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Hm interesting. Basically my server is a windows computer (ya windows is not a good server OS I know, was lazy and experimenting) and in the windows network settings I assigned it a static IP that was within my DHCP range.

I wasn’t aware you could set it outside the range but this makes sense that it should be outside of the range so that my router doesn’t give my servers IP address to something else.

As you can tell I’m not super knowledgeable about networking but your help is making things make more sense. I appreciate it!

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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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- PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Haha yeah a big strong network person would be running proxmox or Ubuntu server or Debian or something and having a better time. I’m my defense, I’m both lazy and stupid so while (almost) everything is working, I’m keeping windows
  
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  - whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Nothing wrong with a Windows box as your server. Use what you know. Windows skills are a great asset in the world.
    
    This issue is OS-independent, meaning you would have the same problem on a Raspberry Pi as you did on your Windows box.
    
    GLHF
    
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  - NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s definitely more difficult when you don’t have control over the DHCP server. Is it part of a router provided by your ISP?
    
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    PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah the router is provided by the ISP and it has very limited options on it but it is running the DHCP server.
    
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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That definitely sounds like you’ve found the issue, hopefully changing the IP solves it!

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