Firmware - 40.21.24
Router - MI424WR-GEN3I
My current setup is fairly complex...
FIOS Router - 192.168.1.1
PORT 1 - Desired for Laptop (explained later)
PORT 2 - Powerline Extender 192.168.1.3 -> Wireless Router (WAN: 192.168.2.1 | FIOS: 192.168.1.2)
PORT 3 - WebCam Station (192.168.1.4)
PORT 4 - Empty
I took my laptop (which was on WIRELESS) and plugged it directly into the FIOS router, PORT 1.
It automatically assigned it the 192.168.1.2 address which my wireless router is using, rendering my wireless router useless.
So, on the laptop, I manually assigned a static IP of 192.168.1.66. As soon as I do that, the change is represented in the "My Network" portion of the FIOS router page, but the wireless router is still dead.
As soon as I unplug the laptop and go back to wireless, the wireless router is back up again... occupying the 192.168.1.2 LAN address.
The strange part is that in "My Network" the 192.168.1.2 now has a MAC address of the laptop's wired NIC, not the wireless router or powerline extender. Even after I reboot and power clean the router.
So, I took the laptop back off wireless, plugged it directly into the FIOS router again, and in the ARP table, the FIOS router shows the laptop Ethernet MAC address occupying 192.168.1.2 AND 192.168.1.66. So it would seem that the DHCP assignment that the laptop originally hung around because the wireless router is utilizing that same IP address... feels like a bug.
I've thought about using the MAC address filtering option in the ARP table and restricting my laptop MAC address from utilizing that IP... hoping it doesn't cause my wireless router to bomb out.
I'm pretty stumped here with this one...