Hey guys,
lately I've been experiencing issues, namely with IP conflicts inside of the home network. I tried fixing the stuff myself but I've tried setting, resetting and rebooting but I couldn't get it to work for long or for all our devices.
So I'm pretty sure I am doing something wrong. At the base I have a Ubee EVW320b. This modem/router is provided by my ISP so I don't want to exchange it. Connected to this router is an ASUS RT-AC68U to provide the wifi coverage.
In the base modem (the Ubee), I turned off wifi. I set the ASUS modem to provide an Access Point, which automatically turns off DHCP and all that. By doing so, I figured that the ASUS wouldn't be the one providing the IP's. The Ubee would've been the sole device providing the IP's. So naturally there shouldn't be an IP conflict. But there was. Actually there were several. My conclusion was that the ASUS was assigning IP address that were in conflict with the IP addresses assigned by the Ubee and there was some sort of virtual war going on between those routers.
My next step was to turn off the ASUS, relying solely on the Ubee. So I unplugged the ASUS and turned WiFi back on on the Ubee. But then last night I got another IP conflict and the ASUS wasn't even turned on.
The thing is, I really don't understand half of what's going on underneath the hood here, but being the nerd in this household I'm expected to fix this stuff. Since you guys are all more clever then I am, here I am writing asking for your help.
Plugged in to these devices are 2 PC's, a Synology NAS, a TV, and a decoder. Wireless hosts anything between 1 and 8 devices.
When I went on the interwebz to read up on this issue (especially using a second router as an access point), there were people suggesting static IP addresses. So I checked in the Ubee and the only IP address that is static is the one assigned to the NAS, which is xxx.xxx.xxx.19. Naturally I want that to be static since I use an IP address in the local network to access the NAS, and it's always on anyway.
So this is me thinking I simply did something wrong setting up either of my routers. for my wireless needs I really only want the ASUS router. In truth, I really wouldn't even know how to set up a static IP address, so I could really go for some directions right now.
Thank you!