Please allow address reservation outside pool
Just wanted to echo the request many others have made - please allow address reservation (asignment of static IP) from outside the IP address pool.
Example:
- I reserve an address for my laptop of 192.168.x.25
- I set the pool of available addresses from .200 to .254
- I reserve an address for my phone of 192.168.x.30 - but the system says no, please choose an address within the pool
- I temporarily set the pool to .02 to .254
- I reserve the phone address as .30
- I set the pool back to .200 to .254
- Now, all my known devices get the address they're assigned, and any new ones draw from the .200 to .254 pool.
I shouldn't have to do this temporary reset of the pool to assign a static address. My previous router (NetGear) didn't require this, and all worked beautifully. It also allowed me to restrict some access from dynamic pool devices, but that's a different story.
I know many people have requested the above. I'm just renewing the request since it's still an issue, and there appears to be no practical benefit to forcing this workaround.