Thanks! I did not know DHCP allocation was optional on a home network.
Yeah, that’s a company server, specifically for the local network group
It IS in my normal range, but it is NOT listed on my Router’s DHCP client list.
Why would an internal server change IP all the time? DHCP is for silly things like laptops that turn on and off eleventy times a day
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 day ago
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The router might have a page for fixed IP addresses.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It does, and it’s not listed there.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“home” isn’t descriptive enough. you can run some VERY powerful, in depth stuff if you were so inclined on a “home” network.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
It is more than your average home network. I have a dual WAN router with fiber on each to a different provider. (It is stupid overkill, but my wife and I both work from home and it is important not to be down). I use a pi-hole for ad blocking and unbound for recursive DNS resolution. Most of the devices are wired Ethernet, so I have a bunch of switches and kit to transform coax into fast Ethernet.
I don’t mess with the firewalls, because that seems like there is a big downside to messing about if you get it wrong. That is all vanilla out of the box.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
nice. firewalls are easy though, most you can keep vanilla. if you’ve setup a pihole, configuring a firewall is a breeze. most are all in ones also, so the router/gateway/firewall is all one box, just plug in your modem, then it’s a big switch basically with lots of options.
I run a ubiquiti usg pro 4, first gen and have a 24 port ubiquiti switch and access points. I love it. super advanced users will complain about some things, but ultimately it’s perfectly fine for me without having to get meraki $tuff. I run a few small game servers, a seedbox and some vms, nothing crazy. it moves about 1 TB / day of data from various torrents and nzbs.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Even if it isn’t changing IP, you still want it in your DHCP table so that IP doesn’t accidentally get assigned to something else. It’s unlikely but it can happen.