices on the inside (ie: attached to the second wired interface on the master unit, or to one of the slave units.)  If it issued addresses out the outside interface they would be in the wrong address range, and for most people, not even on their network!  Also, in this configuration the non-main Decos are probably using wireless rather than wired connections to form their mesh as they are on the wrong side of the main Deco.

 

If you want to take advantage of all the Deco router features your network must be setup like this:

 

Router -----> Deco (Main) -------> Switch -------> Deco (Other)                                       
                                          +------> Deco (Other)
                                          +------> Other Client

 

That way the Main deco can issue IP addresses to all clients, both wired to the switch and on the wireless, as they are all on the inside (downstream) of the Deco system.

 

Hope that helps.

Hello!

 

Yes i confirm that my network is build like this, it's a shame that DECO won't apply same rules on both ports....

 

In my case it's impossible without many work to be as the second solution. My internet bos in LTE 4G is just bottom the roof of my house, and in the same place i have a WRT54G in AP mode to link another house in WIFI. The main switch is lacated in a technical room near garage, and in this place i don't need a DECO, so i'm condemned to DHCP with my internet box.

 

I've tried to DHCP with my WRT54G and with my 100MB internet connection, i've noticed some slow-down by having this as gateway (think the WRT54G is aged now for fast internet....)

 

Thanks for your replies, and pity that don't work.

>nobru26 wrote

 

It's not really a shame - and it's not specific to Deco - when it's configured as a router it has to act as one.  And issuing IP addresses onto the ISP side of the network (which is the other side for most peoples' setups) would be a very unsafe thing to do.  Access Point mode is the one designed to run like that.

 

 

> In my case it's impossible without many work to be as the second solution. My internet bos in LTE 4G is just bottom the roof of my house, and in the same place i have a >WRT54G in AP mode to link another house in WIFI. The main switch is lacated in a technical room near garage, and in this place i don't need a DECO, so i'm condemned to 

> DHCP with my internet box.

 

Anywhere between the router and the switch would do - that could include wherever your LTE box and other access point are located.  Otherwise you can always get extra deco nodes, even if you don't really need wifi near your garage, one could sit there in a router role.

 

In general however it looks like you would prefer your setup to be in Access Point mode anyway.  What problems drove you to change to Router mode?  It may be better to address those problems directly.  I had thought from other posts here that it was possible to turn on DHCP on Deco even in AP mode - is that not the case?  I can't check on mine without breaking the current config as I'm running Deco as a Router.  If not do you have anything else fixed on the network that can server DHCP - NAS, Rasberry Pi, server, etc?

 

 

Hello!

 

Issue today, first problem again.

 

I restated my internet box who's the router, all DECO still active (no power cutting).

 

After i found my laptop (wifi) with an adress outside my router reserved adressing and with 2 dns adress?!

i foung it at 192.168.1.12 255.255.255 DNS 192.168.1.254 and 192.168.1.208 

 

I don't understand why in AP mode it seems that the DECO will sometims apply adress to wifi clients....

 

After this i've restarted all my network, BOX and DECO and now DECO is RED fixed...

 

It's very strange, just after insdtalltion i've never noticed this problem, is there an issue in new firmware?

 

Thanks for you help...

Re,

 

Made 1.2.8 update = same issue.

 

Tested again.

 

Start in AP mode with internet connexion in automatic, all fine with clients adressed as 192.168.1.2xx, 255.55.255.0, 192.168.1.254, DNS 192.168.1.254.

I tried to restart my DHCP router (my box) my clients chage adress to 192.168.1.12, 255.255.255.0, 192.168.1.208, DNS 192.168.1.208 and 192.168.1.254!!!!!

 

Resulting with no internet connexion, bad IP adress, why DECO in AP mode send adress to clients???? Normally they would loose their adress and wait DHCP come on again?

 

I'm disapointed by this material! Is their someone who can test on his network?

 

Second question, how is the setting if i would try to set internet connexion as manual on dECO side? (my box is 192.168.1.254)

To have more information again, I've just restarted the DECO unit and = RED light Clients on DECO WIFI have address: 192.168.68.101 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1. It's really a shame on DECO, what is comming with this products?