[GRLUG] DD-WRT DHCP/IP address problem

[Dave Chiodo]

You shouldn't need to reflash.

Just delete the extra wireless config, and then redo it, using that guide...

On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 2:49 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>
wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 02:23:41PM -0400, Dave Chiodo wrote:
> > It sounds like you just have two wireless AP's (even they are both on the
> > same hardware) that are on the same LAN, and the two DHCP networks are
> > stepping on each other - both receive requests, and the client takes the
> > assignment from whichever reply it gets first.
> >
> > I found this which describes how to make it work - the "separate bridge"
> is
> > an essential part. If you didn't do that, that's the problem. If it
> worked
> > before, it was out of random luck:
> >
> > http://www.alexlaird.com/2013/03/dd-wrt-guest-wireless/
>
> I did not create a separate subnet for the guest network, and I
> certainly did not create a different DHCP server for it.
>
> If it was random luck, I had a few months of it before it became a
> problem! Actually, no. I just remembered that it started doing the same
> thing on the primary network, which was easily worked around by avoiding
> DHCP and going static.
>
> I'll reflash the router and start from scratch.
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