kahunaburger

My main router (Netgear’s FVS338) has a feature that allows for the reservation of IP addresses, which means that even if a device is configured to use DHCP, it will get the same ip address every time it asks for a “dynamic” address. I use that feature to group similar devices and make sure that I know at which address they will reside. Earlier today I ran into a situation where 2 devices claimed the same IP address (because of operator error) and one of them did not work correctly. Things are fixed now, but I do need to stop adding more stuff: almost 20 devices seems to be a bit over the top for a single person household (and there are some missing from that list) …