DHCP Static reservations not respected
DHCP Static reservations not respected

The issue I reported a few months ago suddenly returned: https://community.tp-link.com/en/business/forum/topic/711542
I have a bunch of DHCP reservations, but they are no longer being respected. From the log file:
Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.40.17 for the client[MAC: 44-bb-3b-XX-XX-6b].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:07:43 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.40.16 for the client[MAC: 44-bb-3b-XX-XX-3c].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:06:43 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.40.12 for the client[MAC: 44-bb-3b-XX-XX-37].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:05:42 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.50.19 for the client[MAC: 10-2c-b1-XX-XX-bf].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:05:23 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.40.18 for the client[MAC: 44-bb-3b-XX-XX-f1].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:04:43 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.50.18 for the client[MAC: 8c-85-80-XX-XX-52].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:04:43 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.50.16 for the client[MAC: 06-17-b6-XX-XX-b6].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:04:39 pm |
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Gateway DHCP Server Module Information |
DHCP Server allocated IP address 192.168.50.13 for the client[MAC: 8c-85-80-XX-XX-5b].
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Mar 03, 2025 01:04:36 pm |
From the DHCP Reservations page:
8c-85-80-XX-XX-5b: 192.168.50.13 (this one is OK)
06-17-b6-XX-XX-b6: 192.168.50.11 (but got .16 instead)
8c-85-80-XX-XX-52: 192.168.50.12 (but got .18 instead)
44-bb-3b-XX-XX-f1: 192.168.40.33 (but got .18 instead)
10-2c-b1-XX-XX-bf: 192.168.50.15 (but got .19 instead)
44-bb-3b-XX-XX-37: 192.168.40.30 (but got .12 instead)
44-bb-3b-XX-XX-3c: 192.168.40.31 (but got .16 instead)
44-bb-3b-XX-XX-6b: 192.168.40.32 (but got .17 instead)
Obviously, this messes with my entire network as some of these are VideoSecurity or IOT devices that require a static IP addresses to be access from different VLANs.
Rebooting these devices or rebooting the switch or access point to which they are connected does NOT resolve the issue. The only thing that sometimes works is rebooting the router.
There are no error messages in the log. The router is for some reason completely ignoring the DHCP Reservations I've made, across multiple VLANs, and just hands out random DHCP addresses instead.
Router firmware is v1.2.3. Controller software is 5.15.8.2 running on a Linux host.
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Hi @Matva
Thanks for posting in our business forum.
Matva wrote
No recent changes that I can think of. I consider my networking setup to be pretty stable. The host machine on which the controller runs reboots for updates sometimes, and whenever there is a controller update I install that.
For the time being, changeing he DHCP Dynamic range from .50 to .100 and keeping all DHCP Statics below .50 seems to have fixed it for now. I could try changing to back to the old configuration and see if I can reproduce it. But as mentioned, it happens *sometimes* with no way of reliably reproducing it.
707-M2 got a known bug with the DHCP service. That'll be fixed in the future. FYI.
And more discussion in Omada ER7412-M2 Firmware Updates
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