RE700X Using Multiple IP Addresses
Since I disabled EasyMesh in my three RE700X extenders, I am using them as ordinary extenders. They are each assigned a reserved IP address with their corresponding MAC address from the device label.
In the clients list of the main AX55 router (and also in the clients list of an AX55 AP) the IP addresses of the extenders are not always shown with their reserved IP address but rather with another DHCP assigned address. When this happens, the MAC address differs from the device’s normal MAC address with the first two characters changed and the last two characters being the same as in the MAC address for the 5 GHz band. GUI access still works OK using the reserved IP address and no response is received when trying to access the IP shown in the clients list.
Is this normal behavior for the extenders to be using two IP addresses and two MAC addresses?
Note: This also applys to the RE700X V2 with firmware 1.0.2 Build 20231129 Rel. 63661