@jra11500 Hi, thanks again. To me it seems quite logical (and extremely useful) that I can reserve a limited pool of auto-assignable DHCP adresses, ansd separately manually reserve IP addresses...

@jra11500 part 3 - last attempt - "The reserved DHCP addresses are addresses within the DHCP server's range" - are you saying that you believe this to be the case -- or have you actually tested it?...

@jra11500 Part 2 My cheapo current router does allow DHCP reservations outside of the DHCP assignable range, which is good, and makes sense (it's just a software policy decision by the manufacturer...

@jra11500 Thanks for your 2 replies. My problem is fairly simple in that I want to pre-allocate IP addresses to a number of items in a variety of ranges - for easy recognition when troubleshooting....

@tamefox Anyone?

Looking to purchase an Archer AX90 or similar in the UK. Can you please confirm : 1) Does this allow up to 64 reserved IP addresses in DHCP? 2) Do all AX series allow up to 64 reserved IP addresses?...